The MIC is rocking this year. Illinois State just keeps putting up numbers that are on it’s list of program bests, and is the only team outside the Power Five that hasn’t counted a miss yet this season. Superstar sophomore Nirel Bart-Williams has been missing since week two; if she returns, this team will be even more formidable. Veteran Angelica Labat has led the way, with freshman Reese Grolla shoring up the Redbirds’ historically weaker events in bars and beam. This group seems to have truly figured out those pieces, which means we need to start talking about regionals.
SEMO started off slowly, then broke 197 at the Tennessee meet. Certainly those scores were bananas, but still last week the Redhawks came back with a solid mid-195, which is competitive with their conference foes. Lindsay Ockler is the real deal on bars, while Lydia Webb and Madison Greene lead the way on beam and floor respectively. All three put up solid numbers, Tennessee aside. This should be a thrilling matchup.
Rotation 1: Illinois State vault, SEMO bars
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Rotation 2: Illinois State bars, SEMO vault
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Rotation 3: Illinois State beam, SEMO floor
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Rotation 4: Illinois State floor, SEMO beam
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