Wildcard Gymnastics Team News

NO PRACTICE TODAY FOR YESTERDAY’S COMPETITORS — Normally, we would start the weekly post with our state success wall additions, but today, we have an important message regarding tonight’s practice that we need to share immediately.

We’re giving the optionals who competed yesterday a well-deserved day off on Monday, March 30. All gymnasts who normally practice on Mondays that didn’t compete yesterday will practice. In addition, all TOPs gymnasts, regardless of whether or not they competed yesterday will have TOPs today from 4-6:30 p.m. (we’ve added an extra hour to make up for previous missed time).

STATE SUCCESS WALL ADDITIONS — Parents, you have every reason to be proud of your gymnasts. We had several season highs and virtually everyone improved on last year’s state score, many by several points. We took home more than twice as many medals as we did last year and we had three times as many all-around medalists (and last year since we hosted State, we tried to balance the age divisions in our favor!) Wildcard gymnasts won 33 medals, had six all-around medalists, and, for the first time ever, had a girls’ team place at state (just 0.5 out of fourth place)! Way to go, girls!

The following gymnasts will be added to the success wall (provided we can find room!):

Level 6:
Sofia B. — 9.175 on vault (6th), 8th-place bars, 4th-place beam, 7th-place All-Around
Hattie B. — 8th place beam
Ava C. — 10th-place vault
Bradyn F. — 6th-place bars, 9.050 on floor (3rd), 7th-place All-Around
Delaney H. — 9.175 on vault (4th), 8th-place bars, 9.225 on beam (3rd), 9.175 on floor (5th), 3rd-place All-Around
Lilly Ja. — 9.050 on vault (8th), 9.125 on floor (6th)
Aaliyah K. — 6th-place vault, 10th-place bars
Elie L. — 9.050 on vault (4th)
Miley L. — 8th-place bars
Jordan M. — 3rd-place bars
Camille P. — 9.175 on vault (8th)
Eden R. — 5th-place vault, 9th-place beam, 9.000 on floor (5th), 10th-place All-Around
Level 6 Team — 7th-place All-Around

Level 8:
Rose D. — 5th-place vault, 8th-place beam
Ava G. — 6th-place vault
Bella G. — 7th-place vault, 10th-place floor, 10th-place All-Around
Crystal S. — 4th-place vault

Congratulations to all of our gymnasts for their success at state and this season! We are extremely proud of everyone and how hard they worked leading up to State. Let’s continue to practice hard and be even better next season!!

PRACTICE SCHEDULE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS — With Easter and many gymnasts going on Spring Break, we will have some alterations to the practice schedule for the next several days:

Monday, March 30: No Level 6-8 (Level 5/6 group should come), TOPs 4-6:30 p.m. Compulsories and boys that normally come on Mondays have no practice changes
Tuesday, March 31: No changes
Wednesday, April 1: No changes (no kidding!)
Thursday, April 2: No practice
Friday, April 3: No practice, no open gym
Saturday, April 4: No practice
Sunday, April 5: No practice, Happy Easter
Monday, April 6: No practice for anyone
Tuesday, April 7: Practice normal times, no changes
Wednesday, April 8: Practice normal times, no changes
Thursday, April 9: Practice normal times, no changes
Friday, April 10: No practice, no open gym; Boys’ Regionals, Girls’ Regionals
Saturday, April 11: Only Xcel and Level 3s will have practice; Girls’ Meet at Carousel; Boys’ Regionals
Sunday, April 12: Girls’ Meet at Carousel, Tumbling & Trampoline State
Monday, April 13: Practice schedule returns to normal

BUTTER BRAIDS TO BE DELIVERED — Butter Braids will be available for pick up starting Wednesday, April 1 (no kidding!) at 5 p.m. Hopefully, they will be available a little sooner so when you drop off your child, you can pick them up at that time. The Butter Braids arrive frozen and will stay frozen for several hours, but we do not have the ability to store the Butter Braids to keep them frozen for extended periods of time. Please pick them up on Wednesday.

