Personally, I had one of the best meets in level eight, including last year. I managed to score a 35.375 for all-around and definitely earned a spot to compete at Regionals. This meet lead to the accomplishment of my first listed goal, to compete giants on bars! This step is a major stepping stone and hurdle I have overcome. I have been working towards this goal for approximately the past three years and have past mental blocks concerning my fear of heights and bars. Although the progress seems slow, and it may not show significant improvements to my scores, I am extremely proud of my accomplishment.
This bar routine set the positive streak that followed through the rest of my meet. Despite fretting over possible falls on my beam routine due to a couple of rough practices the past week, I ended up sticking the majority of my routine and placed fourth with a 9.125, my highest level eight beam score. My floor routine rocked the judges with my acute tumbling and fierce dance. Ending on vault, I had faith in myself to score at least a seven to qualify to the culminating level eight meet; I ended up receiving a score well above that allowing my to gain a regional leo and spot in the upcoming meet. One small goal I have for Regionals is to compete an upgrade twisting vault by adding a half turn to my current vault. This will raise my start value a couple of tenths and help me practice warming-up and executing a slightly higher level skill. *I will try to post pictures soon.