Wildflower Invitational:
This is a meet that is held closest to our home and in a great facility. The viewing area is raised all around the competition floor. You always have a good seat! Or, if you are like me, you can pace during the whole meet and still watch. The other nice thing about this gym is that two of Z's old teammates are there and we are able to see them and their families. One is also a level 7, so again they get to compete against each other.
We started on beam, which has started to be Z's favorite event to begin with. She had one of her most solid routines that I've seen in awhile. She ended up scoring a 9.350 and took 4th place.
Floor was, as usual, strong. :) She scored a 9.525 which was enough to tie for 2nd place.
Vault and bars were fine with a 9.375 (3rd place) and a 9.250 (5th place) respectively. All around was a 37.500 for 3rd place.
The team again took first place. Four meets in a row!
Spirit of the Flame:
This is another meet that Z likes--primarily because they get a leo instead of a t-shirt! I like it because it is near where we used to live and I can go see people and check out the changes in the area.
The meet started on vault. For the first time this year, Z stuck her landings on vault. They looked great to me, but she only scored a 9.300. I guess that was ok though, since she took first place.
On bars, she looked really strong and scored a 9.475, which was 2nd place.
Beam was rough. She fell and just was not herself. In addition to the fall, her start value was reduced and she scored a 7.950. While beam has never been her strongest event, this was only the 3rd time she scored less than an 8.00.
Luckily, she rallied back on floor scoring a 9.400 and taking third place. Her all around score was 36.125 which was enough for 6th place.
Unfortunately, the team only took third place. Z took this really hard and put the blame on herself. In part because her beam score was used for the team score. I reminded her that it is a "team" score and the fact that they used her score meant that two other people on her team scored lower than her (one of which hasn't competed beam since the Judge's Cup Invitational). It didn't make her feel any better and took quite a bit of time for her to get over it.
Level 7 State Championships:
The State Championships were held at the same facility as the Level 6 Championships last year and a facility where Z has competed a lot. We are very familiar with the area. This year was different though, because in addition to wanting to do well, Z knew that she had to score at least a 34.500 all around to qualify to go to Regionals. Her lowest all around this season was a 35.675 so I wasn't too concerned.
We started the day on floor. Not a normal starting rotation for us. She did great and scored a 9.525. Despite the high score, she took 4th place.
Vault looked good, but the scores were low. She scored a 9.275, which was consistent with her team, but only 7th place.
Bars, which has been one of her strongest events this year, was not good. She ended up falling twice and only scoring an 8.050. This was the same score as at the Judge's Cup Qualifier. I could see that she was upset and crying. I also knew it meant that she was going to have to pull out a good score on beam to qualify for Regionals.
There was quite a delay before they were up on beam. Luckily, at one point I saw her smiling and could tell that her coach and teammates had worked their magic to cheer her up. When she got up on beam she looked as strong as I've seen her. She scored a 9.375, enough for 7th place and an all around of 36.200--definitely qualified for Regionals.
Awards were fun because after handing out all the medals, they announced everyone who qualified for Regionals and gave them special grip bags to use.
We are on our way to Arizona!
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