a great month for Elena Arenas

Dear Gymternet,

This month has been the best! I competed some new skills at a local meet and I won the WOGA Classic International session!

… I felt very confident heading into this meet because I had been really consistent in training. I was looking forward to competing against the other countries which were China, Japan, Wales, Mexico, Russia, Netherlands, and Canada. …

I started on beam, which is my favorite rotation order. I was 6th up on beam, so I did a lot of skills on the floor to keep warm. By the time it was my turn- I was the only one going! I hit a great beam routine and got a 14.150! I was so excited because it was my first 14!

Next was floor and warm up went great. I saluted and got on the floor. The music started playing but it wasn’t my music. That had never happened to me before! I didn’t really know what to do, so I stepped off the floor and saluted again. The right music played the second time and I did a pretty good floor routine. I got a 13.600, but I think I could have done better because my piked full-in landed a little low.

Vault was next and it felt really strong, I got a 14.300.

Bars was my last event and my warm up was a little shaky. I was last up in the whole meet and it felt like I had to wait forever. I was the only one going and I knew that I could win if I hit an awesome routine. I did the best routine that I have ever done and got a 13.900! I was so thrilled! Nastia Liukin, Simone Biles, Madison Kocian, and Rebecca Bross were handing out awards, which was awesome! …

Dear Gymternet – Journals from Elena Arenas