If you haven’t placed your order, please do so today so we can get them delivered by Wednesday.

EASTER WORKOUT — An Easter workout will be posted to the blog prior to Thursday.

UPCOMING DATES TO NOTE — The following are dates to note for the next few months (subject to change):

April 10-12: Boys’ Regionals; Girls’ Regionals; Carousel Meet; T&T State
May TBD:  Boys’ Team and Xcel Team Tryouts (open to anyone)
June 7: West Allis a la Carte – performances at 1:45 & 4:15 p.m.
June 10-14: AAU Nationals, Las Vegas, Nev.
June 27: Badger State Games, Wesson, Wis.
July 4 :  4th of July parades, Brookfield & Wauwatosa
July 6-11: Karolyi’s Camp, New Waverly, Texas
July 25: Neighborhood Share Fair – performances at 11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Aug. 3-6: AAU Junior Olympics, Virginia Beach, Va.
Aug. 22: Summer Spectacular
Aug. 28: Compulsories Pre-Season Meet & All-Team Picture

Also note that starting in May, compulsory girls will have the first of three meet fee installments due. We will have a meet schedule out in mid-April. This summer, we purchase new warm-ups as our previous two-year cycle with the warm-ups has ended. We will begin sizing for those warm-ups very soon.

2015 Men’s Region 4 Gymnastics Championships
April 10-11, 2015
Brookfield East High School
3305 Lilly Rd., Brookfield | MAP | 2.3 mi., 6 min.

2015 Wisconsin Tumbling & Trampoline State Championships
April 12, 2015
Scamps Gymnastics
5711 77th St., Kenosha | MAP | 46.2 mi., 55 min.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

LEVEL 6 TUMBLING – Bradyn, West
Arrive – 11:30 a.m.
Stretch – 11:45 a.m.
Meet Begins — noon
Awards — 12:30 p.m.

LEVEL 5 TRAMPOLINE – Bradyn, West
Arrive – 11:45 a.m.
Stretch – noon
Meet Begins — 12:15 p.m.
Awards — 12:45 p.m.

LEVEL 5 DOUBLE MINI – Bradyn, West
Arrive – 1:35 p.m.
Stretch – 1:45 p.m.
Meet Begins — 2:00 p.m.
Awards — 2:30 p.m.

COMPETING TEAMS – Air Force, Flex, Gymfinity, Gymsport, M&M, Madtown Twisters, Midwest Twisters, North Shore, Scamps.

2015 Splish Splash Invitational — UPDATED MARCH 25
April 11-12, 2015
Carousel Gymnastics
6487 Eckels Rd., Plover | MAP | 135.4 mi., 2 hours, 10 min.

Note: Saturday session times were completely re-arranged.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

GIRLS’ LEVEL 6 – Emily, Ella, Nadia, Aaliyah K.
Arrive – 11 a.m.
Stretch – 11:15 a.m.
Meet Begins — 11:45 a.m.
Awards — 1:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 4 – Vanesa, Sarah
GIRLS’ LEVEL 5 – Maeggan
Arrive – 2:10 p.m.
Stretch – 2:30 p.m.
Meet Begins — 3 p.m.
Awards — 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 2 – Jillian, Kassidy, Payton, Grace, Lily D., Serenity, Alanna, Keegan, Mahogany
Arrive – 4:40 p.m.
Stretch – 5 p.m.
Meet Begins — 5:30 p.m.
Awards — 7:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

GIRLS’ LEVEL 3 – Kayla, Siena, Caelyr, Jordyn H., Aniya, Lilly Jo., Claire, Emma, Maggie, Rhianna, Taylor W.
Arrive – 7:40 a.m.
Stretch – 8 a.m.
Meet Begins — 8:15 a.m.
Awards — 10 a.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 3 – Kayleeanna, Ashley M.
Arrive – 10:40 a.m.
Stretch – 11 a.m.
Meet Begins — 11:30 a.m.
Awards — 1:30 p.m.

