LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Alabama Gymnastics teams one weekend off from competition this season came at a good time, giving the Crimson Tide a break between its regular season finale and the Southeastern Conference Championships this Saturday, and head coach Sarah Patterson and her charges put it to good use.
"With such a young team, we have a number of young ladies that have never been through a meet like this," Patterson said. "So we used the week off to prepare them for all that goes on at a collegiate championship meet."
That meant warming up in exactly the time allotted at the championships, picking their starting event out of a hat as well as inserting 'byes' into practice.
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