WAG "Meet the New Elites" - From cheer straight to L10

[josie55]

I saw this post on ChalkWarrior and am totally fascinated by the story of Laney Madsen. I don't know much about cheer, and can understand how a great cheerleader could go straight to being great on floor, but how would you get L10 bar, beam and vault skills in just one year? Pretty incredible.

"Laney only began gymnastics after quitting cheerleading in 2014. She went right to level 10 which she competed in 2015 as well as training elite. Laney is known for her tumbling on floor as well as her vault."

Here's the full post:
https://www.chalkwarrior.com/single-post/2017/07/19/Meet-the-New-Elites-2017

 

[Flyaway]

I read that and had the same thoughts. It will be exciting to watch her in the coming years.

 

[Mommyo2az]

I read that as well and had to investigate for myself. Looks like they may have stretched the truth a bit. She did do cheer until 2015, but it appears that she was also doing gymnastics at the same time. Her instagram her pictures of gymnastics since 2012. Still quite an accomplishment!

 

[Randomactsofcheer]

Her mother and father were also gymnasts and are certified USAG coaches, as well as USASF cheer coaches.

I am almost positive I read an article about her in the last year that said she has been doing gymnastics since preschool, but she didn't start competing until 2015.

Making it to level 10 and training elite in your first year of competitive gymnastics is a huge accomplishment, I don't see why they'd want to muddle the truth.

Maybe the writer meant to write, "Laney only began competitive gymnastics..."

 

[coachmolly]

I've read a little about her before, super impressive! We just took a former competitive cheer kid (10ish) and she is an exceptional tumbler and very daring on beam in terms of acro skills, but definitely behind on bars, vault, and just overall form and presentation type stuff. But we're also in an area that has some good but not great cheer gyms, so I imagine a kid coming from a highly competitive, big name cheer program would be even farther ahead- especially if she had some gymnastics experience.

 

[raenndrops]

I saw this post on ChalkWarrior and am totally fascinated by the story of Laney Madsen. I don't know much about cheer, and can understand how a great cheerleader could go straight to being great on floor, but how would you get L10 bar, beam and vault skills in just one year? Pretty incredible.

"Laney only began gymnastics after quitting cheerleading in 2014. She went right to level 10 which she competed in 2015 as well as training elite. Laney is known for her tumbling on floor as well as her vault."

Here's the full post:
https://www.chalkwarrior.com/single-post/2017/07/19/Meet-the-New-Elites-2017

Maybe bars is the event she doesn't compete. She is a 3 event specialist.

 

[Jenny]

Maybe bars is the event she doesn't compete. She is a 3 event specialist.

It is. Her bars are weaker. As far as I know she does compete bars but maybe didn't make the qualification score with bars included. But managed the 3 event score. However I can't find the scores now so I could be wrong.

 

[4schnoodle]

Holy moly! That's crazy! She must be super talented.

 

[sce]

Her only scores on meetscoresonline are for level 10 or elite. I assume, she scored out of a few levels, because even with the petition to optionals I don't think you can start at level 10. Must be a pretty talented kid, even if she trained gymnastics skills for a few years before competing, starting at level 10 is auspicious.

 

[blue_5678]

Her bars are actually looking pretty good from what I can see on instagram. Not quite "elite" level, but she does appear to be working quite a few release moves and high to low bar transitions. Regardless she is quite talented!

 

[duyetanh]

That's insane. WOW.

 

[txgymfan]

This site refuses to load on my iPad, my primary mode of internetting.

 

[blue_5678]

This site refuses to load on my iPad, my primary mode of internetting.

Not sure if this is allowed/counts as advertising but...
Are you using Safari on your iPad? I had quite a few issues using Chalk Bucket (and opening links from this site, etc.) so I switched to Puffin browser. It is free from the app store and the chalk warrior website seems to load on it. Hopefully this works for you!

(If this isn't allowed, let me know and I'll delete it)

 

[txgymfan]

Thanks! I will try that.

 

[Deleted member 14190]

Yes problems on bars but her floor is very good and .... she is a super sweet kid.

 

[John]

Thanks! I will try that.

Possibly download the app?

 

[gymdog]

I thought she was also doing acrobatic gymnastics, not just cheer. Acrobatic gymnastics form and expectations are much closer to/pretty much the same in fundamental aspects as artistic gymnastics.