- Jan 17, 2008
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Today DD had her 2nd Level 8 meet. We are in the 'Great State of Iowa" (as my husband says.. he is from here, I think he had to take a pledge when he was born here.. LOL Sorry Iowans...). DD was so excited, she got to have a photo taken with Shawn Johnson yesterday. She was even more excited today when she got to meet Chow himself - oh AND he HUGGED HER!!!
So to the Meet...
We started on beam again.. this time they did warm up in a different gym, I really like that... I can sit in my own fairy land, dreaming of connected flight and switch leaps with no wobbles.. and guess what?? she had connected flight and a switch leap with no wobbles! Then wobbled on something silly, like a tuck 3/4. But the routine was much better than last week. She had a 8.6 good enought for a 6th place medal!
Onto Floor... a better routine than last week - still needs some cleaning up. but scored a 8.375. Just shy of a placement.
Vault.. She is still doing the 1/2 on 1/2 off.. last week her coach said she was 'blocking past vertical' so he thought about having her just do a FHS for her vault this week. Well things must have gone well doing warm up and he had her do the 1/2 on 1/2 off.. she got a 8.45... that is higher than most FHS she scored last year in L7!!! She was . 05 shy of a medal.. but thrilled with her vault.
Finally, it came down to bars, she needed a 8.075 to qualify for state. She did her pirouette on her first cast and hit her handstand on high bar. giant giant, stuck her flyaway.. I thought she had it... but not so much.. 7.85.
AA 33.275. so close but it is only the 2nd meet of the season. She increased her AA by almost 2 points this week. She is thilled! She went up on all events. AND placed on her favorite event. Along with the joy of meeting Shawn & Chow! She is on cloud 9...
Next meet in 1 week, Saturday afternoon..
So to the Meet...
We started on beam again.. this time they did warm up in a different gym, I really like that... I can sit in my own fairy land, dreaming of connected flight and switch leaps with no wobbles.. and guess what?? she had connected flight and a switch leap with no wobbles! Then wobbled on something silly, like a tuck 3/4. But the routine was much better than last week. She had a 8.6 good enought for a 6th place medal!
Onto Floor... a better routine than last week - still needs some cleaning up. but scored a 8.375. Just shy of a placement.
Vault.. She is still doing the 1/2 on 1/2 off.. last week her coach said she was 'blocking past vertical' so he thought about having her just do a FHS for her vault this week. Well things must have gone well doing warm up and he had her do the 1/2 on 1/2 off.. she got a 8.45... that is higher than most FHS she scored last year in L7!!! She was . 05 shy of a medal.. but thrilled with her vault.
Finally, it came down to bars, she needed a 8.075 to qualify for state. She did her pirouette on her first cast and hit her handstand on high bar. giant giant, stuck her flyaway.. I thought she had it... but not so much.. 7.85.
AA 33.275. so close but it is only the 2nd meet of the season. She increased her AA by almost 2 points this week. She is thilled! She went up on all events. AND placed on her favorite event. Along with the joy of meeting Shawn & Chow! She is on cloud 9...
Next meet in 1 week, Saturday afternoon..