COMPETING TEAMS – Antigo Twisters, AMKM, Carousel, Copper Country, Elite, Flip Factory, Jr. Blu Golds, Jr. Eagles, Magic, Madison Turners, One Chance, Rainbow, Tumble Tyme, West Side.

We have to additional items to add to this week’s news. Sorry for the multiple posts.

BOYS’ TEAM MEETING — The boys’ team will have a brief parent/team meeting on Wednesday, March 25 at 4:30 p.m. Amongst the discussion will be spring and summer scheduling, new levels and other items of interest. Please attend for this important meet ing, which should last for only about 15 minutes.

SATURDAY’S PRACTICE — The back gym will be used by a Family TaeKwonDo Champions for a competition during Saturday’s practice time. As a result, there will be no boys’ practice and all girls’ levels and rec classes will be held in the front gym only. The preschool area will be the only area in the back gym used by Wildcard this Saturday. We realize space will be tight, but we will accommodate everyone. Also, they will be using the play room as an point of entry and for admissions, so that area is off limits to all Wildcard individuals and will not be open for playing. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

2015 Wisconsin Girls’ Level 6-10 State Championships — UPDATED MARCH 24
March 28-29, 2015
Milwaukee County Sports Complex Fieldhouse
6000 W. Ryan Rd., Franklin | MAP | 18.6 mi., 25 min.

NOTE: The start times have changed. They first sessions are earlier than originally published. Also, all Level 6s should return by 6:20 p.m. for team awards, dressed in their warmups.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

GIRLS’ LEVEL 6 – Ava C., Bradyn, Emily G., Aaliyah K., Elie, Miley, Eden, Ryann
Arrive – 8:10 a.m.
Stretch – 8:30 a.m.
Meet Begins — 9:00 a.m.
Awards — noon

GIRLS’ LEVEL 6 – Sofia, Hattie, Delaney, Lilly Ja., Jordan M., Norah T.
Arrive – 11:40 a.m.
Stretch – noon
Meet Begins — 12:30 p.m.
Awards — 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 8 – Bella G., Anastasia, Crystal, Ashley W.
Arrive – 11:40 a.m.
Stretch – noon
Meet Begins — 12:30 p.m.
Awards — 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 6 – Izzie, Camille
Arrive – 3:25 p.m.
Stretch – 3:45 p.m.
Meet Begins — 4:15 p.m.
Awards — 6:45 p.m. (all Level 6s should return for team awards)

GIRLS’ LEVEL 8 – Rose, Ava G., Glenna
Arrive – 3:40 p.m.
Stretch – 4 p.m.
Meet Begins — 4:30 p.m.
Awards — 7:30 p.m.

NOTE 1 — The Level 10 session is Saturday, March 27, at 3:30 p.m. We have one of our former gymnasts competing in that. It would be great if all of our optional gymnasts come to that session to see high-level gymnastics and to support their former teammate.

NOTE 2 — While all gymnasts are encouraged to stay to cheer on their teammates after their competition, we are all but requiring our Level 6 gymnasts to return for team awards after the final Level 6 session (arriving by 6:20 p.m.) in anticipation of placing as a team at state. All gymnasts should come to that session’s awards dressed in their warm-ups, both jacket and pants.

COMPETING TEAMS – Air Force, Alitus, Badger, CSA, CWC, Capital, Deutsch’s, Flex, GymHawks, GymSport, Gymfinity, Gymlingo, Infinite, Kettle Moraine YMCA, LaFleur’s, Livingston Twisters, M&M, Madtown Twisters, Middleton, Midwest Twisters, North Shore, Oshkosh, Pardeeville, Racine, Russell, SAGA, Salto, Scamps, Starz, Swiss Turners, TNT, Twin Ports, Ultimate Fusion, Ultimate Performance, WCGC.

