Thanks GJM, her foot didn't give her any trouble at all. The girls started out on vault. During warm-up, one of her teammates ran all out down the runway, hit the spring board as hard as she could and her legs buckled and she went face first into the vault table at full speed.
The whole gymnasium went silent. It was a scary moment for everyone, but after a few minutes, she was able to get back to her feet to an ovation from all the competing gymnasts, judges, parents and siblings.
The event staff stopped the vault competition and gave her the time she needed to get checked out by the medical staff and shake it off. Thank goodness those fairies are looking after our little girls.
Elizabeth had a solid vault and scored a 9.250 16th place. Next up bars, Elizabeth's favorite event!! She's the L5 state bars champ and has 5 first place finishes as a L6. She's been working bars really hard to get ready for states and put up another solid routine. She was visibly disappointed in her score, 8.950, which was still good enough for 6th place.
On beam she was super conservative and went small on all her tricks - 9.150 11th place. By the time she got to floor, she was super amped and went all out. She finally nailed her front tuck (which is what she was working on when she injured her foot) and was rewarded with a 9.600 which turned out to be the best score of the day!!
All around, she finished 5th with a 36.950. The unusual thing is that the four girls that finished ahead of her in the AA didn't have any 1st place finishes in any of the individual events.
Over all, she seems disappointed. Whenever anyone asks her how she did, she unenthusiastically replies 5th all around and doesn't even mention that she's state floor champ. I guess it's going to take a few days to get over her bar score
Have a safe trip & a great weekend! Hope she's not feeling stressed. She just needs to do what she's been doing all season & she's gonna rock at states!!!! Good luck!
We all had a great weekend, but we're happy to be home. I don't remember the L5 championships being as pressure packed. Last year the girls were split into two groups, ten, and ten and a half. This year, it was an all 11 year old session with the 65 top gymnasts in the state qualifying. 
)! I'm sure she was against repeat L6's & girls who practice increadible amounts of hours compared to her. She just competed against a whole meet of girls who were her direct competition...and she came in 5th!!! (with an amazing AA score I might add!)And 1st on floor!!!! That is awesome!!!! Congratulations!!!! WTG Elizabeth!!!
