Luisa Blanco was a heavy contributor in both of Alabama’s back-to-back 198+ meet score totals last week. Alabama gymnast Luisa Blanco is the BamaCentral Crimson Tide Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 28-March 6, 2022.
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Coming up over the weekend, Alabama expects repeat performances. However, the end of this year’s SEC Championship was heartbreaking. It was like deja vu as Blanco mounted the balance beam, anchoring the final rotation.
He acted as though he had ice in his veins as always. Blanco hit every tumbling pass and leap series. The only thing left was to get off.
The top-seeded gators at the Legacy Arena on Saturday got impeccable performances from Trinity Thomas (all-around winner) and Megan Skaggs (all-around runner-up). A few others stepped up as well, and the Gators took the SEC tournament title with a score of 198.200 against 10,180 in attendance.
What happened:
“The SEC is a meeting like no other,” Blanco said. “You have all these amazing schools. This year’s competition especially, it’s going to be incredible for everyone, it’s so talented.
So it’s really exciting to see how the SEC unfolds each year.” It was clear from the start it was a two-team meet. Florida and Alabama separated themselves after the first rotation with LSU and Auburn struggling on bars and beam.
There are eight different schools in the Southeast Conference that have gymnastics teams. All eight are in the top-25 and four are in the top six, including Crimson Tide.
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During the ceremony after the meeting, Senior Griffin James was recognized as a member of the 2022 SEC Community Service Team for his contributions to the Tuscaloosa community.
With a second-place finish, the Crimson Tide continues its streak as the only event to never finish outside the top four in the SEC Championship.
The Crimson Tide will now await selection for the NCAA Regional Championship. The NCAA selection show will take place on Tuesday, March 22.
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