Northeast Invite at Hartford CT.

As January is quickly coming to a close, we find ourselves traveling to Hartford, CT for the Northeast Invite.  I think it would be fair to say that quite a few of our families found themselves caught in a surprise snow storm at some point in their travels on Saturday.  AH, part of the joys of New England winters. 

This year, some people will leave this meet with clanging medals, personal best scores and stories about having to drive in the surprise snowstorm. The level 4s were part of a much more exciting and proud moment for OTW. There is no doubt that the people who run the Northeast Invite have a passion for the sport and the kids. I mean what amazing motivation and joy they share at the awards ceremony. They have also added a Spirit of the Sport award in memory of a Joan Hicks, a person wildly respected at this event. At the level 4 session the announcer starts raving about the team chosen, I feel a tap on My shoulder, it is Coach Becky letting me know he is talking about OTW.  Yes, he is talking about our gym, bu,t he is really talking about one gymnast.  She not even a level 4 gymnast,  It is too bad Hannah E. and her family were not there to be part of the wonderful acknowledgement of what Hannah wrote on her Dream snowflake that won us the spirit do the sport, Joan Hicks award.   Her dream was for a teammate and a friend Katie, a level 4.  Her dream was wish she would find her confidence and believe in herself. She believed her friend was a strong and great gymnast and wished to see her do well and I whole heartedly  agree!   It was by far one of the most memorable moments I have been a part of in this competition world. It is always great to learn a great life lesson from a wicked fabulous kid in our life. We have some amazing kids and coaches at our gym!!

The Northeast Invite team awards is based on taking the top 5 scores, unlike the normal top 3 scores The Level 6 (was actually top 4 scores I guess) and level 3 teams only were the only  2 OTW levels with enough gymnasts to qualify I believe.  AND, BOTH teams brought home a new Team banner to sign and hang in the gym.  Congrats to the level 6 ladies for winning the 3rd place team banner and the Level 3 girls for winning the 2nd place team banner, you make us all proud.

Northeast Invite results can be found here.

Let's give a big OTW salute to our 1st- 3rd place Podium girls of the meet!

 

Level 5- Hannah   took 1st on Bars,  2nd on Vault and All Around.  Lilly took 2nd on Vault, 3rd on Bars, Beam, Floor and All Around. 

Level 6- Sarah  1st on Bars,  2nd on Vault, Floor, and All Around.  Caitlin took 1st on Vault, 3rd on Floor and All Around.  Emily took 1st on Vault.  Alexi took 3rd on Vault, Bars and Beam.
Level 7- Jordan  took 1st on Vault, Bars, Floor, All Around and  3rd on Beam.

Level 4- Rya took 2nd on Vault, Bars, Beam and All Around and 3rd on floor.  Brooklyn took 2nd on Vault and Bars.  Katie took 2nd on Bars.
Level 9- Jackie took 1st on Beam. 

Level 3- Phoebe took 2nd place on Vault and All Around and 3rd place on Bars, Beam, and Floor.  Ruby took 3rd on Bars and Floor.  Anne took 1st on Bars and 2nd on Vault, Beam and All Around.  Emily took 2nd on Beam. Ava took 3rd on Beam.

 

 

The Level 5 ladies had the pleasure of starting off OTW's competition bright and early Saturday morning.  Our ladies never disappoint giving us a solid performance.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Ehlers, Hannah	5	9.250	8.750	8.500	8.650	35.150	2nd	1st	7th	6th	2nd	11
Gibby, Lilly	5	9.150	7.950	8.700	9.200	35.000	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	8
McManus, Madi	5	8.900	8.000	8.750	8.350	34.000	5th	8th	6th	N/A	7th	10

The Level 6 and 7 ladies followed them.  With some strong scores it is no surprise to see they won a 3rd place team banner.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Merrick, Sarah	6	9.400	9.275	8.450	9.025	36.150	2nd	1st	6th	2nd	2nd	12
Regan, Caitin	6	9.500	8.750	8.850	9.000	36.100	1st	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	14
Driscoll, Emily	6	9.350	8.800	8.800	8.650	35.600	1st	4th	6th	6th	4th	13
Franquiz, Alexi	6	9.225	9.150	9.000	8.150	35.525	3rd	3rd	3rd	6th	5th	12

 

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Mayhew, Jordan	7	9.400	8.700	8.150	8.950	35.200	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	16

Just to keep the coaches busy the level 4s were right after the 6s and 7. 

