Gymnasts Xcl. Category?

[Josette]

Hi all,

We just completed our first ever competition and my daughter is stoked! Can someone clue me in on how categories work?

She is xcel junior silver "group a" and there was a "group b"

Is junior and senior status determined by age or skill?

Same question with groups; what determines A vs B?

Thanks!

 

[XcelGirl]

hi! I am a silver who just competed too! Same comp? maybe! comp groups are made based on the ages of the gymnasts. They take everyone's age and split them up into categories! Your daughter is a younger junior, so she is one of the younger middles of the comp! Jr B means older middle, and same with Sr and ch (younger ch, older sr, etc)
Hope this helps!

 

[Josette]

hi! I am a silver who just competed too! Same comp? maybe! comp groups are made based on the ages of the gymnasts. They take everyone's age and split them up into categories! Your daughter is a younger junior, so she is one of the younger middles of the comp! Jr B means older middle, and same with Sr and ch (younger ch, older sr, etc)
Hope this helps!

Thanks for the explanation! And congratulations for competition day! Where did you compete? We are in North Texas.

Do you happen to track scores on meetscores online? That's my next thing to figure out

 

[XcelGirl]

North Oregon. And yes, checking mymeetscores/meetscores online is a big habit! Scorecat is also a really good option.

 

[gymnat83]

Yes, groups are based off age. I also think that meetscoresonline.com is better because it is easier for me! Let me know if you need help!

 

[GymDadWA]

Different meets do the division differently FYI so might be junior one week and a senior the next, might be 6 kids in her group one week and 16 in it the next week. It's up to each meet to divide it up how they want. Some meets put all the kids in a line and divide into equal sized groups, some do it by age groupings where junior groups might be huge and senior group might just have a handful.

 

[Gymnast_13]

Usually those groups are probably age.