The mission today is to score well enough to make the cut. For every 10 athletes here at the Nationals, 3 are going to advance to competition on Sunday, and 7 are going home. Alex’s day of competition started out rough. He kind of flamed-out on the high bar and ended up stopped in the middle of his routine. He never left the bar, but that counts as a fall anyway. He scored a 10. He came in 89th out of 91. He usually scores well on the high bar. That’s a tough hole to dig out of. https://youtu.be/bKw5D9o6PO8 Afterwards, we asked what happened. He said he still didn’t know. All of a sudden he just wasn’t where he was supposed to be. Next up, the floor exercise, and he did great, just like he usually does. He scored a 13.1 and scored 4th overall. The videographer tanked though, and there is no floor video. Pommel. Another tough one. He added some difficulty to his routine since Regionals, but with a fall he scored a 10.1 and came in 77th. https://youtu.be/ySufCxrMksQ Still rings. 11.8 for 16th place. That’s good. https://youtu.be/3tJcPHWUpOk Then vault. Another tough one. This time he scored well with a 12.3 and came in 15th. Nice. https://youtu.be/K_6oF32nkhk Parallel bars. He scored a 12.2 and came in 38th. https://youtu.be/2d78UcwgBKw Alex needed to score in the top 26 all-around in his age-group to advance to Sunday. He tied for 26th place, so 27 advance instead of 26. So today didn’t go as planned. But Sunday is a new day; no scores carry-over; every athlete starts with a clean slate. 
Go Alex!