sleeping judy
Proud Parent
My dd has had a somewhat rough year scoring-wise. She tends to move back and forth between age groups as she has a winter birthday. Sometimes she's with the youngest age group and those little girls are rockstars. I usually mentally prep dd that she probably won't medal because all arounds start at 37.5 and many times are 38s. She is not there She has such a good attitude about it and is a very supportive and sweet teammate. She's used to not winning despite being a very solid gymnast (she scores high 8s and some 9s). She's maybe gotten 3 medals all season.
We recently went to a meet and she was listed in the 12/13 group (she's 12). I could see her face get all excited when she realized she was going to medal on bars which has always given her problems. Then, they didn't call her name and we realized, they had bumped her down an age group. She was fighting back tears because she totally thought she was going to get at least one medal.
Her coach asked and they said yes, they had bumped her down to the 11 and under group because of the number of scratches. I am feeling a little momma bearish, but I find this incredibly crappy. Couldn't they resolve this issue by going out fewer places in the age groups where they are short or by splitting up the 12-13 groups into two? At least then the girls could have been in their true age group.
She walked away with nothing when she thought she would have been 2nd AA. She was devastated. Like I said, she usually doesn't medal and it doesn't phase her because she can mentally prep. I feel so bad for her and I don't think it's fair
We recently went to a meet and she was listed in the 12/13 group (she's 12). I could see her face get all excited when she realized she was going to medal on bars which has always given her problems. Then, they didn't call her name and we realized, they had bumped her down an age group. She was fighting back tears because she totally thought she was going to get at least one medal.
Her coach asked and they said yes, they had bumped her down to the 11 and under group because of the number of scratches. I am feeling a little momma bearish, but I find this incredibly crappy. Couldn't they resolve this issue by going out fewer places in the age groups where they are short or by splitting up the 12-13 groups into two? At least then the girls could have been in their true age group.
She walked away with nothing when she thought she would have been 2nd AA. She was devastated. Like I said, she usually doesn't medal and it doesn't phase her because she can mentally prep. I feel so bad for her and I don't think it's fair