My daughter just turned 11 years old last month, competed 2 years of L5, won state her 2nd year, competed a meet in Feb. at L6 and got 2nd place with an 36.35AA. Now she is preparing for a full L6 season in the fall and will then move straight on to L7. Our gym just competes 1 meet of L7 and then you spend the rest of the year preparing for 8/9/10. She definitely trains ahead on beam and floor, not so much on bars and vault. We are in a competitive gym with a great elite program and excellent coaching. I have talked to the coaches and they both think she is talented with potential... my question is whether she is too old to make elite one day. She seems so much further behind other good gymnasts her age. I am not interested in the olympics, but my daughter is interested in college gymnastics. It is my understanding that the competitive college programs like elite girls. Is my daughter too far behind to have that as a goal? This is probably a stupid question, but we are getting ready to make some big decisions regarding her gymnastics and I am trying to get as much info as I can...I do not know very much about the sport at all. Thanks for the input...