Live Blog: Alabama Gymnastics at NCAA Gymnastics Championship Semifinal

Alabama gymnastics is back at the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth at Dickies Arena for the second straight season. Last year, the Crimson Tide got off to a hot start on the uneven bars before suffering multiple falls on balance beam that essentially ended Alabama's competition before it could really going.

This season, Alabama is rolling into national competing its best gymnastics of the year. The Tide gymnasts are calling Thursday's afternoon session a "revenge tour" as all three opponents are from the SEC and beat Alabama head-to-head in the regular season.

"We're incredibly excited to go make a statement, to continue to prove, to continue to show what Alabama gymnastics is all about in Fort Worth on Thursday," Alabama head coach Ashley Johnston said.

No. 11 Alabama will compete alongside No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Florida and No. 7 Missouri. The top two teams will advance to Saturday's national championship meet along with the two highest scorers from the evening session. This means that theoretically one session could have the four highest overall scores of the day, but still two teams from each session will advance.

For the third straight postseason meet, Alabama will be competing in the traditional Olympic order meaning the Crimson Tide will start on the vault and end on floor exercise.

The meet is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. CT and will air on ESPN2.

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Live Blog

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Final Leaderboard
1. Oklahoma- 197.550
2. Missouri- 197.300
3. Florida- 197.200
4. Alabama- 196.825

Rotation 4 scores (Oklahoma vault- 49.275, Florida bars- 49.475, Missouri beam- 49.500, Alabama floor- 49.3375)

Alabama's season ends in the semifinals for the second straight season. Not a bad day for the Crimson Tide, but not good enough.

Rotation 4 (Oklahoma vault, Florida bars, Missouri beam, Alabama floor)

*Wow, Mizzou is going to advance over Florida

Alabama floor lineup:
1. Chloe LaCoursiere- Some powerful tumbling from Chloe to get things started on floor- 9.85
2. Shania Adams- Big bounce on her first landing, but a strong finish- 9.825
3. Jamison Sears- Nice job controlling her landings, should be a good scores- 9.85
4. Paityn Walker- Solid performance from the freshman on the big stage- 9.825
5. Lilly Hudson- She sticks her second tumbling pass cold. Fantastic final routine for the Alabama senior- 9.925
6. Gabby Gladieux- They did not show Gladieux's routine on the main broadcast, but she scores a- 9.8875
Floor total: 49.3375

Leaderboard after Rotation 3

1. Oklahoma-148.275
2. Missouri- 147.800
3. Florida- 147.725
4. Alabama- 147.4875

Rotation 3 scores (Florida vault- 49.075, Missouri bars- 49.450, Alabama beam- 49.200, Oklahoma floor- 49.525)

Poor vault rotation for Florida that opens the door for Missouri to take the second spot.
Alabama's best rotation of the night so far, but still left too many tenths on the floor
Great bars rotation for Mizzou
Based on the way Gladieux was limping after her routine, I'll be surprised if she is able to compete in the floor lineup
Alabama basically has top hope for two falls from Missouri and Florida in the last rotation for any hope to advance

Rotation 3 (Florida vault, Missouri bars, Alabama beam, Oklahoma floor)

Alabama beam lineup:
1. Chloe LaCoursiere- Strong routine capped by a stuck dismount- 9.8625
2. Kylee Kvamme- A little short on one of her leaps, and she was unable to stick the landing- 9.7875
3. Gabby Ladanyi- Great routine from Ladanyi. I didn't spot any major deductions, but apparently some of the judges did- 9.875
4. Lilly Hudson- Solid routine, but small hop on her dismount- 9.7625
5. Gabby Gladieux- Wow, Gladieux hits her beam routine even after injuring her foot on the uneven bars earlier. She limps off the podium, but it should be a strong score for the Tide- 9.9
6. Shania Adams- Sizable balance check on her front layover and has a step forward on her dismount- 9.775
Alabama beam total: 49.200

Leaderboard after Rotation 2

1. Oklahoma- 98.750
2. Florida- 98.650
3. Missouri- 98.350
4. Alabama- 98.2875

Rotation 2 scores (Missouri vault- 49.125, Alabama bars- 49.1625, Oklahoma- 49.350 beam, Florida floor- 49.350)

Alabama got really strong performances from LaCoursiere and Fuller in the back half of the lineup, but all the missed landings in the other spots really hurt the Crimson Tide.
Oklahoma and Missouri were able to overcome the falls in their lineups.

Rotation 2 (Missouri vault, Alabama bars, Oklahoma beam, Florida floor)

Alabama uneven bars lineup:
1. Gabby Gladieux- Near stick on her dismount, but can't quite get it- 9.775
2. Lilly Hudson- Chest down and can't quite stick her landing. Alabama seems to be competing a little tight so far- 9.6875
3. Paityn Walker- Nearly overextends on her first handstand, but manages to save it. Had a slight hop on the dismount- 9.7625
*Oklahoma just had a fall in the three spot on beam
*Missouri had a fall on vault in the four spot
4. Chloe LaCoursiere- Alabama finally gets a stick. Tide's best routine of the afternoon so far- 9.9
5. Ryan Fuller- Sticks the landing on her double layout. A beautiful bars routine as usual from Fuller- 9.925
6. Jordyn Paradise- A little short on her handstands and wasn't able to stick the dismount- 9.8
Alabama bars total: 49.1625

Leaderboard after Rotation 1

1. Oklahoma- 49.400
2. Florida- 49.300
3. Missouri- 49.225
4. Alabama- 49.125

Rotation 1 scores (Alabama vault- 49.125, Oklahoma bars- 49.400, Florida beam- 49.300, Missouri floor-49.225 )

Not a lot of sticks all around in the first rotation.
Alabama did not have a single stick in the vault rotation, which is probably not going to cut it in a meet like this.

Rotation 1 (Alabama vault, Oklahoma bars, Florida beam, Missouri floor)

Alabama vault lineup:
1. Jordyn Paradise- Big Yurchenko 1.5 with a hop forward- 9.8125
2. Karis German- Another Yurchenko 1.5 and an even bigger hop forward for German- 9.7875
3. Corinne Bunagan- Very small hop forward on her 1.5- 9.85
4. Kylee Kvamme- Under-rotated her Yurchenko 1.5 and had to take a step backward- 9.7375
5. Gabby Gladieux- Really powerful Yurchenko 1.5 with a near stick- 9.85
6. Lilly Hudson- Hop forward on her Yurchenko 1.5. Alabama ends the rotation with no sticks-9.825
Alabama vault total: 49.125

Pre-meet

At NCAAs, there are six judges. The highest and lowest scores are dropped, and the middle four scores are averaged.

Alabama will be debuting a new leotard for Thursday's meet.

Brightest of lights call for a new leo. ✨

Introducing, the 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 leo. pic.twitter.com/cYOB9f9cnq
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