For the first time in .... I think forever .... the UGA gymnastics team won't be going to nationals. With the season we've had, it isn't a HUGE surprise .... but it is. I'm trying not to be horribly disappointed, despite the fact that I ALREADY HAVE STINKIN' TICKETS TO NATIONALS. It won't be a wasted trip, though, since I will get to spend time with my Sweet Girl. But still....
Even if we HAD made it to the preliminaries, there's no guarantee we would have been one of the top three in our session, unlike years past when we were a shoo-in. I can count at least 6 other teams that we would have had a hard time beating ... if we had been able to get there. I guess that's pretty obvious, since there were two in our REGION that we couldn't beat tonight.
It was unbelievably close. The top two teams from each regional competition advance to nationals. We tied for second, and since you can't take three teams, the tiebreaker was to count ALL the scores, not just the top 5 from each event. We had a fall on bars; Oregon State didn't have a fall on anything. Our fall was from a senior, who was competing for the first time in her home state of Missouri. My heart breaks for her; I'm sure at the time she had no idea it would be her last collegiate bars routine. She came back with a huge score on balance beam, but the damage was unfortunately done.
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I'll just keep telling myself that.
1 comment:
It does suck that they aren't going... but I hope you can go and use your tickets and enjoy yourself anyway.... or scalp your tickets and take Sweet Girl to dinner!
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