Competition # 5 . . . Disco-Tech

This competition was the last one before the State Championships.  It was being held at a gym about 15 minutes from my sister's house, so we went there the night before to get a good night's sleep and then head to the meet.  In addition my sister and her daughter were supposed to come watch.  Unfortunately, my niece didn't make it.

Little Z and I had been to this gym once before to watch her old team compete, so we knew the layout and where she would be competing.  We got there in plenty of time and she started warming up with her friends.

It is always fun to watch the girls march in before competition, but this time was even better.  Because of the theme, the girls had glow in the dark necklaces on and the lights were turned out with a disco ball turning.  The girls had a great time!

Z started on bars at this meet.  She did really well, scoring a 9.200.  Despite the high score, she placed fourth.

On beam, I was watching and she seemed to get a little lost at the very beginning of the routine.  As a result, she ended up going overtime and fell once.  Her final score was an 8.250.

Then on to floor.  Once again, I loved watching her.  I know I'm the mom and biased, but I really do think that she has a pretty floor routine and have been told that by other people.  She scored a 9.325 and tied for second place.

Vault was last and she seemed to be doing well in warm-up.  Then, right before she competed her coaches put another mat on the landing area.  I was very confused--although I knew she had competed with a higher mat before, she hadn't practiced with the higher mat.  Her score of 8.875 showed that there was something not right.  After talking with the coaches later, they indicated that they had put the additional mat because she had been over-rotating during the warm up and they were trying to fix the landing.  I've learned to trust the coaches--although I wasn't happy with what happened, and neither was Z, we knew they were looking out for her best interest.

Little Z scored 35.650 on all around and placed 7th.  Another meet with plenty of medals to bring home and show daddy.

Now the girls had three weeks to prepare for the State Competition.  Our team had ten out of our eleven girls on the team qualify for the State Championships.  We knew that States was going to be much more competitive with the top girls in all of the Northern part of California.  Time for some more practice!!!