We’re in for a Friday treat with this tri. Denver walks in the door after tying for the best beam rotation in Week 1, while beam is the event that held the Wolverines back from a stratospheric opening score. If Denver has a chance at an upset, it’ll come down to those 10 centimeters. (Four inches! Just the size of a VHS tape! Remember those NBC days, or am I just old?)
To add to the excitement, we get to see Fisk’s second competition ever. Emotions ran high last week as the first HBCU gymnastics team made its debut, so it will be interesting to see how this squad looks with the pressure turned down and off the podium.
Vault will be fascinating. The entire Michigan lineup plus Denver’s Jessica Hutchinson and Fisk’s Morgan Price can be stunning. It’ll be a Yurchenko one and a half clinic in Crisler. Bev Plocki seems to be pacing Natalie Wojcik this year, who sat out of floor at Super 16. It seems likely she may rest again, especially given how notoriously hard the Crisler floor is.
Rotation 1: UM vault, DU bars, Fisk beam
AFTER 1:
Rotation 2: UM bars, DU beam, Fisk floor
AFTER 2:
Rotation 3: UM beam, DU floor, Fisk vault
AFTER 3:
Rotation 4: UM floor, DU vault, Fisk bars
FINAL:
Live blog by Emily…
