First let me say I have been reading everyones Posts but have not been able to respond to any of them. Sounds like another fun filled weekend of 1st Optional Meets (way to go Cait), The MN Winter Challenge was well attended by Chalk Bucketers!
We woulda competed that meet but instead we hit the sunny state of Florida! Delightful! We flew out Thursday morning (had a 2 1/2 hour flight delay) but landed in plenty of time to have a nice dinner with the family, relax in the pool and go to bed early (I had only an hour of sleep the night before... do any of you get like that? No sleep the night before having to get up at 4:00 am? )
Friday we spent the day at Magic Kingdom. Beetle and Bug ( my DD's) have been there 3 times but this was the first trip for our 5 year old son. And let me tell you the fireworks over Cinderella's castle get me every time! it is truly magical!
Beetle had a 8:00 am report time on Saturday. Luckily we got lots of sleep and were able to get up and out of the condo in plenty of time! First up was Beam...she was confident and strong, one judge gave her connection on her flight, the other didnt but In the end she had a 10.0 Start value score.. 8.8! That is a good score for her.
onto floor, which is normally her strongest event. If you remember from last meet she had a composition deduction for her turn so her coaches changed it to a double full turn, she stepped out of it a little bit and landed back on her heels on her front lay out. Score 8.6.. hmm.. a little on the low side we thought, but oh well.. she did her best and the judges just didnt like what they saw whatever it was...
Onto Vault.. she had worked really hard during the week on her tsuk's. Her coach said she would warm them up and if they were safe she could do it.. well what do you know! NAILED her Tsuk! Stood both up. score 8.8 Highest Vault score ever!
Finally bars. She was dead last to go. Warm ups were terrible, didnt turn any pirouettes in warm up... she goes to compete.. kip, cast to handstand.. and stops... ... nothing... nothing ... nothing.. finally does a clear hip to handstand.. turns the pirouette.. jump to high bar.. Gorgeous giants. Sticks her fly away. score 8.85.. highest bar score ever!
And guess what? Beetle came home with a bunch of medals!
Vault 2nd place
Bars 2nd place
Beam 3rd Place
Floor 4th Place
AA 35.025 4th place.
It was really fun to watch her enjoy the entire meet. We were very proud of how hard she has worked coming back from both injuries and watching her accomplish her goals!
The rest of the time was spent having good family Disney fun!
We woulda competed that meet but instead we hit the sunny state of Florida! Delightful! We flew out Thursday morning (had a 2 1/2 hour flight delay) but landed in plenty of time to have a nice dinner with the family, relax in the pool and go to bed early (I had only an hour of sleep the night before... do any of you get like that? No sleep the night before having to get up at 4:00 am? )
Friday we spent the day at Magic Kingdom. Beetle and Bug ( my DD's) have been there 3 times but this was the first trip for our 5 year old son. And let me tell you the fireworks over Cinderella's castle get me every time! it is truly magical!
Beetle had a 8:00 am report time on Saturday. Luckily we got lots of sleep and were able to get up and out of the condo in plenty of time! First up was Beam...she was confident and strong, one judge gave her connection on her flight, the other didnt but In the end she had a 10.0 Start value score.. 8.8! That is a good score for her.
onto floor, which is normally her strongest event. If you remember from last meet she had a composition deduction for her turn so her coaches changed it to a double full turn, she stepped out of it a little bit and landed back on her heels on her front lay out. Score 8.6.. hmm.. a little on the low side we thought, but oh well.. she did her best and the judges just didnt like what they saw whatever it was...
Onto Vault.. she had worked really hard during the week on her tsuk's. Her coach said she would warm them up and if they were safe she could do it.. well what do you know! NAILED her Tsuk! Stood both up. score 8.8 Highest Vault score ever!
Finally bars. She was dead last to go. Warm ups were terrible, didnt turn any pirouettes in warm up... she goes to compete.. kip, cast to handstand.. and stops... ... nothing... nothing ... nothing.. finally does a clear hip to handstand.. turns the pirouette.. jump to high bar.. Gorgeous giants. Sticks her fly away. score 8.85.. highest bar score ever!
And guess what? Beetle came home with a bunch of medals!
Vault 2nd place
Bars 2nd place
Beam 3rd Place
Floor 4th Place
AA 35.025 4th place.
It was really fun to watch her enjoy the entire meet. We were very proud of how hard she has worked coming back from both injuries and watching her accomplish her goals!
The rest of the time was spent having good family Disney fun!
