I am so happy to finally be able to say that!! hee hee 
Crazy weekend. I am just glad it is over and out of the way! Since dd has never even had a real meet practice run through, I had no idea what to expect from her. She surprised me by how much she knew to do. I could not have been a prouder mama!
I thought she had a great 1st meet! "Judges Cup" so tougher scoring, she was the youngest competitor in a 7-9 yr age group with quite a few repeaters in her session of 67 (probably 25 in her age group)
Well, we discovered (like msl) that we hate the meet format where you warm up all events 1st and then compete each event. Yuck. Hopefully we don't have too many of these. She had time for only 1 complete routine run through on bars.
So, 1st up bars. 8.45 - no place .... She salutes and goes, kip, fhc, squat on - falls... but she did not break down. She gets back up, performs a 2nd fhc, and finishes a nice routine. The second she lands and salutes, now the break down - she is just bawling in coaches arms. I felt so terrible for her, but also relieved it was out of the way. She was fine after a couple of minutes. Later on, coach said her feedback was awesome.
Next up, Beam - 8.825. 6th place. She was very nervous after bars issue... Leap was more like a step, & she did not hold her handstands. I held my breathe the entire minute LOL. Judge feedback again was very awesome & No falls - whew!
Next up floor - 8.8.25 5th place. She had a trip in the beginning & then a really freaky fhs with a backward rebound, and an archy back x-roll. But she ended it on time, and I thought overall, she did fantastic.
By now I know she only needs a 6.9 to qualify for state. Basically, all she has to do is get over the vault LOL.
Last up vault - vault is vault hee hee. Honestly, I was just happy she got over. She salutes, runs makes it over. Ok it was just an ok vault, barely any flight - but I knew it was at least a 7.8 so all was great.
Vault - 8.15. No place. I was pleasantly surprised it was even that high.
AA - 34.25 Hooray qualified for state. & so excited to get out there and compete again
video of 1st meet -
YouTube - Audrey's 1st Gymnastics Meet - Judges Cup - L5
Crazy weekend. I am just glad it is over and out of the way! Since dd has never even had a real meet practice run through, I had no idea what to expect from her. She surprised me by how much she knew to do. I could not have been a prouder mama!
I thought she had a great 1st meet! "Judges Cup" so tougher scoring, she was the youngest competitor in a 7-9 yr age group with quite a few repeaters in her session of 67 (probably 25 in her age group)
Well, we discovered (like msl
) that we hate the meet format where you warm up all events 1st and then compete each event. Yuck. Hopefully we don't have too many of these. She had time for only 1 complete routine run through on bars. So, 1st up bars. 8.45 - no place .... She salutes and goes, kip, fhc, squat on - falls... but she did not break down. She gets back up, performs a 2nd fhc, and finishes a nice routine. The second she lands and salutes, now the break down - she is just bawling in coaches arms. I felt so terrible for her, but also relieved it was out of the way. She was fine after a couple of minutes. Later on, coach said her feedback was awesome.
Next up, Beam - 8.825. 6th place. She was very nervous after bars issue... Leap was more like a step, & she did not hold her handstands. I held my breathe the entire minute LOL. Judge feedback again was very awesome & No falls - whew!
Next up floor - 8.8.25 5th place. She had a trip in the beginning & then a really freaky fhs with a backward rebound, and an archy back x-roll. But she ended it on time, and I thought overall, she did fantastic.
By now I know she only needs a 6.9 to qualify for state. Basically, all she has to do is get over the vault LOL.
Last up vault - vault is vault hee hee. Honestly, I was just happy she got over. She salutes, runs makes it over. Ok it was just an ok vault, barely any flight - but I knew it was at least a 7.8 so all was great.
Vault - 8.15. No place. I was pleasantly surprised it was even that high.
AA - 34.25 Hooray qualified for state. & so excited to get out there and compete again
video of 1st meet -
YouTube - Audrey's 1st Gymnastics Meet - Judges Cup - L5
