After day 1, I would go with Simone, Suni, Jordan, and Leanne. I'm assuming Jade can't be an alternate and also use her nominative spot which is too bad because she was solid and way better than anyone from sixth on down. Honestly, other than her dance/choreo, she has pretty decent form. I kind of enjoyed her bars and beam.
Scoring was sort of all over the place. Simone's tumbling is obviously next level, but she did go OOB on every pass except ironically her 3/2. I have no idea how Grace McCallum ended up in eighth because she had at least one fall or major break on every apparatus except vault. On the other hand, I'm not sure why Leanne Wong's bars scored so low though maybe I missed something trying to watch four routines simultaneously.
Chellsie got a great reception from the crowd, and she and her dad were as adorable together on the sidelines as they are in their videos. They were fist pumping after every routine, and beam especially was a highlight of the meet. She did come off bars, but so did half the competitors, and I think her score was a bit overly harsh in comparison to the field.
Overall, the performances were somewhat better than I expected after the US Classic. Here's hoping that night 2 is even better.
Morgan Hurd is barely holding onto elite level skills. She should be eyeing college gymnastics.
