Gymtide.com: Post Meet Commentary: Alabama Crimson Tide Takes 3rd at the SEC Champio

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The Alabama Crimson Tide Gymnastics Team traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas, this past weekend to contend against three of the most talented teams in the country for Southeastern Conference glory. Despite a solid effort on all four events that saw the team endure three byes between each of their first three events, Alabama was still unable to capitalize on several golden opportunities to push their performances up to the level required to knock off the only two teams that had defeated them so far in the 2007 season (Florida and Georgia). So the GymTide had to settle for a respectable 3rd Place showing that was still within .175 of the Bulldogs and .325 of the Gators. Coach Patterson was happy to see her young team close the gap but realizes that much improvement is still needed in the area of mental toughness if the Crimson Tide is to seriously contend for their fifth national title in Salt Lake City, Utah. The first challenge comes in two weeks at the Central Regional Championship hosted by the Tide in Tuscaloosa. Bama must be one of the two highest-scoring teams on the night of April 14, 2007, to get the nod for their 25th straight NCAA appearance. Only Utah has more NCAA appearances at 26. For now, let's review some of the highlights from the SEC match.


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