A few notes on the Level 9s:
Happily the session I attended on Mother’s Day, Jr / Sr D, was much stronger than the session I watched Saturday.
Front tumbling was very clean. Vault was generally good. … Powerful layout Yurchenkos. Some good Tsuks.
One Geinger on Bars was a treat.
Line and form on Bars was fairly good. High to low transfers were problematic, as they often are. My only major complaint is double tuck Bar dismounts that scare me. (I fear some of these girls pull-in. )
Double tuck is my least favourite dismount.
Leaps were generally weak, too. On both Floor and Beam.
Some College coaches were there today. Doug Byrnes from Hamline was in attendance. UCLA coaches were on the Floor coaching, too. Doug has one incoming Freshman in that session, and is looking at other Level 9s. As a Division 3 school, Hamline does not offer athletic scholarships, but they do offer partial Academic support. That’s kind of a big deal considering tuition is about $40,000 / year.
CONGRATULATIONS to those girls who were able to qualify to either Easterns or Westerns. It’s not easy considering the depth of competition.
Junior D
1 Corinne Belkoff (Tumbleweeds AZ) 37.875
2 Lauren Schmeiss-Tossey (Auburn WA) 37.600
3 Bryttany Kaplan (Adrenaline) 37.300Senior D
1 Sydney Hinton (Auburn WA) 37.075
2 Kellie Amano (South Coast Gym) 36.875
3 Andrea Perea (Browns) 36.650Gymnastike – Level 9 Eastern and Western National Championships Results
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