- Jul 20, 2009
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Our state meet was this last weekend. Flipper had a great meet. Her coaches had told us that she is in the age group that is hardest to qualify for Regionals in. When awards were announced, we discovered that she hadn't made it. I was sad for her, but still could see a lot of good things in the meet. She landed a spectacular tsuk and got her season high on bars. She fell on beam, but still had a great score and her floor is very consistent. Besides, Flippers cousin is getting married 2 weeks after Regionals in the same state as Regionals (a 9 hour drive for us), so NOT going was going to make it possible to go to the wedding and see a bunch of family. Win - Win as far as I was concerned. Just as we were all relaxing and thinking about all the things we could get done now that the competition season is over, the meet officials called 3 girls up to the awards stand. Flipper was one of them. Flipper got one of the "at large" bids for Regionals. They take the top 3 scores regardless of age that didn't automatically qualify and give them at large bids.