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Distaso, Rya	4	9.200	8.700	9.050	9.050	36.000	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	11
Judge, Brooklyn	4	9.175	8.800	8.550	8.800	35.325	2nd	2nd	6th	4th	4th	9
Manning, Sarah	4	8.450	8.475	8.600	8.900	34.425	8th	5th	8th	4th	6th	11
Palen, Katie	4	8.200	8.400	8.050	7.650	32.300	8th	2nd	6th	N/A	8th	12

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Hult, Jackie	9	8.900	6.750	9.150	7.800	32.600	6th	N/A	1st	N/A	7	16

The Level 3 ladies were our only team competing on Sunday.  Looks like they came with their game faces on, racking up enough great scores to bring home the 2nd place team banner! 

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Rubio, Phoebe	3	9.350	9.000	9.150	9.100	36.600	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	9
Colleran, Brooke	3	9.200	8.800	9.050	9.000	36.050	4th	5th	5th	4th	5th	8
Reilly, Ruby	3	8.800	9.000	9.100	9.100	36.000	8th	3rd	4th	3rd	6th	8
Quinn, Anne	3	9.150	9.150	8.850	8.700	35.850	2nd	1st	2nd	5th	2nd	7
Rubio, Emily	3	9.050	8.550	9.200	8.800	35.600	5th	8th	2nd	6th	7th	9
Drenkhahn, Ava	3	8.750	8.450	8.750	8.600	34.550	7th	6th	3rd	N/A	9th	10

Winter Carnival part 2, level 3-9

So last week the Excel team competed in the Winter Carnival Invitational, this week-end it was the JO level 3-9 girls turn to represent Off the Wall.
\Winter Carnival results can be found here

Let's give a big OTW salute to our 1st- 3rd place Podium girls of the meet!

 

Level 3- Anne   took 1st in Bars, Beam floor & All Around and 2nd on vault.  Brooke took 2nd on Beam and All Around and 3rd on Vault.  Emily took 1st on Vault and 3rd on Bars and All Around.  Phoebe took 2nd on Bars and 3rd on Floor.  Ruby took 2nd on Vault and Floor and 3rd on Beam.  Hannah took 2nd on Floor and All Around and 3rd on Vault and Beam. 

Level 4-  Brooklyn took 1st and Floor,  2nd on Beam and All Around and 3rd on Vault and Bars.  Rya took 1st on Floor, 2nd on Vault and All Around, and 3rd on Beam.  Sarah took 2nd on Beam and Floor and 3rd on Bars.

Level 5-   took 1st on Vault, Beam and All around, 2nd on floor and 3rd on Bars.  Lilly took 2nd on Floor.

Level 9-  Jackie took 1st on Beam and Floor and 3rd on All around.

Level 7-  Jordan took first on Vault and Bars and 2nd on All Around.

Level 6-  Sarah took 1st on Bars. Floor and All around.  Caitlin took 1st on Vault, 2nd on All Around and 3rd on Beam.  Emily took 3rd on Vault.  Alexi took 2nd on bars.

 

Saturday saw the Level 3, 4 and 5 teams show up to Cooperative Middle School in Statham NH to kick off the week-end.  All 3 teams earned banners to hang up in the gym for placing as a team in their sessions.  Have fun signing you banners ladies!  Congrats to the level 3 girls for winning a 2nd place team banner, Level 4 girls for winning a 3rd place team banner, and the level 5 girls for winning a 6th place team banner. 

