Wildcard Gymnastics Team News

Central District Meet -April 29-May 1st
Fusion Sports Facility
7135 Clinton Rd
Loves Park, IL 60152 United States

Session 1: Friday, 4/29 KK & Vanesa
Arrive at 2:45 p.m.
Warm-up starts 3:00 p.m.
Competition Starts at 3:32 p.m.
Awards at 6:15 p.m.

Session 4: Saturday, 4/30 Aaliyah, Emily, Elie, Sarah, Jordan, Lilly J
Arrive at 2:15 p.m.
Warm-up starts 2:30 p.m.
Competition Starts at 3:03 p.m.
Awards at 5:57 p.m.

Session 5: Saturday, 4/30 Damayiah
Arrive at 5:45 p.m.
Warm-up starts 6:00 p.m.
Competition Starts at 6:33 p.m.
Awards at 9:45 p.m.

Session 6: Sunday, 5/1 Alana, Jessa, Josie, Lucy, Mahogany, Payton, Mae, Nevaeh, Tehana
Arrive at 7:45 a.m.
Warm-up starts 8:00 a.m.
Competition Starts at 8:29 a.m.
Awards at 10:57 a.m.

Session 8: Sunday, 5/1 McKayla
Arrive at 1:45 p.m.
Warm-up starts 2:00 p.m.
Competition Starts at 2:27 p.m.
Awards at 4:39 p.m.

Session 9: Sunday, 5/1 Joy
Arrive at 4:30 p.m.
Warm-up starts 4:45 p.m.
Competition Starts at 5:11 p.m.
Awards at 6:54 p.m.

Please check the Great Northern website for complete details.

Skyler – Session 1A (Fri) – Be at gym by 7:3o a.m.

River & Mya – Session 1B (Fri) –  Be at gym by 8:30 a.m.

Hattie – Session 5A (Sat) – Be at the gym by 7:30 a.m.

Leslie – Session 7B (Sat) – Be at the gym 3:30 p.m.

Madeline – Session 11A (Sun) – Be at the gym by 2:10 p.m.

Nadia – Session 12B (Sun) – Be at the gym by 6:10 p.m.

Due to the upcoming Xcel Regionals meet,  T&T and Xcel Bronze practice is canceled Thursday, April 14th to allow coaches to travel.

Leslie, from Xcel Bronze may come to practice tomorrow, Wednesday, April 13th to practice with compulsories (4:30pm-7pm).

Tryouts

T&T will not hold a “Tryout”. Anyone interested in T&T may attend practice Tuesdays and Thursdays 4pm-5:30 to get a feel of T&T. The coach will do an assessment to see where the gymnast is currently and start goal setting for the upcoming season. Once determined if T&T is a good fit, the gymnast will then become part of the team.

Regionals

RiverCenter
136 East Third Street
Davenport, IA 52801

There is free on street parking. There is also special event parking available for $5.

Redstone Ramp 101 Main Street
RiverCenter Ramp 102 East Second Street (the RiverCenter Ramp is connected to the RiverCenter South Building)
Harrison Street Ramp 202 Harrison Street

Saturday, April 30th

Session 1

9:20am-Flight 3, Age Group 3 (Tumbling)
Rhianna

10:00am-Flight 5, Age Group 55 (Double Mini)
Emma D and Keagan

12:00pm- Flight 11, Age Group 39 (Trampoline)
Norah

1:00pm Grand March In for all athletes. All athletes must attend.

Session 2

3:00pm-Flight 4, Age group 89, (Trampoline)
Keagan

3:20pm- Flight 5, Age group 90, (Trampoline)
Emma D

4:20pm-Flight 8, Age group 67, (Tumbling)
Norah

Sunday, May 1st

Session 1

8:40am-Flight 1, Age group 176, (Double Mini)
Norah

9:00am-Flight 2, age group 123, (Tumbling)
Emma D and Keagan

9:40am-Fllight 4, age group 156, (Trampoline)
Rhianna

Session 2

3:00pm-Flight 7, age group 229, (Double Mini)
Rhianna

Let’s have everyone arrive 45 minutes before their start time. There will be a grand march for all athletes on Saturday at 1pm. It is required that all gymnasts participate in the march in. You are welcomed to leave in between flights. Be sure to return 45 minutes to one hour before their start time.

Nationals

The T&T Stars and Stripes Championship (otherwise known as Nationals) will be held July 22nd-24th in Tulsa, OK. We have 2 gymnast that have qualified for this event so far!! We hope to get our last and final qualifiers during regionals. More information regarding the Stars and Stripes Championship will be given in the future.

T&T Camp

Yes, that’s right…there is a T&T camp. T&T camp is held at Camp Wakeshma in Three Rivers Michigan. Athletes will participate in twice-a-day training with USA Gymnastics National Coaching Staff and will have the opportunity to participate in other summer camp activities such as swimming, boating, arts and crafts and hiking with other athletes from all over the country. Camp dates are July 31st-August 6th. The cost is $610. A $200 deposit is required upon registration, with the remainder due June 1st. Please let Rhea know if interested ASAP.

