Tonight was the NCAA Regional gymnastics meet. There were six teams, with the top two advancing to the NCAA Finals in Texas later this month.
I was going to shoot a whole bunch of video, but the network is less than good and the cell system finds itself lacking whenever there are more than eight phones vying for attention. So I went 20th century and watched the event.
Alabama was the highest ranked team coming into the meet, and they should be. Auburn, ranked eighth in the nation, was the second seed. And those two big teams slugged it out throughout the night. It was never in any real doubt, and, even as Auburn struggled early, they kept pressing Alabama. At the end of the night the two top 10 teams each punched their tickets to Texas.
The Tigers set a school record for an NCAA Regional score – and didn’t even hit all of their routines. Hopefully that is promising as they go forward. Auburn earned their way to the national finals, just their fourth appearance all time and their first since 2003.
Here is one video, quick shots of Bri Guy and Abby Milliet on bars for Auburn.
I shot this on my phone, from across the arena, and edited it in the iPhone iMovie app. I also just discovered that app now has a zoom feature. So that’s shot from across the building and then zoomed in. Not bad, huh?