Championship Week — Wildcard Gymnastics had a very successful Xcel State Championship Meet and Boys State Meet and we’re looking forward to another State Championship meet with our Level 6s and 8s on Sunday. Please come out and cheer for your teammates this Sunday, March 29, at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex in Franklin.  We’d love to have a big crowd cheering loudly. Feel free to make posters!

Please note, there is no formal spirit week for this week. The gymnasts may choose to do one on their own, however.

Men’s State Championship Recap — For the six young men who competed for state championships at the 2015 Wisconsin Men’s State Gymnastics Championships, the meet could not have gone any better. Wildcard Gymnasts won a combined 13 individual event and all-around titles, led by West F. who swept first place on all six events and had the highest event score of all 85 gymnasts on three events and had the second highest all-around score at the meet. Dylan K. won four events and the state all-around title with the fifth-highest AA score of all gymnasts. West and Dylan became the third and fourth all-around champions in Wildcard’s history (Ken I., Level 5, 2011; Delaney H., Level 4, 2013).

The Level 4 boys’ team also became the first ever Wildcard team to medal at state, bringing home a third place all-around finish with their highest team score of the season. At the conclusion of the Level 4 session, three Wildcard gymnasts were named all-state–West F., Jack G., and Dylan K.–for being the top six gymnasts in the 6, 7, or 8 year old age division or having one of the top two all-around scores among gymnasts not in those age divisions. Reed B. capped the competition with a state title on pommel horse, his sixth career state title. Congratulations to all the boys and our head coach, Candace, on the team’s success!

The state medalists are:

Level 4 Boys
Max B. — 6th rings, 3rd vault
West F. — 1st floor, 1st pommel horse, 1st rings, 1st vault, 1st parallel bars, 1st horizontal bar, 1st All-Around, All-State Team Member
Jack G. — 4th floor, 5th pommel horse, 2nd vault, 4th horizontal bar, 5th all-around, All-State Team Member
Dylan K. — 3rd floor, 1st pommel horse, 1st rings, 1st vault, 2nd parallel bars, 1st horizontal bar, 1st All-Around, All-State Team Member
Team — Third Place All-Around

Level 8 Boys
Reed B. — 2nd floor, 1st pommel horse, 3rd vault

Xcel State Championship Recap — Twelve Wildcard gymnasts represented Wildcard well at the 2015 Wisconsin Xcel State Championships in Waukesha. For the first time, Wildcard competed for state titles in the Xcel Gold division. In all, Wildcard came home with 12 medals, including two all-around medalists. Congratulations go to all of the team members and coaches Heidi and Bella for their hard work and improvements this season.

The medalists from the Xcel State Championships are:

Xcel Silver Girls
Marcela R. — 6th vault, 5th beam, 7th All-Around

Xcel Gold Girls
Christen B. — 3rd vault, 3rd beam, 4th All-Around
Anna P. — 5th vault, 6th floor
Aliyah R. — 3rd vault, 5th floor
Katherine R. — 4th vault

Level 6 & 8 Girls’ Team Dinner — The Level 6 and 8 girls’ team dinner will be held on Thursday, March 26 at 7:45 p.m. at Corner Bakery in Wauwatosa. Gymnasts will be transported to Corner Bakery at the conclusion of practice on Thursday. Gymnasts will be transported to Corner Bakery but will need to be picked up at 8:30 p.m. The cost of the Dinner is $12 and includes one entree selection and a soda. If your child wants a desert, they will need to pay for it at Corner Bakery. The dinner must be paid for by Wednesday in order to attend. Gymnasts not paid by Wednesday will not be allowed to take part in the team dinner.

If gymnasts are not planning to attend the team dinner please let us know. Meal selection will be on the wall by tonight’s practice.

