I competed on the october 24th. The meet was called the chocolate classic. My gym LEGA hosted it. I got 1st on beam 2nd on bars and floor and 3rd in all around. Every meet someone  gets to take home the team trophy, I got to this time. As a team me and two of my team mates scores got put together and we got first! I also got to meet Nastia Liukin the 2008 olympic all around champion's dad he was also an olympian. He is one of the best coaches in the world!

This weekend was busy, on Friday I had a five hour clinic,  (A clinic is when a bunch of gyms get together, special choach across the country come and we have one big practice,)at the clinic I learned a E skilled turn,E skills are the highest , Then on saterday I competed at the candy corn classic. I won the meet with a 36.075. I also won vault with a 9.6. It was a very successful start to the 2009-2010 season. Then on sunday I had another five hour clinic. This weekend was busy but very fun!!!!!

This last weekend my gym hosted a camp called super camp. super camp is a region 2 get together camp. Different coaches from all across the region come and share different techniques. The camp was two days. The first day we had four events and the second day we had three. We went to each event once over the two days. The events were Vault, Bars (we had twice), Beam dance, Beam tumbling, mental/shaping, dance and tumbling. It was a lot of fun! I learned how to do a double back on floor and a arial gainer on beam.

floor routine

I got a new floor routine! I am so exsited! the music, black cat white cat, is relly up beat and fun! I can't wait to compete it!

As school is about to start my schedule is changing, we are entering competetion season!  I am planing to compete as a select level 7. So far every thing are going my way. On september 12-13 my team is hosting a camp called, super camp. At super camp coaches all across the nation come to teach different things and learn different things.

On september 25-26 I have my first meet! It is called the candycorn classic. It is a critique meet. were you compete but theres also a clinic kind of like a camp. I am so exsied about all of this and I am hopeing for a very SUCCESSFUL season!

Tsukahara

I got a new move on wednesday. It is called a Tsukahara. The way you do it is you run full speed at the vault, pound the spring board, then reaching at the vault, twist half way then continue backwards in to a back tuck,pike, layout or backwards twisting. You flip all the way around then land perfictly on your feet.

my favorites

favorite event:  Beam

favorite color:   Red

favorite song:    Unwriten

favorite movie:  Stick it

 

favorite toy:        Polly pocket 

favorite food:      mangos

Last weekend my gym put on a gala. we all put on costumes and porformed dances. My  groups dance was to A Night to Remember, from High School Musical. Half of us played girl and half played boys. the girls playing girls wore dresses and the girls playing boys wore black basket ball shorts and a wight tank top with a black boe tie. It was fun to dress up and porform.       

Me tumbling in to the pit at my gym

intro

Hi, I'm Lilly. I am a gymnast at Leading Edge Gymnastics Academy in Everett, Washington. I work out six hours a day four days a week. We live on Whidbey Island so our comute is quite long, we drive about three hours a day. I am currently training level 7, since we are now in summer training, With alot of hard work and dedication I will compete level 7 next season!