Daughter had her first out of state meet in the Big Apple this past weekend. I am really proud of her and her team-mate not because they got great scores (they did well judging was tough and some really good teams). They we there with just the two of them(9 and 10- level 5's) most of the the other teams had a large amout of girls. One of the other teams competeing againest them had 2 of the girls who used to be on their team 2 years ago. These girls were really close when they were on the same team. My daughter and her teammate approached them to say Hi and the other girls just smugly looked away, when my daughter was getting a medal for beam the one girl was next to her (she placed just above my daughter) and my daughter said to her good job she just looked away. I did say Hi to their moms who were friendly toward me and nice. I just do not get why they have to act this way. Then my daughter gets a 8.475 on floor and comes up to me happy saying her floor is really improving ( I love how she is trying to improve her scores instead of comparing them to the others which were much higher). Daughter ends up getting 2 medals for beam and vault but her friend who is younger has a better vault score walks away with nothing. Well this just aggravates me about the sport but her friend accepts this and is fine meanwhile I see other gymnasts who look older crying and having meltdowns. They both handled themselves so well at such a big meet, I just think they both have such good attitudes.
As for the out of state meet experience it was alright but I would be happy just to stay in PA and compete. I think at their age and level it is really unnecessary. I am looking forward to the day when my daughter is older and her coach can just take her to the meets ot of state.
As for the out of state meet experience it was alright but I would be happy just to stay in PA and compete. I think at their age and level it is really unnecessary. I am looking forward to the day when my daughter is older and her coach can just take her to the meets ot of state.