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