Entree selection includes:

1/2 sandwich and soup or side salad
Cafe size salad and soup
Full sandwich and chips (select sandwiches only)

Sandwiches:
Chicken Pesto
Tomato Mozzarella
Chicken Pomodori Panini (<– available full size)
Mom’s Turkey (<– available full size)
Mom’s Ham

Salads:
Santa Fe Ranch
Chicken Caesar
Caesar

Soups:
Cheddar Broccoli
Chicken Lemon Orzo
Chicken Noodle

Practice Reminders — As a reminder, there is no TOPs on Monday or Saturday this week. Thursday nights Level 6-8 practice will conclude at 7:30 p.m.. (all other levels will including Fast Track will practice through their regular times). Only competing Level 6 and Level 8 gymnasts are to attend practice this Friday night. Open gym is on as regularly scheduled this Friday night.

Please note:  Attendance at practice is mandatory for all Level 6 & 8 girls this week. It is essential for their mental and physical preparation, that they attend all practices.  We had 100 percent attendance from the boys and Xcel last week. This is an important week for our gymnasts in our quests for state medals and regional qualifying scores.

Play Positive Pledge — Help Wildcard USA Gymnastics Earn $2,500 from Liberty Mutual Insurance Play Positive. Liberty Mutual Insurance Play Positive is awarding $2,500 as part of their Play Positive Pledge program which promotes sportsmanship in youth sports.

Here’s how it works:
Every person who takes the Pledge to promote sportsmanship earns one point. The ten (10) organizations around the country that get the most points at the close of the period will earn $2,500. Since we’ll only be competing against organizations of similar size we have a better chance to win! Of course, the more people we get to take the Pledge the better our chance of earning $2,500. Let’s all work together – for the kids, and for $2,500. It’s easy, it doesn’t cost anything and requires about 30 sec. of your time. Please take the pledge!

Success Wall Additions — We only have room for 12 more pictures on the success wall! Maybe we need to make it bigger! In addition to the gymnasts who medaled at state making the wall, we had a competition for the girls’ Levels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6s in Watertown. The following gymnasts qualified to the success wall at that meet:

Level 3
Siena F. — 9.500 on vault
Emma M. — 9.000 on bars, 9.000 on floor
Kaylie M. — 9.000 on beam
Rhianna R. — 9.000 on floor

Level 4
Essence B. — 9.250 on vault
Angela B. — 9.250 on beam, 9.050 on floor

Level 6
Bradyn F. — 9.100 on floor
Emily G. — 9.000 on bars, 9.200 on floor
Ella J. — 9.100 on beam, 9.100 on floor
Aaliyah K. — 9.400 on vault, 9.150 on beam, 9.200 on floor

BOYS’ & XCEL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEK — This is a very busy week in the gym as we have three events going on this weekend—the Boys’ State Championships, Xcel State Championships and the compulsory-level meet at GymTastics. This is the first of two weeks of Championship Weeks as the Level 6-10 Girls have their state meet next weekend.

For those of you competing in any of the three state meets or GymTastics (which is pretty much everyone in the gym), attending practices is an absolute must, especially for those gymnasts competing at state or in a new level for the first time (which is, again, most everyone in the gym). Our teams and gymnasts stand a chance to do very well, including winning state titles and qualifying for regionals. You don’t want to have your child regret a missed practice that would have made him or her just that much more ready and that much more successful. There will be no make ups for missed practices in these two weeks as it takes away from those gymnasts who are at their proper practice time.

STATE MEET WEEK HOMEWORK — While we have not assigned homework during the optional, boys’ and Xcel season, we are doing that for the week of state. Boys and Xcel, we apologize for not giving you a lot of notice.

We would like all gymnasts competing at State to write a positive note to the members of his or her team.  This note can include a little drawing, poem, book mark, or small inexpensive gift that offers encouragement to each teammate.  All Boys’, Girls’ Level 6, Girls’ Level 8 and Xcel Silver and Xcel Gold gymnasts are expected to participate. Please click here for the assignment.

Boys’ and Xcel, this homework is due tomorrow (March 18) at the team dinner. Please be sure that you bring the notes to practice tomorrow!!!  Girls’ Level 6 & 8, yours is due Thursday, March 26.

Girls’ compulsory level gymnasts, please feel free to pick a gymnast or two that will be competing at state and do the assignment for them as well (all of the Level 8s did the assignment for the compulsories for their state meet).

