Meet Three: Logan

This season is going by very fast. Last weekend, we had our first in-state meet in Logan, UT. We compete in Logan every year, and my team has a history of doing well there. This meet was no different!

The level eights and nines got to compete together! The meet was at eight in the morning on Friday, so this meant missing another day of school. It also meant that we drove up there Thursday night, since it takes about two hours to get there. 

Thursday was my dad’s birthday, so my mom and I decided to let him choose a dinner place. He chose the Firehouse Pizzeria. For dessert, we got a Fh’zookie with a candle! It was soooooooooooo good!

A Fh'zookie! It is a giant cookie with ice cream, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, and whipped cream!
Photo Credit: Urban Spoon

By 7:45 AM Friday morning, my whole team was gathered at the Spectrum at Utah State University. We were amazed at how few gymnasts were there. When the meet started, we learned we were the second biggest team!

We started on floor, which is always good since floor is our best event as a team. Lets just say that we killed it! I got an 8.7 with stepping out of bounds and finishing after my music. Three of my teammates got nines, and the other two got high eights. 

We used our positive energy to do well on vault, too! Two of my teammates have been struggling to compete a suke. They used the positive floor energy to have great warm up vaults which means that my coach let them compete! They were so excited and I was so happy for them! The lowest vault score was an 8.3. I got an 8.8, which isn’t my best, but it was still pretty good.

Bars was better than it has been at the past two meets. Only one person fell, and she got a high seven. Everyone else hit all their handstands and stuck their dismounts, and the range of scores was from an 8.5 to a 9.2! I got an 8.775, which I am really happy with.

At meets, our team has struggled with beam, even though we do really well on beam during practices. Our beam coach has been really unhappy with how we have done on beam, and we were ready to prove to her that we could compete as well as we work out. Two people didn’t do well since they fell three times each. Everyone else did really well, though. I got an 8.75, which is really good for me!

One of my goals is to get a nine on beam, which I have never done in Optionals. This meet, I was pretty wobbly, which means if I do the same routine at the next meet without the wobbles I will get a nine! 

Even though I didn’t get my highest scores, I thought this was a really good meet. During awards, I had another pleasant surprise! I got first place on every event except for floor, which I didn’t place on. I also got first all around!

Everyone in level eight placed, too. Plus, they got second place as a team, only behind the host gym, Air -Bound. I was so proud of them! Afterwards, we had our traditional lunch at the Texas Roadhouse! Our next meet is the meet we host, Winter Classic, and I can’t wait to show people what I can do!

The Level 8s and I after awards! We all did great!