Level 4's Take 2nd Place Team Award at Brestyan's

The Level 4 team competed on Friday, the first day of the Brestyan's American Classic Invitational. The 4's had a great showing at their first out-of-state invitational meet. They appeared composed and confident amidst the large crowd of gymnasts and the modified warm-up/compete format that was new to them. Thanks to a great team performance, the girls brought home the second place trophy!

Allie earned gold on the beam, and 4th in the all around. Maddie K and Hope were hot on the vault, earning 4th and 1st place medals respectively. Jessica had a great bars routine, turning in a 9.15 to earn a 5th place medal in her age division, while Hanna scored an amazing 9.675 earning the gold and a special judges' award for best dismount. Judging was tough on the floor for the 4's, but Maddie F won them over to take home the bronze. Summer and Cassie both had solid beam routines, taking home 5th and 6th place respectively.

Directions to Hartford meet

Here's info on how to get to the Hartford meet, especially if you're driving direct. Click here Don't forget to take pictures with the yearbook (and website) in mind! :-)

Hartford Meet Update

The site for the Hartford meet was updated today to show a session schedule that is different that what they started out with. Check it out

Drawing Winners

Team girls take turns, after each practice, drawing a ticket from the "magic" pumpkin. (It's not actually magic, btw) Here Jackie draws the slip for the winner of the Body Shop gift basket. These scenes of cheerful chaos will continue throughout the month of January untill all prizes are won. If you bought a ticket, you could be next!

Bringing Home the Medals

In some ways, this all-teams meet at Atlantic was a tough one, with some stricter judging in play, apparently. Scores were generally lower for most of the girls from all nine gyms competing. There were many low 8s flashed and quite a few 7s too.

The Level 4s felt that tougher judging, especially on floor. Despite the lower-than-average scoring, the 4s managed to post some high point scores. The OTW 4s were strong on Beam. Allie's 9.45 and Madison & Hanna's 9.35 stood out. Summer had a good Vault and Beam routine. Her Floor was better than the score suggested. Jessica scored 9s on Bars and Beam. Madeline took 5th on Floor. Hanna posted 9s in all four events, taking 1st in three of them, and 1st in the All-Around. Hope, similarly, took three 1st places in the 9-10 age group, and 1st in her group's All-Around.

The Level 5s had their burden with the lower scoring climate, but like the others had their highpoints too. Emma tied for first on Vault, taking home a medal. Jessica F took home the silver on Vault. Jackie took home a sliver on Beam with a 9.025. Jessica P also took home silver for Beam (11-12 yr olds) with a 9.025. Jessica P also took the gold in the All-Around.

The Level 6s were bringing home their share of medals too. Madison took 1st in the All-Around (11-12s), with Kelly taking 5th. Jamie and Amanda were having rather good days, taking home gold and silver medals in the 13+ All-Around.

The Level 7 team pressed on, and despite not having the best of meets, did quite well. A few notable exceptions to the generally lower scores were on Beam, with Allison scoring a 9.5, and Courtney with a 9.3. Kayla and Leigh dominated the Vault with a 9.45 and a 9.40.

When it came to awards, it was apparent that the OTW 7s were in better form than the scores implied. In the 7-11 yr old group, Leigh took 1st on Vault, 4th on Beam, 2nd on Floor and placed 2nd in the All-Around. Among the 12 yr olds, Allison took 1st on Bars and Beam, as well as 1st in the All-Around. In the 13 yr old group, team mates Kayla, Hillary and Courtney shared the podium, taking 1st, 2nd & 3rd on Vault. Hillary took 2nd on Bars. Courtney took 1st on Beam. Kayla took 2nd on Floor. In the All-Around, they took 1st, 3rd and 4th. In the 14+ age group, team mates Jess, LaNaya and Melinda swept 1st, 2nd and 3rd on Bars.

In Level 8, Alyssa was no stranger to the awards podium either. She took 2nd on Vault with a 9.1, 3rd on Bars and 4th on Floor with 9.0s. Her All-Around placed her 5th.

All in all, the girls did an excellent job with a rough day. Congratulations every one of you!

Thanks, Pat, Lori, Jeannie and Linda for the scores