Level 3s were the first group to start for OTW.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Quinn, Anne	3	9.050	9.350	8.325	9.425	36.150	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	7
Colleran, Brooke	3	9.100	8.900	8.575	9.350	35.925	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	2nd	8
Rubio, Emily	3	9.300	9.100	8.250	9.200	35.850	1st	3rd	5th	5th	3rd	9
Rubio, Phoebe	3	9.000	9.200	8.200	9.375	35.775	5th	2nd	6th	3rd	4th	9
Reilly, Ruby	3	9.125	8.700	8.525	9.400	35.750	2nd	6th	3rd	2nd	5th	8
Scully, Hannah	3	8.950	7.900	8.300	9.050	34.200	3rd	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	8
Drenkahn, Ava	3	8.575	8.150	8.500	8.625	33.850	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	10

 

The Level 4s were the next group ready to bring home some medals.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Judge, Brooklyn	4	8.800	9.200	9.300	9.250	36.550	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	9
Distaso, Rya	4	8.575	8.875	9.350	9.100	35.900	2nd	5th	3rd	1st	2nd	11
Manning, Sarah	4	8.200	9.000	9.425	9.100	35.725	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th	11
Palen, Katie	4	7.750	7.950	8.925	8.150	32.775	4th	N/A	4th	N/A	N/A	12

The 5s closed out the competition or Saturday.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Ehlers, Hannah	5	9.200	8.850	9.100	9.150	36.300	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	11
Gibby, Lilly	5	8.375	8.250	8.850	9.575	35.050	N/A	N/A	7th	2nd	4th	8
McManus, Madi	5	8.375	8.250	9.025	8.250	33.900	N/A	5th	5th	N/A	6th	10

Sunday brought out our optional level ladies.
Jackie had the pleasure of being the first OTW "team" of the day representing our level 9.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Hult, Jackie	9	7.850	7.600	8.825	9.100	33.375	N/A	4th	1st	1st	3rd	16

Our lone Level 7, Jordan got some company in her session and competed at the same time as all of out level 6s.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Mayhew, Jordan	7	9.500	9.225	8.350	8.850	35.925	1st	1st	N/A	N/A	2nd	16

 

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Merrick, Sarah	6	8.925	9.100	8.450	9.350	35.825	5th	1st	5th	1st	1st	12
Regan, Caitin	6	9.400	8.900	8.475	8.900	35.675	1st	4th	3rd	4th	2nd	14
Driscoll, Emily	6	9.175	8.300	8.375	8.900	34.750	3rd	N/A	N/A	5th	N/A	13
Franquiz, Alexi	6	8.700	9.050	8.000	8.800	34.550	N/A	2nd	N/A	N/A	N/A	12

 

Xcel teams start out the New Year with their first meet at Winter Carnival.

Brentwood was the home of the Winter Carnival Invitational for the Xcel team this first week of-end of the New year.

Let's give a big OTW salute to our 1st- 3rd place Podium girls of the meet!

 GOLD- Tess    1st All Around and 2nd on Vault and Beam.  Danielle 3rd on Beam.

Silver - Kathryn 3rd on Beam.  Ella 1st on Beam and 3rd on Floor. Skye 2nd on Vault. Hannah 1st on Beam and 3rd on Vault.

Meet results can be found here.



Saturday, XCEL Gold was the first team to compete for OTW at Winter Carnival.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Priest, Tess	Gold	8.825	8.800	9.150	8.925	35.700	2nd	7th	2nd	5th	1st	13
Duhamel, Danielle	Gold	8.800	8.050	8.850	9.025	34.725	4th	N/A	3rd	6th	6th	12

The Xcel Bronze team were ready to compete on Sunday morning.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Drummond, Allison	Bronze	8.500	8.500	8.500	8.800	34.300	6th	N/A	N/A	6th	10th	10
Winkowski, Trysta	Bronze	8.450	9.200	8.400	7.700	33.750	5th	4th	N/A	N/A	8th	9
Christopher, Rachel	Bronze	8.475	8.275	8.000	8.650	33.400	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	11th	10

The Xcel Silver ended OTW's  week-end at Winter Carnival.

Gymnast	Level	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around	Vault Place	Bars Place	Beam Place	Floor Place	AA Place	Age Group
Scharn, Kathryn	Silver	8.925	8.800	9.300	8.500	35.525	5th	6th	3rd	N/A	6th	14
Trumper, Ella	Silver	8.725	8.400	9.400	8.850	35.375	N/A	N/A	1st	3rd	7th	13
Priest, Skye	Silver	9.275	8.300	9.175	8.150	34.900	2nd	N/A	8th	N/A	12th	10
Babcock, Hannah	Silver	8.850	7.850	9.275	8.550	34.525	3rd	N/A	1st	8th	8th	11