We had our last competition today. The good thing is that we got to have a sleep in, because our competition started at 7.00pm. We went out for a walk in the morning around the city. Their wasn't much to see and it was drizzling with rain. We stopped off for a hot chocolate on the way back to warm us up - its freezing here !!
The afternoon was spent doing some homework and then getting ready for the competition.
The girls arrived for the competition and looked fantastic, the time spent getting uniform together in Melbourne was well worth it and the girls have looked sensational throughout the trip.
The competition began on Vault. Isis competed her pike tsuk. It was the first time she had done it since last Saturday and she did a much better job. maddie didn't do vault as her ankle was still too sore. The competition was done in two parts with 1/2 the girls competing and then marching off the floor and the next group coming out to compete. This continued for the 4 apparatus.
The competition is also being televised here in oklahoma and in various other states so the TV camera's were everywhere - even following Isis over to recieve her high 5's from Ross after her vault.
On Bars Isis went first and added her blind change reverse giants to her routine from the previous competition (hope that's OK Tim !!!) her routine was excellent except for a bit of a mashed up hiccup which landed in a dead hang, somehow however she pulled a kip to handstand out of it and got it together scoring a huge 10.70 !!! Maddie was up next and performed a near flawless routine with the most amazing hiccup of the meet - the audience gasped as she took off for it - can't remember the score but it didn't matter - the routine was so nice.
on Beam isis was up first again - here she added her side somi to her routine from the previous week, she had a major problem with her back somi but somehow managed to stick by grabbing on so tight with her feet. The routine was excellent and scored a 13.00 on Senior International requirements. maddie was up last and she got off to a shaky start, she pulled her side aerial up really strong though and did a fantastic routine except for a fall on her flic layout that she competed for the first time. She even added a front aerial full twist dismount in the last day of training as her ankle was giving her heaps of troubles dismounting. She scored an excellent 12.70.
On floor isis was again first. here she competed her double back for the first time. Whilst it wasn't good and landed short the effort was fantastic. the rest of her routine was excellent and many comments were recieved on how awesome her dance was. maddie skipped floor to look after her ankle.
The competition was an amazing experience for the girls and one they will never forget. A week with Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner where they were treated like absolute royalty was jusgt fantastic. i think we represented our club and country well and now many of the gymnasts are keen to come to australia.
The girls leave tomorrow on their holiday experience - off to San Francisco and Alcatraz before heading up to watch Lizzy ... can you believe she has qualified for an Olympic Final !!!, we are so excited.
Hope everyone back at Jets is training hard and has some new and exciting skills to show us.
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