Live Blog: Alabama Gymnastics in NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Session II

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— BamaCentral is back inside Coleman Coliseum for the NCAA Gymnastics Tuscaloosa regional featuring No. 6 Cal, No. 11 Alabama, Iowa and North Carolina

Alabama will compete in the traditional home, Olympic order of vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.

Event order Tuscaloosa Regional | Alabama Athletics

BamaCentral will provide score updates throughout and after each rotation. The top two highest-scoring teams at the end of the session will advance to the regional final.

The meet is scheduled for 1 p.m., and is airing only on ESPN+.

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Live Blog

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Unofficial final team scores:

1. Cal- 197.550
2. Alabama- 197.275
3. Noth Carolina- 196.250
4. Iowa- 196.000

Rotation 4 scores (UNC vault- 49.125, Iowa bars- 48.875, Cal beam- 49.475, Alabama floor- 49.600)

Scores aren't final yet, but Cal and Alabama will advance to Sunday's regional finals.

Rotation 4 (UNC vault, Iowa bars, Cal beam, Alabama floor)

*Abbey Scanlon just fell in the four spot on beam for Cal. The Bears are likely safe to advance even if they have to count a fall, but it might allow Alabama to move into first place.

Alabama floor lineup:
1. Rachel Rybicki- A little short on her first tumbling pass, but solid start to the rotation- 9.875
2. Shania Adams- My view was blocked, but it looked like there was something a little off on the landing of her first tumbling pass. She finished strong and should be another good score for Alabama- 9.9
3. Jamison Sears- Home crowd is really rallying behind Alabama on floor right now as Sears puts up another good routine. As always, her leaps are incredible- 9.925
4. Paityn Walker- Couldn't quite hold the landing on her first pass. No other major mistakes that I saw- 9.85
5. Lilly Hudson- Great routine from Hudson. One judge threw a 10- 9.95
6. Gabby Gladieux- Great routine to cap a great rotation for Alabama- 9.95
Alabama floor total: 49.600

Score after Rotation 3

1. Cal- 148.075
2. Alabama 147.675
T3. Iowa- 147.125
T3. UNC- 147.125

Rotation 3 scores (Iowa vault- 48.850, Cal bars- 49.450, Alabama beam- 49.225, UNC floor- 48.900)

Reminder that the top two teams will advance to Sunday.

Rotation 3 (Iowa vault, Cal bars, Alabama beam, UNC floor)

UNC's first competitor on floor falls on her final tumbling pass. Puts a lot of pressure on the rest of the lineup.

Alabama beam lineup:
1. Chloe LaCoursiere- A lot of small balance checks throughout but no major mistakes and finished with a stuck dismount- 9.85
2. Rachel Rybicki- Another really solid routine with no big mistakes. Should be another good score- 9.825
3. Gabby Ladanyi- Chest down and slight hop on her dismount, but overall solid routine- 9.825
4. Lilly Hudson- Major balance check on her side aerial, but she manages to cover it pretty well and stay on the beam.- 9.85
5. Gabby Gladieux- Solid routine. And Alabama now knows it will not have to count a fall on beam- 9.875
*Looks like Alabama will be making a last-minute lineup switch to inset Shania Adams in the anchor spot for Ryan Fuller
6. Shania Adams- Adams falls on beam, so this will be the score Alabama drops- 9.2
Alabama beam total: 49.225

Score after Rotation 2

1. Cal- 98.625
2. Alabama 98.450
3. Iowa- 98.275
4. UNC- 98.225

Rotation 2 scores (Cal vault- 49.150, Alabama bars- 49.300, UNC beam- 49.325, Iowa floor- 49.175)

Alabama cuts into Cal's lead.
Really strong beam rotation for North Carolina with 9.9s from JoJo Valahovic and Gwen Fink.

