Women Are xcel scores trending higher than in years past?

[Dad1234]

Are xcel scores trending higher than in the past? I was following state meet scores this weekend and noticed really high scores. For example when my daughter competed xcel gold three seasons ago only 5% of the kids got a 37.0 or higher all around score., with no scores of 38.0 or higher. At a the state meet that I was following, 12% of kids on gold had a 38.0 or higher and 46% of kids had a 37.0-37.9 score. This seems crazy to me when just a few years ago only a small handful of kids got 37.0 or higher. Did the scoring get easier or are kids bypassing the lower DP levels for xcel which is trending the scores higher. There is double the amount of kids in gold now compared to a few years ago. I don’t see this trend at the upper xcel levels.

 

[Sebastian12]

Just observation from our state - it is the sandbagging. Our state judges harsh in general; gyms that transition kids from xcel to DP actually tend to compete more difficult skills to prepare for optionals, so no it is not that. It is the gyms that keeping kids on lower xcel levels for 3-4 years and the ones that compete bare minimum to win…

 

[XCEL_GymMom23]

Just observation from our state - it is the sandbagging. Our state judges harsh in general; gyms that transition kids from xcel to DP actually tend to compete more difficult skills to prepare for optionals, so no it is not that. It is the gyms that keeping kids on lower xcel levels for 3-4 years and the ones that compete bare minimum to win…

THIS!! Our state is the same way! There are gyms that are known for holding girls at least 3 years in the same level even when they are already scoring 38-39+ every meet. At state a few weeks ago I watched so many routines that were 1-2 levels higher in skills and still scoring 9.7+ and some of these girls scored close to the same last year and qualified for regionals last year so why on earth were they kept in the same level? That can't be fun for those girls but it also isn't fair to the girls/gyms who aren't cheating the system just to win medals.