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I think those are the same (type of) rings they used at ETC/Winter Cup (and they chewed my son up and spat him out :p ). He had competed on the podium at Horton Challenge before ETC to prep for ETC podium and didn't seem to struggle as much. After being at ETC our coach had him practice with...

We compete pretty regularly against all 3, and they are really good as far as high caliber gymnastics and good results. At that level of skill/commitment I would check out all 3 and see which fits your needs/personality best. Team size is a big difference I think (North Stars has quite a few...

Hills is one of the top gyms in the area, they have lots of success with elite/college bound/top junior development gymnasts. As gymgal said, once you are in a preschool class they have the means to identify and put them on the appropriate track. But yeah, I don't see them making a fuss over a...

I think the point she's trying to make is that in some age divisions, it is enough. Our region (7) had a couple of age groups that qualified with scores in the 35s. We aren't the strongest region, but we are pretty big. Edited to add: Minimum qualification scores ranged from 37.825 to 35.425...

Did learn that the "wild card" score must be at least 9.3 to go.

We are getting ready to go watch live! So excited!

Yes, you are right, sorry about that! I think once you are in as an IES to Regionals, you join the rest of the pool competing for those wildcard spots.

There aren't IES past the State level of meets.

That is crazy that 9.725 didn't make the wild card session. I just did a quick look at beam in R7 because I was curious...it looks the like next 5 top beam scores were 9.625, 9.625, 9.625, 9.6, 9.6. They might take all the ties if that 5th place ends up being a tie. If you look at last years...

Each region can send 2 additional all-around athletes that didn't qualify within the age groups (it doesn't seem clear in the rules/regulations how those 2 are selected, I guess the next 2 highest all-around scorers from all age-groups?). And then 5 gymnasts per event will qualify to the "wild...

Should have asked - were you at the Big 10s? Will you go the NCAA finals at Penn State in a few weeks?

I've always thought percentages could be a good way of doing it. For example: Region 7 numbers for each session (these are in comp session order, not age group order FYI): 16, 17, 22, 26, 25, 19, 29, 23, 24, 14, 24, 26 for a total of 265 gymnasts (lowest group 14, highest 29). They are...

We had Regionals Friday night so couldn't watch, but were able to watch the event finals on the Big10 network on Saturday. Great gymnastics!

Competitive dance is crazy expensive. Kids are in multiple dances, need different costumes for each dance and for dance competitions you pay PER DANCE that you are in. And for many dance competitions that can be $100 per dance! You can be paying hundreds of dollars just in registration fees...

The allotment for Nationals has been released! https://usagym.org/PDFs/Men/Mens%20Program%20Events/23eastern/qualification2.pdf