Many of the OTW team girls went to watch college gymnastics at the Fox Run Invitational on Saturday. UNH's team, led by Amanda Hall, faced the teams from the University of Miinnesota, Yale and Temple. The UNH team was good, but the Minnesota gymnasts were very good too. After the first rotation, UNH led by less than a point. After the second rotation, UNH was still only ahead by 0.9375. In the third rotation, UNH widened the gap only slightly to a point and a half.
UNH's team put on an excellent floor performance. Amanda Hall's impressive 9.90 included her crowd-pleasing "worm" move. The Minnesota team was sharp, making few mistakes and suffered very few falls. By the end of the fourth rotation, they had closed the gap to only a half a point. In the end, UNH's team took first place by just 0.5 points.
OTW girls could be heard claiming fancy moves for their future routines. "I call that for my mount." You could also hear sympathetic voices when a gymnast would slip or bobble. "Oww. I know how that feels." Aside from the window-shopping for cool moves (which there was plenty of), they also got to see that even the "big girls" can have a bad day. Amanda Hall, for example, had 9.8s on both vault and bars, but was not having as good a day on beam. She wobbled twice and fell on her front tuck. For this, she got only a 9.075. (only?) That fall was enough let Minnesota's Ashley Mutchler take first place in the All Around with a 38.750. Hall took second with a 38.625.
Seeing all the skilled gymnasts at the Fox Run Invitational had quite a few of the OTW girls energized for more.
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