Our 1st Tag Day - A Huge Success!

On Saturday, April 15th, three of our OTW girls participated in the first of two Tag Days being held to support the Boosters Club.

Courtney, Jamie and Jessica stood in front of Howie Glynn's store in Windham looking for support from their neighbors and other locals who happened by.

The girls only brought the two OTW cans with them. A kind gentleman who stopped into the store handed a donation to each of the girls. After seeing that Jess didn't have a can, he returned to his car and a few moments later, came out with a tissue box. He made sure he emptied it out, right down to the plastic covering, so that Jess would have her own collection "can". After a little decorative work, Jess' can was right on the money.

The tag day was a huge success. The store's customers were very kind and very supportive. The girls exceeded the goal they had set for funds raised...by almost double!

Tiff Going To Regionals

Tiffany had a good day at States. Her Vault, Beam and Bar scores were her highest of the season. Her All Around of 35.7 was also her highest. She took 6th place in the 15+ age group, so that puts her on the New Hampshire Team. Way to go Tiff!

Level 8 Regionals are in Providence, RI, on May 6 and 7.

OTW 7s are State Champions!

It didn't look too good by the time the meet was nearly done. Other gyms' girls were scoring 9.5s and 9.6s. Winning the banner seemed unlikely. It's not that the OTW 7s were having a bad day. In fact, they were having a very good day (see score comments below). But it seemed like the big teams (NEGTC and Atlantic) were having very very good days. TriStar was also scoring very well.

The OTW 7 team had amassed a team score of 112.8 -- their highest of the season. But, it didn't seem high enough, after seeing the other teams' scores on Beam, especially.

As they announced the team scores, Atlantic took 4th with a 111.35 Spirits lifted a little as that meant the OTW girls could still bring home a trophy. TriStar narrowly took 3rd with a 111.45. It was down to OTW and NEGTC. A second place trophy would have been excellent.

NEGTC took 2nd with a 112.3. The OTW Level 7 Team had done it! They brought home the State Champions banner.

What happened to all those high other-gym scores? The OTW girls didn't always post the highest scores on each event, but they were not far behind and more consistent as a team overall. Most of those high other-gym scores were on Floor and Beam. OTW was solid there too, but came on stronger in Vault and Bars, particularly.

Allison was a little blond fire ball, scoring 9.4 on Vault, 9.5 on Bars and took first on Beam with a 9.25. She took first in the 8-11 yr olds in the All Around with a 37.625. Allysa took 1st on Bars with a 9.475, 2nd on Beam and 2nd in the 12 yr olds in All Around.

Alexis took 1st on Vault (13, 14 yr olds) with a 9.45, 2nd on Bars and Floor with 9.425 and 9.4. Her 9.425 on Beam took 4th, just to underscore how tough the competition had been on Beam. Alexis' All Around of 37.7 took 1st.

Jess was a tall brunette fire ball. She scored 9s on everything. She took 3rd in the All Around with 37.075 -- her season best! Kayla was part of the Vault power pack. Her 9.225 on Vault was part of the extra kick that put OTW ahead. LaNaya scored a 9.35 on Bars -- her all-time best on Bars, taking 4th. Her All Around of 36.55 was her season best. Melinda also came on strong on Bars. Her 9.10 (her season best) got her to the awards platform and was part of her season best All Around too.

Very impressive, girls. You did your best when it counted most. Each of you are truly are Champions! (You've got a banner to prove it.) :-)

Level 9 Regionals Results

The Region 6 USAG Regionals for Level 9 were held April 2nd in Syracuse. Becca and Brianna competed. Their full scores are listed on the meet results page (click here)

Becca took first place on Vault in the Junior D age group with an 8.95. Becca's All Around was 34.575 which placed her 11th. Bri took fourth place on Beam with a 9.40. Bri's All Around was 35.700, taking 12th in the Junior C age group.

7s stay hot at Sectional #2

The Level 7 team didn't cool off during the month since their last meet. There were the usual little ups and downs, but overall the whole team performed well. The blue and white OTW jackets were regular features on the awards platform.

Allison took 1st on Bars with a 9.30, 2nd on Vault and tied for 2nd on Floor. Her All Around of 36.70 took 2nd in the 8 to 11 year old group. Alyssa took first in the All Around of the 12 yr old group.

At this particular meet, the 13 & 14 year old group was crowded. Awards went out 8 places. Despite the large group size, the OTW 7s were often "sweeping" the top of the platform. For the Vault, Alexis took 1st, Jess 2nd, Kayla 3rd. On the Bars, Jess took 1st, LaNaya 2nd, Alexis 3rd and Melinda 4th. (This was Melinda's high score on bars (so far) for the season. Way to go, Melinda!) On Beam, Alexis took 1st, Jess and LaNaya tied for 2nd. Kayla took 6th and Melinda 7th. On Floor, it was Alexis at 1st, LaNaya 3rd, Jess 4th, Kayla 5th.

The wall of blue and white continued through the All Arounds. Alexis took first with a 37.15. Jess took 2nd with a 36.625. LaNaya took 3rd with a 36.30. Kayla took 5th with a 35.00.

With only two weeks to go until States, the Level 7 team is looking good.