US Classic Session 2 thread

[ucrgirl]

Yeah, every time I try to build a future team that has Simone just doing VT like Chuso, I'm like, well if she is training vault she is probably going to throw some floor in there to mix it up cuz you can't just do vault 5 hours a day, and if she is doing floor, she's probably thinking why not beam too while I'm here, and then if she is doing 3, well, with her competitive drive, I have her back in AA.

The physical condition required to do those vaults makes coming back just as a specialist seem less likely. On the other hand, she really doesn't love bars . . .

 

[Doug1233]

Why are you even proposing Skye Blakely? Blakely wouldn't be top 3 on any event on that team.

It's clearly Jordan Chiles. She raises the team score on bars (3rd best tonight).

Well well well...

 

[Aeris]

Happy to see Skye going for it, but these Jade/Skye Chengs currently shouldn't outscore Shilese's DTY (nor one of Jordan's best).

 

[Doug1233]

Happy to see Skye going for it, but these Jade/Skye Chengs currently shouldn't outscore Shilese's DTY (nor one of Jordan's best).

The irony is that not many routines is going to outscore anything Simone/Shilese/Suni can put up in the AA.

You're essentially just looking for a VT/FX girl to fill in the Suni-hole (Jade, Skye or Jordan), and then a solid AAer who is the travelling alternate for a "twisties-type" in-the-meet situation (also Jade, Skye or Jordan!).

 

[RichardL]

There are a great many scores that would replace Lee on all events but beam at the moment.

 

[Aeris]

I don't think a "backup AA" is needed, there will already be 4 strong AA'ers, assuming Jade and Suni keep progressing as they have. Suni has a DTY and can go mid-13 on FX, Jade can go 14 UB and high 13 BB.

There's room to bring a "specialist" (I hate how people keep calling gymnasts who are scoring 13+ on every event "one-event gymnasts") and still quite a few places to add to the team score. Simone and even Suni can be surpassed on Bars, Shilese can be surpassed on Beam and Floor.

We're looking at Skye, Trinity, and Kaylia Lincoln as people who have potential to add somewhere, or maybe Jordan if she can pull out the great vault upgrade we've been hoping for.

 

[MaryClare]

Can we move this discussion to a current thread? This thread is for US Classic