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se rve r that Ih ere was too much l eanin g on I he s lraps for a g ro up of thi s cal ib er. S hurlock was e xce ll ent a l 9.65, Hu sty was equal at 9.65. Sewa rd wa s s tron g and orig in al for 9.6, \\l eiss, beca use of lean in g on th e straps . be nt arm uprise, and han g on full tw is t di smounl , was a surpri se at 9.55. Vega mi ssed a hand stand but did n ot fall and slayed in th e fi g hl a t 9.5 . Bann er was s moo th with hi s pal e n ted ba ck roll 10 ba ck le ver for 9.4.5 . Barak' was up last and d id a marvelou s j ob 10 fini sh w ith a very well e xec uted d o ubl e fl y-a-way for 9.55. Weiss va ulted firs l, 10 slart Ih e optiona l eo mpe liti on on th e lon g h orse, and prese n led two hands prin gs that were short and low for 9.4. Se ward h eld hi s own wit h a bes l tlf 9.3. Bara k had tw o g iant h ands prings in pike pos ition (f ront so mi or Ya mashit a I thai barely cleared th e e nd of the horse for a bes t of 9.35 . ]'ditc h ell had I wo Yal11ash il a 's Ihal Bara k could ha ve alm os t d on e hi s und e r for a best o f 9.85 and Ih e hi l!h(' sl sco re o f th e tw o nig hl s of compe tition. Vega wa s off form at 9.45. Ban11<'1' l ac k ed di s lan ce at 9.4路. Be('kn e r was ,;!i ll in Ih e ir fil!h lin g w ilh a 9. 7 on an exce ll ent h ec h!. T o m y wa s s lran g at 9.4S . Saka mol o perfurm ed two e xccll enl h echt's wilh phe n o minal pu sh for a bes t of 9.75. And S hurl oek was far o ff form wi lh a bes l of 9.15 . II wa s on Ih e para ll el ba rs Ih al th e final lui'll of eve n Is loo k pla ce .' The onl y pe rson in rca l d a n ~c r at Ihi s pu int was V(' ~a {now in ~(,vt'll th place), w ho wa s in dan ge r o f h e in ~ " ver take n b y. T om Seward. Tonry wa s up fir, t w illI a ~oo d pe rfo rm a nce for 9.4S .
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Veua.s wa!:" next and po wered hi s way Ihr'(; ug h a diffi c ult ro utin e- Iow a n a stut z and ve ry Iowan a back ove r-bar- nol glal' in !! mi stak es but not quit e up to th e 9. S h~ rece ived. Sa ka mo to cO lll es up n extslllilin :.; and relaxe d, show in g no s igns of Ih e s tress, as h e slips 10 a fe w min or fla ws whi c h bro u!! hl a smil e to hi s face as h e w as pe rfo l'lllin p- : ' and coas led 10 a 9.55. Ru s ty n e xt . . . appearing so mew hal confu sed aft e r hi , . mo unL as Ih o u p- h he ha d go tl en los t and was not quile s ure o f wha t to d o n ex t, h ad mu ch re pe titi on and eve n an int e rm e路 dial e sw in !!. to be ove rseo red at 9.S. Al'l Slrurln ck ,;'as jus t s impl y e xplos ive as h e reco rd ed 9.6. Ba rak was n ot quit e up 10 hi s NCAA w innin !! routin e- less flu e nt but stronp: at 9.5 . Now'Se ward is up n e xt - nee din l! a hi p"h sco re to sla y w ilh Vega ( kno winl! full we ll tha t Vega is probahly m ore lik ely to brea k on th e hi p: h bar than an y o th e r eve nl ) . but th e press ure is too mu ch as Tom fall s ou t o f a ha nd stand and fail s 10 recove r hi :;:. compos ure to reg iste r an 8 .GS. Bann e r foll ows w ith a s lock l'oul in c until he hil s a heautiful sla rili and f' nd ed up at 9.55. \\le iss was ne xt wilh hi s Im pres!! iv(' fro nt upri se- fron t ove r bar 10 s uppo rt- to s wil' g ing piroull e, and a 9.8 mas le rpi ecc . Beckn e r was las t up w ith a fin e 9.5- slill g ivinp- hi s bes t w her e lesse r me n wo uld have g i" c n up. Going into the fina l event matte rs were pretty well sdtled with Ih e possible exce pt ion of v.ega and Sewa rd. 1拢 V ega misses hi s hi " h bar as h e ha s bee n kn ow n tu d u in th en pa sl an d scores 8 .0 or below Se ward
co uld score a 9.5 and ti e him for se venth place o r even kno ck him off th e team. Sakamo lo is first up with small breaks and a 9.4S. Mil c hell is nex t and fa lls to a 3rd pla ce ti e w ith W e iss . Tolll'Y is o ut of th e runnin g but perfo rm s a fin e routin e only to fa ll 'In th e di smo unt for 9.50. Vega ad-