THE ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE GYMNASTICS TEAN WON THE 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE NATIONALS/SUPER SIX IN CLEVELAND OHIO. IT WAS THE 5TH IN THE PROGAMS 33-YEAR HISTORY... THE TIDE DREW THE OLYMPIC ROTATION,(VAULT,BARS,BEAM,& FLOOR).
COMPLETE ORDER OF FINISH FOR THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS IS LISTED ON THE TOP RIGHT...
ALABAMA STARTED ITS TITLE QUEST OFF WITH A BANG WITH A 49.575, WHICH SAW KAYLA HOFFMAN & DIANDRA MILLINER BOTH EARN SCORES OF 9.95. BAMA THEN MOVED OVER TO THE BARS AFTER A BYE IN ROUND 2, POSTING A SOLID 49.275. THE BARS WAS THE ONLY EVENT OF THE NIGHT WHERE THE THE CRIMSON TIDE DIDN'T CAPTURE THE EVENT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE NIGHT... WHICH WAS CAPTURED BY MICHIGAN GYMNAST KYLEE BOTTERMAN... IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT BOTTERMAN WAS CROWNED THE ALL-AROUND CHAMPION WITH AN IMPRESSIVE SCORE OF 39.575.
UA THEN COMPETED IN THE BALANCE BEAM IN THE FOURTH ROTATION CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM IT HAD BUILT IN THE PREVIOUS TWO EVENTS IT HAD COMPLETED WITH A 49.350 TOTAL. THE EVENT WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY A SUPRISING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SAW PHENOM FRESHMAN SENSATION KIM JACOB WIN THE EVENT TITLE WITH A SPECTACULAR ROUTINE WHICH EARNED HER A 9.95. THE RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE COMPETED IN THE ALL-AROUND(ALL 4 EVENTS)ON BOTH FRIDAY IN THE QUALIFYING ROUND & SATURDAY IN THE SUPER SIX FINALS, SOMETHING SHE HAD ONLY DONE ON 3 OCCASIONS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON...
THE TIDE THEN NAILED DOWN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 49.450 ON THE FLOOR, HIGHLIGHTED BY AMAZING SCORES OF 9.925 & 9.95 BY GERALEN STACK-EATON & KAYLLA HOFFAN RESPECTIVELY... THE TWO ALL-AMERICANS WERE FITTINGLY THE LAST TWO COMPETITORS OF THE NIGHT FOR ALABAMA...
THE SCORES TABULATED DURING FRIDAY'S QUALIFYING SESSION HELPED DETERMINE THE INDIVIDUAL ALL AMERICAN HONORS AS WELL AS EARN THE GYMNAST A SPOT IN SUNDAY'S INDIVIDUAL EVENT CHAMPIONSHIPS... THE TOP 4 GYMNASTS IN EACH SESSION (INCLUDING TIES) CONSTITUTES FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN HONORS...ONLY 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS ADVANCED TO SUNDAY'S INDIVIDUAL FINALS FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT... BELOW IS A LIST OF FIRST TEAM ALL AMERICANS BY EVENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA...
VAULT-ASHLEY SLEDGE, MARISSA GUTIERREZ, GERALEN STACK-EATON & KAYLA HOFFMAN
BARS-GERALEN STACK EATON & SARAH DEMEO
BEAM-KIM JACOB & KAYLA HOFFMAN
FLOOR-GERALEN STACK-EATON*EVENT NATIONAL CHAMPION
ALL-AROUND-KAYLA HOFFMAN, GERALEN STACK-EATON & KIM JACOB
ALABAMA RECEIVED 12 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN HONORS & A TOTAL OF 13 ALL-AMERICAN HONORS AS DIANDRA MILLINER EARNED 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN HONORS AS WELL...
