Medals Amid The Storm

Despite the serious snow storm that blanketed southern New Hampshire with a foot of snow, OTW's gymnasts were on the floor and racking up medals at this year's all-levels December meet at Atlantic. Sunday morning, the Level 7 Team took the the floor. Together, the team brought home 17 medals and two trophies!

7s Still Hot Stuff
In the "child" division, Emily P. took the silver on Vault, bronze on Bars and Beam. Jackie placed on Vault and Beam, taking the bronze on Floor. Nicole placed on Vault and Bars. She took silver on Beam and bronze in the All-Around. In the "junior" division, Mikayla placed on Vault and had her high score of the meet on Floor. In the "junior plus" group, Ali placed on Vault, Bars and Floor, taking the bronze on Beam and silver in the All-Around. In the "senior" group, Amanda and Jamie continued to dominate the top of the platform. Amanda took three golds and one bronze. Jamie took two silver and a gold. In the All-Around, Amanda was gold, Jamie took silver.

For fun this year, there were several "Judges Awards" trophies handed out. Amanda won the Vault Excellence trophy for best twist. Nicole won the Beam Excellence trophy for best flight series connection.

8s Gaining Ground
All three 8s were in the "senior" division. Jess took the bronze on Vault. Melinda took 4th. On Bars, LaNaya took silver. Jess took the bronze. Jess took the silver on Floor. In the All-Around, Jess took 4th, LaNaya 5th. Both improved their All-Around scores. Jess won the Vault Excellence trophy.

Other level results as parents send them in. (if you've got some meet results, send them in to otwbooster@gmail.com) -- Thanks to Rita for the Level 7 scores.

New Faces on Team: Paige

Paige has been on the OTW Level 4 team when it started its Fall season. She's been doing gymnastics since she was four years old. Not too surprisingly, Paige's favorite event is Vault. She's been turning in 9s on Vault pretty regularly. Her favorite foods are broccoli and strawberries (not at the same time). Her favorite movie is Rin Tin Tin and turns the radio up to hear "Our Song" by Taylor Swift. Paige is really enjoying being on team. She especially likes having the older girls around to mentor her. She was on hand to cheer the optional girls on at their first meet of their season, in Bow.

We're all glad to have you on the team, Paige.

Optional Season Off To Great Start

The OTW optional teams had their first meet of the season this Sunday in Bow. As an "unadvertised special" this first meet of the year was also a theme meet. It was the Snowflake Invitational. This meant medals instead of ribbons and team trophies. The OTW girls brought home quite a few of them. Liz even brought home some cold cash, as she won the first session's 50/50 raffle. Go Liz!

Level 7s' Hot Start

With no apparent rustiness to shake off, the Level 7 team was off and running. They took home the 1st place team trophy, with a score of 110.8. They also gathered a lot of gold and silver in every age group. In the 8-11 age group, Nicole took silvers on Beam and All Around. Jackie took gold on Bars, Beam and All Around. In the 12 year old group, Mikayla took gold on Bars and Beam and silver in the All Around. In the 13-14 group, Ali took gold on all events except Floor where she took silver. In the 15+ group, Jamie and Amanda were always up for medals. Jamie took gold on Beam and All Around, silver on Vault and Bars. Amanda took gold on Vault and Floor, silver on Beam and All Around.

For being the first meet of the season, this team is already looking powerful. Keep up the great work 7s. Very impressive start.

Level 8 Medals Too

The Level 8 Team was out of the running for a team trophy as Melinda could not compete all events (sore foot). She was able to compete bars. In fact, she took the gold on her one event. Not a bad way to go. Jess took silver on Bars, and to complete the sweep, LaNaya took the bronze. Jess went on to take the gold on Beam, Floor and the All Around too.

They might be a little team, but they're in the running.

Level 9 / 10 Take 1st Too

Levels 9 and 10 competed as combined teams. Here again, the OTW girls took the top of the podium. The 9s and 10s took 1st place. Individually, there was gold and silver for everyone here too. Kayla took gold on Vault and Floor. Alyssa took gold on Bars and the All Around. Allison took gold on Bars (11-12 age group), Floor and the All Around. Becca took gold on Vault, Floor and All Around. Bri took gold on Bars and Beam.

Great job optionals. This promises to be an exciting season.

Winter States: 5s take 4th & 2 golds

The Level 5 team faced a talented field of competitors at this winter's state meet. The team brought home a trophy. The 5s also have two State Champions. Jordon is the State Beam Champion in the 10 year old group. Emma T. is State Beam Champion in the 9 year old group. Sydney took the bronze on floor. Maddy took the bronze on floor in the 10 year old group. Summer had her high score of the meet on Bars. Ellie, too, placed highest on Bars.

The Level 4 girls were strong on Vault at Winter States. Sarah scored a 9.15, Paige scored a 9.00. Emily also scored her highest of the meet on Vault.

The Level 6 action also saw Hanna and Emma L. scoring their highest of the meet on Vault. Hanna took 4th on Bars.

We're proud of you girls.