Gymfinity’s Home Meet Rocks

This weekend we hosted the “With A Star On Top” gymnastics invitational. We thought it would be a small meet but it turned into a meet of over 350 gymnasts with almost 1000 spectators. Big.

Our team parents group was amazing. This meet was organized and operated by parents and it went off without a hitch. Meet planning started in July for this event and we had parents doing everything from selling advertising to baking brownies. Visiting teams paid us many compliments.  One coach told me, “We’ll come to your meet every year because you guys do it right.”

I cannot complement our parents enough for all the work they did. And I cannot thank them adequately in proportion to the amount of work they did and the result it created. Gymfinity has a reputation as running a great meet and this year was no exception.  My field generals Amy Z and Jen F kept the meet running smooth. I had nothing to do because they did it all and they did it well. They worked from before the meet started to well after it was over. They were first in and last to leave. My gratitude goes out to them and to all the parents that worked so hard. 

The parents who served as committee chairs ran the awards, the program, the decorations, the publicity and the hospitality to a high standard and worked diligently to  make sure the meet was flawless. I am happy and sad to say that the only minor glitches that happened (no calling out raffle winners, forgetting Level 3 trophies) were all my mistakes.  The parents rocked.

Our teams did exceptionally well. We had great competition at all levels from gyms around the state and our girls had to work to get their accolades. And the accolades came. The level 4 team took 3rd and the level 5’s won first place as a team. individuals did an amazing job too:

Level 3: This level is not separated by age and rankings are not done, however scores were excellent and we are really proud of our Level 3 team: Kim K, Vanessa W, Ellie J, Navy B, Ashley H, Sitori T, Ellie S, Hollie B, Shaylee S, Sophie H, Lauren E, Julia H, and Samantha R.

Level 4:

7 years old: Hadley C – 12th Uneven Bars

8 years old: Maddie S. – 1st Vault, 4th Beam, 4th All Around

        Jamie F. – 17th Floor

       Bryana W. – 12th Vault

       Annie M. – 8th Vault

9 years old: Hannah B. – 2nd Beam, 4th Floor, 5th All Around

       Grace H. – 4th Beam, 5th Floor

       Krista T. – 10th Beam

      Jamie R.  – 9th Bars

      Emma R. – 5th Beam

       Makayla A. – 4th Vault

       Anna T. – 15th Vault

       Sophie L. – 27th Vault

10 Years old: Tenley S. – 4th Beam, 4th Floor, 5th All Around

      Heidi D. – 15th Beam

11 Years old: Hadley C. – 5th Vault, 1st Beam, 1st Floor, 2nd All Around

Level 5:

9 years old: Rylie G. – 7th Floor, 7th All Around

       Sophie A.  – 4th Bars

       Sidney A. – 9th Bars

10 Years old: Stella F. – 5th Vault, 2nd Floor, 2nd All Around

       Angeline F. – 1st Bars, 5th Floor, 2nd All Around

       Miriam M. – 3 Bars, 1st Beam, 5th All Around

11 years old: Mandy M. – 5th Vault, 1st Bars, 1st Beam, 3rd Floor, 1st All Around

       Lily Z. – 1st Vault, 3rd Bars, 3rd All Around

       Lindsey C. – 5th Vault, 4th Bars, 5th Beam, 5th All Around

       Lauren M. – 5th Bars

       Elizabeth T. – 12th Beam

12 and up: Mikayla R.E. – 1st Bars, 3rd Beam, 1st Floor, 1st All Around

       Catherine S. – 2nd Vault, 2nd Bars, 3rd Floor, 3rd All Around

       Julia D. – 1st Beam

       Shannon K. – 6th Bars

       Lucy P. – 9th Beam