Miss Kaiya had her big USAG Level 4 State Meet on Saturday in Denver. After months of training, she is so happy to have made it there. It definitely had that "big meet" feel. The meet was held at the Colorado Convention Center in LoDo and was such a neat location. There were 61 qualifiers in her age group and it ran very smoothly. Kaiya was super thrilled to have her own cheering section (should have taken a picture of them all in a row). There were 10 of us there to cheer her on!
She started on bars and did a great routine. The score was low, but the judges were being tough. Next was beam and her only goof was on her dismount. Her floor routine was as good as she has ever done and her last event, vault, was her best of the night. She ended up with a 9.05--her personal best on vault and an 11th place finish! Overall, she was super happy with her performance and we were a proud bunch. Yesterday, she was already back in the gym working on the Level 5 skills hoping to be able to move up soon. She came home with blisters on her hands the size of quarters.
Ready to go on floor
Feeling pretty confident on beam
Love this pic--waiting for judges to give her the green light.
Vault action shot
Good looking handstand on beam
A bit of a nervous look
It is Kinley's turn to shine this weekend at her winter dance recital and then Cooper's basketball games start in a few weeks. Good thing we have no life other than being spectators at our kids' events! :)
2 comments:
K that is awesome!!! She is a superstar for real!!! I cant wait to see her go far in gym!!!
Good job Kaiya!! It would be so fun to see one of your meets someday...maybe in the Spectrum??
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