2004 NATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR BRUIN GYMNASTS.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer Jeanette Antolin knew exactly what she did wrong. She had a slight bobble bob·ble v. bob·bled, bob·bling, bob·bles v.intr. To bob up and down. v.tr. To lose one's grip on (a ball, for example) momentarily. n. A mistake or blunder. on her vault landing, but it made a big difference in the all-around competition. Antolin finished in a tie for second in the all-around after a score of 9.85. Her consolation prize consolation prize n. A prize given to a competitor who loses or does not win the first prize. consolation prize Noun something given to console the loser of a game was that she helped UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX finish first in Thursday's preliminary round of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Gymnastics Championships at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. . UCLA advanced to today's Super Six finals and will try to win its second consecutive championship. ``(Second) isn't what I wanted but that's gymnastics, you don't always get what you want,'' Antolin said. ``I just held back on vault. That stuff happens. It's a learning experience for me. I won't hold back (today). I'll do the best vault I can do to help my team win the championship.'' UCLA scored 197.675 points - the highest total of the day - for first in the team competition. Alabama was second with 197.325. Utah finished third as the top three teams in each session advanced to today's finals. Florida, Stanford and Georgia advanced from the early session. Alabama's Jeana Rice won the all-around competition with a total of 39.65. Antolin and LSU's April Burkholder scored 39.60. The Bruins are the defending national champions and have won three of the past four titles. And coach Valorie Kondos Field likes UCLA's chances for a fifth national title. ``I didn't think our team would do this well,'' she said. ``I thought they would be a little more skiddish. We are thrilled to be able to create our own destiny. I told the girls that they create their own magic. It was obvious from the get-go that was what we'd do.'' There's been quite a bit of magic in Pauley Pavilion, most famous for its 11 national championship banners. The UCLA gymnastics program, which has four titles all on one banner, is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. more room in those lofty rafters. UCLA earned the favored Olympic rotation Thursday, beginning with vault and ending with floor. But the day started with a fall by Christie Tedmon on her vault landing, which netted a 9.3 score. The lowest score in each event is dropped. Olympian Kristen Maloney Kristin Ann Maloney (born March 10 1981, Hackettstown, New Jersey) is an American gymnast who competed in the 2000 Olympics. Maloney trained at the Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was a consistent member of the U.S. scored a 9.9 and Kate Richardson Kate Richardson may refer to:
The Bruins were impressive on the uneven bars Noun 1. uneven bars - a pair of parallel bars set at different heights; used in women's gymnastics uneven parallel bars bars, parallel bars - gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights as each gymnast stuck to the routine. Jamie Dantzscher saved the best for the last routine on that apparatus as she scored a 9.975. Antolin had a 9.95, and Maloney and Richardson both had a 9.925. All four qualified for Saturday's event finals on that event. Dantzscher secured a 10 from at least one judge on the bars. It was a fine start for Dantzscher, a senior, who won the 2002 all-around title. Last year, the Bruins edged Alabama for the title by .55 points. Jill Painter, (818)713-3615 jill.painter(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: UCLA's Jeanette Antolin performs on the bars at the NCAA women's gymnastics championships. Antolin had a score of 9.85. Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press |
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