Rotation 2 (Cal vault, Alabama bars, UNC beam, Iowa floor)

Alabama uneven bars lineup:

1. Gabby Gladieux- Solid start to the rotation capped by a stuck dismount- 9.8
2. Lilly Hudson- A little short on one of her handstands and had a slight hop on the landing. As a whole, Alabama just hasn't been super clean so far through its first six routines- 9.75
3. Paityn Walker- Alabama's best routine of the afternoon so far. Feet stuck like glue on the dismount. However, the judges didn't feel the same way- 9.85
4. Chloe LaCoursiere- A little leg separation, but finished with another stuck dismount. One judge gives Chloe a 9.95, but the other three throw 9.9s- 9.9
5. Ryan Fuller- Beautiful routine. I didn't spot any major deductions, but we'll have to wait and see what the judges think- 9.9
6. Jordyn Paradise- She was a little short on two of her handstands, but ended the routine with a stick. Good finish to the rotation for Alabama after a slow start- 9.85
Alabama bars total: 49.300

*This is the first time Paradise has been in Alabama's bars lineup since Jan. 24. Shania Adams had been the anchor spot the last seven meets.

Score after Rotation 1

1. Cal- 49.475
2. Alabama 49.150
3. Iowa- 49.100
4. UNC- 48.900

Rotation 1 scores (Alabama vault- 49.150, UNC bars- 48.900, Iowa beam- 49.100, Cal floor- 49.475)

Rotation 1- (Alabama vault, UNC bars, Iowa beam, Cal floor)

UNC had a fall in the anchor spot on bars.

eMjae Frazier posts a 9.95 on floor for Cal.

Cal's Madelyn William scores the first 9.9 of the meet with a 9.9 in the three spot on floor exercise.

Iowa's fourth gymnast, Karina Muñoz, takes a fall on the balance beam. The Hawkeyes will want to drop that score.

Judges are definitely scoring things tightly through the first few routines.

Alabama vault lineup:

1. Jordyn Paradise- Solid Yurchenko 1.5 for Paradise to start with a near stuck landing, just a slight hop- 9.825
2. Kylee Kvamme- Powerful Yurchenko 1.5 with a hop forward on the landing- 9.8
3. Karis German- Under-rotated on her 1.5 and had to take a hop backward. Alabama would ideally like to drop this score- 9.75
4. Gabby Gladieux- Huge 1.5 from Gladieux, but she had a little too much momentum and had to take a big step forward, which will be a sizable deduction- 9.775
5. Lilly Hudson- Small hop forward on her Yurchenko 1.5. Alabama has not had a gymnast stick through its first five vaults- 9.85
6. Corinne Bunagan- And there's the stick for the Crimson Tide. Bunagan holds on for the landing on her 1.5 to close out the rotation on a high note- 9.9
Alabama vault score: 49.150

Pre-meet

There are four judges on each apparatus today. The highest and lowest score will dropped with the middle two scores averaged to get the final score for a routine.

There will never be more than two gymnasts competing a routine at once during the meet.

Outside of the home team Alabama, Iowa definitely has the loudest cheering contingent.

With this being an afternoon meet, a large crowd is not expected inside Coleman Coliseum, but Alabama is already bringing the energy during warmups.

Alabama will be wearing the Crimson "quarterfoil" leos today.

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲.

✨ 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐈𝐋 𝐋𝐄𝐎 ✨

The Quatrefoil Leo was debuted during the 2018 season.

The quatrefoil design takes center stage, accented by shimmering details to help bring the motif to life. The elegant… pic.twitter.com/05FSU3qJSW
— Alabama Gymnastics (@BamaGymnastics) April 2, 2025

The individual competitors that will be rotating with Alabama today are Kiera O'Shea from Northern Illinois (vault), Reese Samuelson from Western Michigan (bars) and Anne Challman from New Hampshire (floor exercise.)

Some new friends will be part of our BAMA-ly today!

During our Round 2 session, we will have the following individual qualifiers rotating with us 🥹

VT - Kiera O’Shea | Northern Illinois
UB - Reese Samuelson | Western Michigan
FX - Anne Challman | New Hampshire

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— Alabama Gymnastics (@BamaGymnastics) April 4, 2025