Well, it's finally over! Kaiya had her level 5 state meet this weekend and she went out with a bang! She had one fall on beam (which is where she had to start the meet), but had a banner day after that. She had her best floor routine of the season and her second best bar routine ever. After a few tears on beam, she and her coach sat down and actually buried her beam score at the bottom of her gym bag to symbolize it being over and moving on. I'm so proud of her for doing just that!
She just missed getting on the podium on bars, but the competition was amazing today and I had to remind her that this was the cream of the crop at today's meet. She had her whole cheering section there and even had a friend of mine from work come support her. How cool is that? Her coach also pulled me over at the end of the meet and told me that she was so proud of Kaiya--not just for today, but for really having the perseverance to never give up this season. She definitely had a few lessons on developing mental toughness! Her poor coach had to be there the entire weekend because of the 5 girls that made it to state, at least one girl ended up in all 5 sessions! Sure wish they didn't group them by age--Kaiya was not fond of competing by herself without all her teammates!
She is officially a level 6 and says she can't wait to get into the gym to start working on new stuff--a back flip on floor and off the bars. At least my butt gets a 4 month hiatus from the bleachers! :)
Ready to go before the sun was even up!
The fancy 'do' that she begged for
Just arrived at the gym--still not totally awake!
Getting introduced all by her lonesome
Getting her medal!
Danae is the best coach ever!
With teammate Evelyn as we were leaving and she was beginning
4 comments:
Very exciting! So glad the hair turned out!!
Congrats Kaiya! Awesome job!
Love,
The Hyrum Lindhardt
Wow, Miss Kaiya!! You looked great and it sounds like you were great! We're proud of you. Love you!
Way to go Kaiya! Cute hair. Did your mom do that?
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