Welcome to Week 15 - Conference

Hello everyone, 

Welcome to week 15 everyone! Here's another email packed with information but it's all informative and relevant! :) 

Week 14 Recap:

Last week, at our Thursday dual, we got our Varsity team score PR of a 128.85 and then followed that up with a new PR on Saturday at Whitefish Bay with a 131.5! Wow! On Thursday, our JV squad also got their team high score for Beam with an event score of 26.80 (with the previous score being a 26.40). This was due to multiple athletes earning a No Fall star on beam and is a testament to how hard everyone has been working.  

Some highlights from last week:

• Emma competed her round off-back tuck-back roll on floor FLAWLESSLY! 

• Becca stood up her front handspring on floor for the first time in competition.

• Sofia D did her GIANT x 2 on bars AND got a triple PR on Saturday (8.375 on beam, 8.725 on floor, and 33.6 all around)

• Sofia G got a triple PR on Saturday (8.375 on bars, 9.175 on floor, and 34.45 all around).

• Natalie earned her FIFTH No Fall star in a row! Wow!

• Grace earned FIVE sticky feet (one on bars, two on vault, and two cherished and hard to get stickies floor) 

• Kennedy's got a new PRs bar with a 6.2. 

• Genevieve got a new PR on beam with a 8.75 AND earned another cherished floor sticky feet for a stuck back tuck on her third pass. 

• Sierra got a PR on Thursday on vault with a 8.375 (and got sticky feet for it) and and got another PR on Saturday on floor with an 8.425.  

In total, our athletes earned 6 No Fall Stars on beam and 19 Sticky Feets for stuck landings! 

We had multiple placements from Whitefish Bay as well! They are listed below: 

• Vault: 6th place - Genevieve B (8.2) 

• Bars: 1st place - Sofia D (8.4) & 2nd place - Sofia G (8.375) 

• Beam: 1st place - Sofia G (9.175) & 4th place - Genevieve B (8.75) & 7th place - Claire W (8.525) 

• Floor: 6th place - Sofia G (8.825) 

• All Around: 1st place - Sofia G (34.45) & 4th place - Sofia D (33.6)

In total, our athletes earned 4 No Fall Stars (the whole beam squad stayed on the beam) and 7 Sticky Feets for stuck landings (the whole bars squad stuck their landings)! 

Week 15 Practice Schedule:

Monday: 5:00 - 7:00 PM  

Tuesday: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Wednesday: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Thursday: 5:00 - 7:00 PM 

Friday:  4:30 - 6:30 PM 

Saturday: Conference

Week 16 Practice Schedule: (Non-Sectional Athletes)

Monday: 5:00 - 7:00 PM  

Tuesday: No practice

Wednesday: No practice

Thursday: Be at Sun Prairie West for Sectionals at 5:00 PM 

Friday: No practice

Week 16 Practice Schedule: (Sectional Athletes)

Monday: 5:00 - 7:00 PM  

Tuesday: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Wednesday: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Thursday: Sectionals!

Friday: 4:30 - 6:30 PM 

Conference:

On Saturday (2/22), we have Conference! This will be the last meet our JV squad competes in.  Conference will be at Memorial (but hosted by West). 

At Conference, we ensure that every JV athlete is able to compete! We also nominate an All Around queen (or queens, if possible). Please join me in congratulating our TWO All Around Queens Emma Smith and Grace Marcell. These two athletes worked all four events all season and competed all around multiple times! We are honored to have them both compete as all around queens this year! 

Below are the line ups:    

	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around
JV A	Becca	Timmia	Becca	Becca
Kennedy	Niylah	Kylie	Niylah
Timmia	Kennedy	Amelia	Timmia
Emma	Emma	Emma	Emma	Emma
Grace	Grace	Grace	Grace	Grace

	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around
Varsity	Sierra	Natalie	Sofia D	Finja
Sofia D	Finja	Genevieve	Sierra
Finja	Kate	Kate	Sofia D
Sofia G	Sofia D	Claire	Genevieve	Sofia D
Genevieve	Sofia G	Sofia G	Sofia G	Sofia G

Details are the day are below: 

Schedule:

8:30 AM: Meet at Memorial

9:00 AM: General Warm Ups

9:40 AM: March In

9:50 AM: Warm up round 1 starts

10:00 AM: Meet officially starts

3:30 PM: Awards ceremony

4:00 PM: Meet completes! 

Jason's Deli Ordering:

We will have Jason's Deli as an option for our dual and for WFB. Please order by Friday night. 

Planning Ahead for Sectionals:

Our Sectional meet is on Thursday evening (2/27). I will send out the details for this meet as we get closer but I will be working to get the sectional competitors out early so we can get to Sun Prairie and also have plenty of time to get ready. 

The line up for Sectionals is below: 

Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All Around
Kennedy	Kennedy	Grace	Timmia	Safety
Claire	Natalie	Amelia	Grace	Alternate
Sierra	Amelia	Sofia D	Finja
Sofia D	Finja	Genevieve	Sierra
Finja	Kate	Kate	Sofia D
Sofia G	Sofia D	Claire	Genevieve
Genevieve	Sofia G	Sofia G	Sofia G

My preference is to have the whole team travel to Sun Prairie together but I don’t know if this is allowed with the school. If it’s not allowed, I will work with parents to coordinate finding a way to get all non-competitors to Sun Prairie in time for the meet. 

Anyone who is not on the roster for Sectionals is not required to come to practice next week, however, anyone who still wants to come to practice is more than welcome. Having to say “see you later” is always challenging but I do understand if non-competitors would like some time off. Attendance is still required at practice on Monday (for exit interviews with me) and Thursday evening (at Sectionals). 

All sectionals competitors, including alternates and safeties, are required to attend practice next week. 

If we have anyone qualify for state, there’s lots of exciting things that come with that. I will give more details about this if, and when, it happens. 

If anyone has questions about Sectionals or practice next week, please let me know. 

Banquet Details

Kelly Jones and Amanda Ciarletta have been working on planning the end of season banquet. While a date was just sent out, we are exploring a potential back up date that would avoid potential conflicts with spring break travels. If we adjust the date to accommodate for travel, we will let everyone know asap. So stay tuned! 

Gym Tear Down (Mandatory)

Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 9! We will have gym tear down this day, which is mandatory for all Gymnasts. I’m still working to figure out a time, but I’ll aim for sometime in late morning / around noon. 

Location of Routine Videos

You can access the folder with all the videos at the following link: 

Routine Folder

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I can't believe that for some of our athletes, this will be our last week practicing this season. Time flies when you’re having a good time! It’s been an honor coaching each and every gymnast this season and season ending is a very bittersweet feeling. But it’s not goodbye, just a “see you soon!” 

Cheers, 

-Danielle