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Midget's Dad
This was a meet of highs and lows for us. I think because Midget is a little worn after the much extended meet season. She and one other girl were the only ones from compulsories to compete in this meet but it was a bit of a last minute addition.
No camera issues this time around so yay. Also did get to sit next to Mary Lou Retton who was there cheering on three of her daughters. She has a 5, 8, and 9 and I got to see her 8 compete on floor and she was excellent!
First up was vault, one of our highs considering it is usually such a low. Midget had a great first vault and then she really cranked it for the second one and had an even better one. 8.5! After a season of 6's and 7's that was awesome!
Bars next. She was pretty solid but she came around too fast on her Mill and just barely got herself stopped in time, but then over-corrected and fell backwards. Still she scored a 7.9.
Beam, our strongest event. She looked good as always I thought. Not a single wobble throughout the routine. A few polish mistakes and got an 8.625? Oh well.
Finally to floor. I thought she looked the best she ever has until she got stuck on her backward roll and fell. So she did it again and got it. Not sure if they gave her an added element deduction but it is the only thing that makes sense with her score, 7.4.
I think she was embarrassed about messing up a backward roll because this was the first time she has ever started crying at a meet. Got her calmed down and headed to awards.
Awards kind of upset me, but I will explain in a second.
Midget got 4th on Beam, and 6th on Bars. 8th all-around. No place in vault or floor and I have yet to see the full scoring breakdowns.
Now to why I was bothered. Lots of girls did not make it to the meet due to the weather in the southeast. So they decided to combine age groups. So they made the youngest group 5 to 8 year olds. In my mind there is a HUGE difference between even a 7 year old and an 8 year old, at the younger ages they change so quickly. And it showed, the top places went to 8 year olds every single event.
But, it is what it is. I am and always will be proud of Midget. And I certainly did not let her know how I felt.
And now we are done! On to level 4!! And yes, she knows now.
PS Video to follow hopefully later today.
No camera issues this time around so yay. Also did get to sit next to Mary Lou Retton who was there cheering on three of her daughters. She has a 5, 8, and 9 and I got to see her 8 compete on floor and she was excellent!
First up was vault, one of our highs considering it is usually such a low. Midget had a great first vault and then she really cranked it for the second one and had an even better one. 8.5! After a season of 6's and 7's that was awesome!
Bars next. She was pretty solid but she came around too fast on her Mill and just barely got herself stopped in time, but then over-corrected and fell backwards. Still she scored a 7.9.
Beam, our strongest event. She looked good as always I thought. Not a single wobble throughout the routine. A few polish mistakes and got an 8.625? Oh well.
Finally to floor. I thought she looked the best she ever has until she got stuck on her backward roll and fell. So she did it again and got it. Not sure if they gave her an added element deduction but it is the only thing that makes sense with her score, 7.4.
I think she was embarrassed about messing up a backward roll because this was the first time she has ever started crying at a meet. Got her calmed down and headed to awards.
Awards kind of upset me, but I will explain in a second.
Midget got 4th on Beam, and 6th on Bars. 8th all-around. No place in vault or floor and I have yet to see the full scoring breakdowns.
Now to why I was bothered. Lots of girls did not make it to the meet due to the weather in the southeast. So they decided to combine age groups. So they made the youngest group 5 to 8 year olds. In my mind there is a HUGE difference between even a 7 year old and an 8 year old, at the younger ages they change so quickly. And it showed, the top places went to 8 year olds every single event.
But, it is what it is. I am and always will be proud of Midget. And I certainly did not let her know how I felt.
And now we are done! On to level 4!! And yes, she knows now.
PS Video to follow hopefully later today.