Just a little update for you on our coaching staff.  After 2 years of coaching Fast Track, Caitlin will be leaving Wildcard (hopefully not permanently) to focus on her career; though she will be back on and off to do some subbing. Julia and Samantha (Sam for short) will be taking over for Caitlin and preparing our Fast Track girls for Level 2 competition in December 2016. They are very excited about working with this group; and Wildcard is happy to have them.

Julia has been training with the Level 2s, 3s, and 4s on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays working closely with our Senior coaches. She has really gained a lot of knowledge and we have seen her putting it to use, transferring these skills to coaching Fast Track and recreational classes. Julia comes with a cheerleading and tumbling background. She has Cheered for 3 years and trained with Elite Tumbling for 3 years. She was MVP two years in a row! Julia is looking at a career in education and has volunteered with children at the Ronald McDonald House.

Samantha is a newly graduated Senior from Brookfield Central. She is pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education . She has worked at Kids In Motion since 2014 and has volunteer experience working with young children. Sam was also a Cheerleader and did gymnastics as a child so she has an awesome base from which to grow. She is extremely enthusiastic and is thrilled to be a part of the Wildcard coaching staff.

Wildcard is looking forward to having our Fast Track gymnasts prepared to compete in December of 2016. We will be emphasizing strength, flexibility and proper shapes. Level 2 is the introductory level of competitive gymnastics in which gymnasts have required skills that they must perform. Julia and Samantha are familiar with the routines and Amy and the other Team coaches will continue to work with them, as well as the Fast Track groups to make certain that they are on par and ready to compete.

Wildcard has also hired a new Team coach for the Level 2-9s — Nadiya comes to us with an extensive coaching and dance background. She has worked all over the country and has gymnasts that have reached the National level! We know she will be a great asset to our coaching staff as well.  She will be training a TOPs  and a modified HOPEs group. TOPs is a program that helps the girls train and achieve higher level of flexibility, strength, and ultimately possessing these skills allows them to achieve and perform higher level skills in gymnastics.  These gymnasts are by invitation only and require an additional 4 hours a week of practice.  HOPEs is a modified pre-Elite program for gymnasts age 9-12 that focuses on the skills, strength, flexiblity, and shapes needed to become an Elite level gymnast.  This group will initially be invitation only but Wildcard my except gymnasts (Level 4 and up) that are interested in improving their strength and flexibility.  Watch for more information to be provided.

Parents – please make sure you are familiar with our TEAM blog site: http://www.wildcard-team.com – any postings for schedule changes, or leotard orders (which are due May 1st), exhibitions and anything TEAM-related (which Fast Track is now part of) will be listed there. See Amy if you want help making it an APP on your phone or log in from a home computer and set up email alerts. In addition, if you haven’t already done so, “Friend” Wildcard on the Wildcard Gymnastics Facebook Page – you will receive updates on the facebook page as well. (Feel free to “friend” Amy too: Amy Baehr Grining).

Thanks for your patronage and as always, please email or call with any questions or concerns.
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Don’t forget – Leotard orders and payments are due May 1st. 

Link to schedule

Great Northern Gymnastics – Xcel Regionals Info

So far, the meet schedule and roster is not yet complete.  We expect it sometime around or soon after April 8th.  We understand that this is inconvenient in many ways, however, there are still State meets that will not be complete until then.  We can give you a tentative schedule as it was given to us thus far.

Friday, April 15th-Silver
Saturday, April 16th-Bronze, Platinum, Diamond
Sunday, April 17th-Gold

Venue
Gangelhoff Center-Concordia University
235 Hamline Avenue N
St Paul, MN 55104

Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for children, children 3 and under are free.

Parking is in Lots C and D

Host Hotels
Best Western Plus Capital Ridge
161 St Anthony Ave
St Paul, MN
651-227-8711
group: Great Northern Gymnastics

Holiday Inn St Paul Downtown
175 West 7th St
St Paul, MN
651-225-1515
group: Great Northern Gymnastics

Additional hotels
InterContinental St Paul Riverfront
11 Kellogg Blvd East
St Paul, MN
800-628-2112
group: Region 4 Xcel

Courtyard Mpls-St Paul Airport
1352 Northland Dr
Mendota Height, MN 55120
651-452-2000
group: Region 4 Xcel Championship

For Apparel check out xcel regionals apparel.

As soon as more information comes along, we will share it immediately.  Congratulations to all who qualified.

Please take note of the actual address for the venue in which the T&T State meet will be held. The address given in the previous post is to the administration building.

Sunday, April 3rd
Sun Prairie High School
888 Grove St
Sun Prairie, WI

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Leotards2016-2017  – Here is a printable version for you.   We will have copies of the form on the front desk.  We will be sizing gymnasts starting next week.

Leotard orders due May 1st!

Due to lack of participants, Xcel Bronze practice is canceled for tomorrow, Thursday, March, 31st.  Practice will resume as normal on Tuesday, April 5th.

T&T practice will start at 4:00 and end at 6:00 for tomorrow, Thursday, March 31st.  The T&T team dinner will immediately follow.  Please plan for dinner to be no more than an hour in length.

Good luck at State T&T!!!