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sco res were: v, 8.75; U PB , 9.3; BB, 8.95 . Cree k sco res were: V, 8.95; U PB , 9. 35; BB, 9 .2 a nd a fte r compul sori es sh e wa s tied fo r seco nd pl ace with Rachn eva (Bul ) with a 36.70 a nd J acki e was in 7th w ith a 35 .85. I felt th a t FX scores were definitely low fo r o ur g irl s-the entire ra n ge for th e event we nt fro m 8. 15 (T urk ) to a 9.4 (Bulga ri a). Opti o n a ls, it see m ed mu st tell th e sto ry. Jun e 2 - Opti o n a ls- Te n minutes prior to th e co mpetiti o n I won the H ea d Jud ge p os iti o n by " defa ult. " We h ad draw n lo ts fo r compul sory (Turki sh judge wo n ) a nd lo ts were aga in draw n fo r op ti o n a ls; however, M m e. Dimmo va rul ed th a t a co untry could n o t re peat in tha t p o siti o n . As Bulga ria h ad draw n th e un eve n ba r event th a t lef t o nl y m e eli g ibl e. I h ad th e judges ch a irs m oved to cover th e w h o le a rea a nd we bega n- w ith J ac ki e Casse ll o as th e first co mpe tito r. J acki e did a super jo b a nd exec uted th e hi g h es t leve l techni ca l diffi cult y th e m ee t was to co nta in : Piked d oubl e back (onl y a sli g ht o p enin g probl em ), a ra bia n throu g h to a " dro pped in " d o ubl e full , a nd ended w ith a do ubl e full- (dro pped in a lso) . Sh e was definitely und erscored w ith a n average o f 9. 25 . J ea nin e fo ll owed w ith a very good ro utin e; do ubl e full , h a nd sprin g front h a nd sprin g front (hi g h ), d o ubl e turn , a nd ended with a d o ubl e full that h ad a sli g h t la ndin g p robl em for a 9. 2. I reminded th e judges o f th e diffi culty executed in th e first two ro utin es a nd to pl ease keep it in mind thro u g h o ut th e m ee t. Ve ry hi g h sta nd a rd s h ad bee n se t; n everth eless, three Bul ga ri a n gy mn as ts equ a led or be ttered th e 9.2 sco re. Gu o reve sco red a 9. 35 w ith a ro utin e th a t h ad so m e origin a l p a rts a nd th e sla p p in g o f th e pi a n o to immita te cas tin e ts but on e do u b le full , a layo u t a nd a layo ut step o ut as tumblin g diffi culti es. Th ere co uld be n o co mpa ri son be twee n o ur g irl s w h o p erfo rmed ve ry hi g h level diffi culty we ll (p a rti c ularl y Casse ll o in thi s co mpetiti o n ) a nd th e res t o f th e fi eld. Greg Weiss did enter a pro tes t o n Casse llo (m y score was 9 .4) but h er sco re rem a in ed unch a n ged. T h e o th er th ree eve nts went we ll for o ur g irl s (save J acki e' s o ne fa ll from bea m ) a nd scored: Cas sell o: V -9 .2; U PB-9 .4; BB8.55 All Around T o ta l 72.25 for 4th place a nd Creek: V-9 .1; U PB-9 .25; BB-9. 25 All Around T o ta l 73.5 0 a nd th e Go ld Meda l over Gu oreva (Bul ) by .05! L a ter, a t dinn er we rece ived th e All Aro und res ults a nd th e fin a li st qua lifi ers-both g irl s h ad qua lifi ed fo r a ll fo ur eve nts a nd Ma tt Biespi el qu a lifi ed in fi ve. Ma rk Ca so was 17th a nd reserve fin a li st in two events. Bo th g irl s qu a lifying in a ll fo ur eve nts was a true credit to th eir tra inin g, a bility, p erform a n ce a nd Greg 's coachin g-he crea ted a ve ry com fo rta bl e a tm os ph ere for th em bo th to be a bl e to do their bes t. June 3 - Fin a ls. Sin ce we h ad g irl s in each eve nt a nd fin a ls were to be judged by a ll n eutra l judges I was a spec ta to r. During th e first eve nt I tri ed to keep track of bo th m en a nd wo m en-thi s proved impossibl e and I h ad to g ive up a nd co n centra te on the wom en . Va ult-J acki e wa s in 4 th-did a good H a ndspring Front (9. 4) a nd a n excell ent layout Tsuch (9 .45). J eanin e p erfo rm ed a n OK Layo ut T such a nd a very g ood Piked T su ch (8.7 a nd 9.0) Th ere were a few "cras h a nd burns" for seco nd va ults a nd th e res ults were: Cassell o 18 .40 and G o ld Meda l, Varba n ova 18.10 a nd sil ver, a nd C ree k 17 .875 a nd th e bronze m eda l.
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