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iggy1988
On Sunday Cait had her second Level 7 meet. It was a meet called Luau in Leos at Kalahari water park in Sandusky. It was a very fun venue for a meet.
Unfortunately on Saturday night, Cait got sick and vomited a few times. We were not sure if she would be able to compete on Sunday. She woke up Sunday morning feeling a little better and she said she wanted to go to the meet. She ate and drank a little on the way there but still didn't feel quite right. We told her coaches to keep an eye out for her and off she went...
Started on bars. Normally, we hate, and so does Cait, when bars is first. I always feel like our gymmies are so hyped up and being hyped up is not a good place to be for the beam. In this case, however, with her not feeling well, it was good to start there..
She was 5th to go and the first 4 girls all fell. I was so stinking nervous that I couldn't watch. Jen videotaped while I stared at the corner waiting to hear awwwws or cheers .... Well, we heard cheers, phew... 9.250 and she is off to a good start...
Floor was next. We figured with her being a little weak that this would be the toughest event for her. We were right.... extra steps and an overall lethargic performance netted her an 8.675
Onto vault which, as I have said numerous times before, is normally very solid for her. Again it was, 9.275
Over to bars. Good warmups at first but then casted too high a few times and fell off on her last two warmups. Did great when it counted, 9.075
In summary,
Beam 9.250 - 3rd place
Floor 8.675 - no place
Vault 9.275 - 4th place
Bars 9.075 - 3rd place
AA 36.275 - 2nd place
Two meets down, First AA and second AA. Not too bad, onto Indy in two weeks on Valentine's Day
Thanks for reading...
Sean
Unfortunately on Saturday night, Cait got sick and vomited a few times. We were not sure if she would be able to compete on Sunday. She woke up Sunday morning feeling a little better and she said she wanted to go to the meet. She ate and drank a little on the way there but still didn't feel quite right. We told her coaches to keep an eye out for her and off she went...
Started on bars. Normally, we hate, and so does Cait, when bars is first. I always feel like our gymmies are so hyped up and being hyped up is not a good place to be for the beam. In this case, however, with her not feeling well, it was good to start there..
She was 5th to go and the first 4 girls all fell. I was so stinking nervous that I couldn't watch. Jen videotaped while I stared at the corner waiting to hear awwwws or cheers .... Well, we heard cheers, phew... 9.250 and she is off to a good start...
Floor was next. We figured with her being a little weak that this would be the toughest event for her. We were right.... extra steps and an overall lethargic performance netted her an 8.675
Onto vault which, as I have said numerous times before, is normally very solid for her. Again it was, 9.275
Over to bars. Good warmups at first but then casted too high a few times and fell off on her last two warmups. Did great when it counted, 9.075
In summary,
Beam 9.250 - 3rd place
Floor 8.675 - no place
Vault 9.275 - 4th place
Bars 9.075 - 3rd place
AA 36.275 - 2nd place
Two meets down, First AA and second AA. Not too bad, onto Indy in two weeks on Valentine's Day
Thanks for reading...
Sean