Additionally, a blog post went out yesterday featuring the Championship Game Plan.  This is a fantastic way to get mentally prepared for State.  Please be certain that your gymnast has printed it out and started working on it, especially if your gymnast is competing this weekend!  Click here for a printable copy of the Championship Game Plan.

COME SUPPORT YOUR TEAMMATES — We have a handful of individuals competing by themselves this weekend at state. It would be great if teammates came in support of those gymnasts. Boys State is at Waukesha North High School and Xcel State is at Salto (the Poplar Dr. location). Please feel free to make posters/banners to cheer the gymnasts on!  Parents, please wear purple in support of Wildcard.  The following are the report times for all of our gymnasts this weekend:

Friday, March 20
8:45 a.m. — Katherine (Xcel Gold at Salto)
12:45 p.m. — Aliyah R., Kelsey, Jenna (Xcel Gold at Salto)
4:45 p.m. — Alivia, Anna (Xcel Gold at Salto)

Saturday, March 21
8:15 a.m. — Max, West, Charlie, Jack, Dylan (Boys’ Level 4 at Waukesha North)
11:40 a.m. — Christen, Stephanie (Xcel Gold at Salto)

Sunday, March 22
7:45 a.m. — Amari (Xcel Silver at Salto)
7:45 a.m. —  Jillian, Kassidy, Payton, Grace, Lily D., Serenity, Alanna, Keegan, Mahogany (Girls’ Level 2 at GymTastics)
8:45 a.m. — Reed (Boys’ Level 8 at Waukesha North)
10 a.m. — Kayla, Siena, Olivia, Caelyr, Jordyn H., Aniya H., Jennifer, Lilly Jo., Claire, Emma, Kaylie, Ashley M., Korynne, Maggie, Ruth, Rhianna, Jordan S., Kayleeanna, Taylor, Bella W. (Girls’ Level 3 at GymTastics)
10:45 a.m. — McKayla (Xcel Silver at Salto)
12:15 p.m. — Angela, Vanesa, Ayanna, Mariyah, Sarah, Taylor, Kamryn, Maeggan, Madeline, Emily G., Nadia, Ella, Aaliyah K. (Girls’ Level 4, 5, 6 at GymTastics)
1:40 p.m. — Daisy, Marcela (Xcel Silver at Salto)

LEVEL 2 NOTE FOR GYMTASTICS — The gymnasts this week at GymTastics will actually be ranked. At the two previous meets, gymnasts were just awarded a participation medal, as is the practice in a Wisconsin USAG-sanctioned Level 2 meet. These next two meets are sanctioned by AAU. The rules of the AAU allow for Level 2 gymnasts to be ranked (in other words, gymnasts will finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. and receive medals accordingly).

PRACTICE CHANGES THIS WEEK & NEXT WEEK — We also have a little bit of practice changes for this week with so much going on. Please note the changes:

Wednesday, March 18: Boys’ Practice 4:30-7:45 p.m., Xcel Practice 5-7:45 p.m., Xcel and Boys’ Team Dinner at 7:45 p.m. (please bring a change of clothes to wear for the dinner).

Thursday, March 19: Added Boys’ Practice 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 21: No Boys’ or Xcel Gold Practice (Xcel Silver will practice); As of now TOPs is on as scheduled

Monday, March 23: No TOPs

Thursday, March 26: Level 6-8 will end at 7:30 p.m. order to attend the team dinner at Corner Bakery (details to follow)

Friday, March 27: Only those competing at the State meet on Sunday, March 29, should attend practice from 4:30-8:30 p.m. so we may give the most attention to those gymnasts. Level 4s and Level 5/6s should not attend that night as they are not competing. (Friday Night Open Gym will be held, so Level 4s and Level 5/6s, feel free to come to that.)

Saturday, March 28: No TOPs

TEAM BONDING EVENT — One of the Level 6 parents is organizing a team bonding event. The Dirty Dog Color/Mud Run is being held on July 18 in Oconomowoc and he is organizing a group to participate in this family-style event.

