US Classic Session 2 thread

[rlayt]

Still only ones I see as a lock right now are Simone and Shi.

 

[Denn]

@MaryClare @JaJa I feel like Carey and Chiles are doing fine. Carey missed that transition, but even solid gymnasts make a big mistake occasionally. She otherwise looks on track.

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

Konnor, Jade, Trinity, Kayla, Leanne, Jordan. All performing well below where they should be, or getting injured

Yep, and look what happened to Kayla when she took a season off. It’s probably ok for the first year or two of the quad, but last year showed it’s just too much to sustain over multiple years.

 

[gtu07]

Trinity's got a nice collection of UF degrees (Health Education + Entrepreneurship), but I do wonder if this means she's going to open her own gym.

 

[blake]

Trinity qualified to nationals at Winter Cup.

 

[Memphisgym]

So there are basically 2 more competitions until the Olympics, right? I agree they don't look crowd, podium, competition ready. It's the performance readiness that's missing.

 

[RedBirdie]

Okay, this whole "I'm scratching because I don't want people to see me make a mistake" feels like it's more bad than good for an athlete's pyschology.

Gotta say, I'm giving serious side eye to Douglas for withdrawing.

(If she's hurt I'll take it back)

 

[Sasha]

Konnor got hurt doing her dlo, which has been good all year. I think it was a fluke. She looked fantastic throughout warmup.

Speaking of fantastic, Jordan's bars in warmup

 

[Rich]

Bad meet for dicello.

 

[Denn]

Well did Trinity scratch because of that or was she hoping to petition to Nationals? Did she get her qualifiying score earlier or was she counting on this?

I feel like it doesn't matter. You can also compete for the experience as well as to try out new things in front of a huge, noisy crowd.

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

@MaryClare @JaJa I feel like Carey and Chiles are doing fine. Carey missed that transition, but even solid gymnasts make a big mistake occasionally. She otherwise looks on track.

Chiles took this season off, however , and Carey limited herself to bars and beam only

 

[dweiss324]

And ironically, all that week in week out competition experience for consistency, and all of them except Jordan has fallen / (konner got injured which is not the same, but still).

 

[makam]

I feel like it doesn't matter. You can also compete for the experience as well as to try out new things in front of a huge, noisy crowd.

It was more that if you have 4 events but not quite the right score, you are screwed but if you have 3 events and scratch the 4th, you still get to petition.

 

[jezmerallia]

I agree. If there is something wrong, they better let Gabby petition AA to nationals.

Anyone effected should by equipment issues should get be able to petition.

 

[Doug1233]

Bad meet for dicello.

dicello is constantly overscored so i’m not mad about it

 

[navyblue]

I mean yeah i think it's still a clear huge net good that you can do ncaa and elite. I dont think the tradeoff of possibly being more prepared by skipping college makes up the for the fact that ncaa in some ways is why we get to see these 20something year old gymnasts still competing at all through multiple quads. Most gymnasts do not have much financial incentive for elite and getting a college degree makes it feel like they're actually advancing their personal life and not simply focusing on a dead-end/flash-in-the-pan sport. Plus we get to see way more high quality gymnastics from them all year.... and I have no proof of this, but isnt it ultimately way more lucrative to be Jordan Chilese in NCAA getting endorsements than it is to be Shilese Jones as the second best gymnast in elite?

 

[blake]

The international feed didn't used to be this bad in the past.

 

[Doug1233]

Anyone effected should by equipment issues should get be able to petition.

what equipment issues have there been?

 

[RedBirdie]

Chiles took this season off, however , and Carey limited herself to bars and beam only

Carey doing bars and beam only lasted just a few weeks. She did AA much of the season.

To my point yesterday, Jade's crazy competitive. She's not able to just sit to the side.

 

[Passion]

Most Classics and Nationals under Marta were also splatfests. We saw a lot less AA attempts at US Classic under Marta too. I remember competitions where you were lucky to get over 10 people attempting all around.