The 16th-ranked Georgia gymnastics team came into Friday evening’s meet against the Arkansas Gymbacks on a roll, having won two straight meets and having improved their score steadily since the unmitigated disaster we saw in week 1.
Unfortunately, tonight Danna’s Dawgs took a step back. Even though we pummeled our competition, a combination of sloppy routines and incredibly tight judging meant that we barely scraped by with a score that will not help our ranking as compared to the top 5 or 6 teams in the country.
There are two potential explanations for our under-performing score: super-tight judging, and fatigue from having 3 meets in 8 days.