Visit this link: http://www.silvercirclesportsevents.com/dirty-dog-mud-run to register.

He has set Wildcard Gymnastics up in the 12:10 p.m. wave.

This is a blurb from the organizers:

The 5K course is filled with obstacles, mud & COLOR.  It is challenging enough to be difficult at times but doable at all times.  Hey if you want to take a break, then do it.  Want to take an extra minute to play in the mud or COLOR zone with your team or an extra belly flop then do it.   We don’t mind.  No fire, electrical shocks and it surely won’t be the toughest day of your life.  

If you have any questions, please contact David Holzer at rugby_53216@yahoo.com as he has set the group wave up and knows more of the details.

SUCCESS WALL ADDITIONS — We had our final regular-season meet of the season in Waukegan, Ill., at the LGA Lucky Invitational. The Success Wall is almost full. Here are the additions from the Lucky Invitational:

Girls’ Level 6
Sofia B. — 9.050 on vault, 9.150 on beam
Delaney H. — 9.250 on vault, 9.250 on bars, 9.400 on beam, 9.250 on floor
Lilly Ja. — 9.000 on beam
Aaliyah K. — 9.025 on vault, 9.000 on beam
Jordan M. — 9.000 on beam
Camille P. — 9.400 on beam
Eden R. — 9.100 on vault, 9.100 on beam, 9.000 on floor
Norah T. — 9.050 on vault

Girls’ Level 8
Bella G. — 9.100 on floor

Girls’ Xcel Gold
Christen B. — 9.400 on vault (1st)
Aliyah R. — 9.275 on floor (1st)
Jenna W. — 9.000 on beam

The State Championship meets are approaching for Boys’, Xcel, and Optionals.  It is essential to not only feel prepared physically, but mentally as well.  All good athletes should have a plan of attack for big events.

Click the link below for a .pdf of “Design Your Championship Game Plan”.  Each gymnast should take time to follow the 7 steps to achieve success at State!  Print out the Championship Game Plan, fill it out, review it every nightly, and even put it in your gym bag to look at during the State meet.

We will be discussing your plan leading up to State so gymnasts, be sure you have a clear idea of how you can be your best! This is what success looks like!!

Click here for the Championship Game Plan.

Your gymnast will be receiving the Butter Braid fundraiser order forms tonight or tomorrow (or Tuesday, if you are Fast Track). For those of you who have not sold Butter Braids, they are fantastic filled pastries that are easy to make. We are selling Apple, Cinnamon, Cream Cheese, Double Chocolate, Raspberry and Strawberry Cream Cheese. Each Butter Braid sells for $13 (and they are totally worth it!).

We have a very short fundraising window since Easter is so early this year. Please turn in your order forms (with the corresponding amount of money) by Friday, March 27th. Checks can be made out to Wildcard Gymnastics. The Butter Braids will be delivered to the gym on Wednesday, April 1. Please be certain that someone will be available to come pick up your gymnast’s order since they need to be kept frozen. We DO NOT have any extra freezer space in which to store orders. Order forms that are turned in late, may not get ordered!

Please understand that Wildcard asks the team gymnasts to participate in fundraising to off-set equipment costs. The gymnasts have expressed that they would like to see Wildcard put in a Foam Pit for training purposes. This fundraiser will help us raise a portion of the funds needed to meet the cost of putting in a pit.

We do ask that all team gymnasts (Fast Track, Boys’, & Girls’ team) participate. In order to reach our fundraising goal, we are asking that everyone sell 15 Butter Braids each. We know that fundraising is often a pain, but Wildcard doesn’t have Booster Club fees or annual membership fees or additional coaches fees like many other area gyms do. (You may choose to opt out of the fundraiser, but then a $150 donation is requested.) Please help us in achieving our fundraising goals! If you need additional order forms, please don’t hesitate to ask!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Alie at alison@wildcard-gymnastics.com.