Flip Flop Invitational
April 13, 2014
Midwest Twisters — Hartland
602 Industrial Ct., Hartland | MAP | 23.0 mi., 23 min.
SUNDAY, APRIL 13
GIRLS’ XCEL SILVER – Amari, McKayla, Anna, Marcela, Katherine
GIRLS’ XCEL PLATINUM – Ashley
Arrive – 7:45 a.m.
Stretch – 8:00 a.m.
Meet Begins — 8:25 a.m.
Awards — 11:45 a.m.
COMPETING TEAMS – Midwest Twisters, North Shore, Salto, Sheboygan YMCA, Tri-County, Wind Lake.
Wildcard coaches, parents and gymnasts:
We can’t thank you enough for the time and effort that all of you put in this week. Several families went above and beyond and we thank you all for your efforts. We wish we could put you all on the success wall!
We put on a great show this weekend and we could not have done it without the gracious, generous support from our super, awesome extended family. Wildcard’s reputation as a club was greatly enhanced throughout the state this weekend. This was about as well run a meet could have possibly been. Kudos to everyone. There was literally not one negative comment from a coach or a gymnast at the meet (other than the stringent judging of which we don’t have any control over).
As a reminder to all of you, there is no practice — boys or girls — tomorrow, March 24. We all need the day to recover.
The following gymnasts (who this meet was really about) will be added to the success wall:
Level 6:
Sofia B. — 9.000 on floor
Bradyn F. — 5th place bars
Izzie L. — 11th place beam
Elie L. — 4th place beam
Miley L. — 9.000 on vault (2nd place)
Jordan M. — 3rd place vault, 2nd place bars, 3rd place all-around
Camille P. — 8th place vaultEden R. — 4th place vault, 6th place beam, 6th place all-around
Level 8:
Ava G. — 9th place floor
Bella G. — 4th place vault
Heidi K. — 7th place bars
Glenna P. — 7th place vault
If we missed someone, please let us know. There was a lot going on and we might have an omission.
Flip Flop Invitational
April 13, 2014
Midwest Twisters — Hartland
602 Industrial Ct., Hartland | MAP | 23.0 mi., 23 min.
SUNDAY, MARCH 13
GIRLS’ XCEL SILVER – Amari, McKayla, Anna, Marcela, Katherine
Arrive – 8:40 a.m.
Stretch – 9 a.m.
Meet Begins — 9:25 a.m.
Awards — 11:15 a.m.
GIRLS’ XCEL PLATINUM – Ashley
Arrive – 11:45 a.m.
Stretch – noon
Meet Begins — 12:25 p.m.
Awards — 3 p.m.
COMPETING TEAMS – Midwest Twisters, North Shore, Salto, Sheboygan YMCA, Tri-County, Wind Lake.
BOYS’ STATE — Congratulations to our boys who competed at the 2014 Wisconsin Men’s GyMANstics Championships this weekend. We won a ton of medals. See at the end of this blog post for a complete list.
FRIDAY PRACTICE CHANGE — The Friday practice time has been moved up to start at 3:30 p.m. and conclude at 6:30 p.m. Gymnasts, arrive as soon as possible, we know 3:30 will be tough. There will be no conditioning and with just 20 kids in the gym, gymnasts should get at least 30 minutes on each event. All Level 6s should go home after the practice. The Level 8s and 9s should plan on going to Brookfield East to help.
SATURDAY, MONDAY PRACTICES — There are no practices for any team (Boys all levels and girls all levels including Xcel) on Saturday or Monday. Boys Level 3 and Girls’ Xcel will have their practices made up. We will probably try to add an extra opportunity for competing kids prior to the meet in Plover in two weeks.
THURSDAY TEAM DINNER — We still have a couple of gymnasts who have yet to place an order for Noodles on Thursday. Those gymnasts are: Sofia B., Hattie B., Miley L., and Heidi K. Please have those orders placed no later than 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pick up at Noodles (124th and Capital) is 9:15 p.m.
STATE MEET WEEKEND — Families, it’s been a long ride and there has been lots of planning for since we were awarded the state meet in September. We are three days from hosting it and all eyes will be on Wildcard Gymnastics for the two days.
Again, we can’t thank parents enough. We know we’ve asked a lot of you this year, even this month. But rest assured, this is the last meet we will host until October.
We still need volunteers to help with the running of the meet, specifically in the Level 7 sessions on Sunday. We also need help with people selling leotards and serving in the hospitality rooms. Those are easy jobs and for those of you who haven’t signed up for this meet, or other meets this year, please do. Its very important that we get a fair and equal amount of help. Remember, we don’t have a booster club that constantly bugs and pressures you. We rely on your graciousness.
Here are the areas in which we have confirmed help and need help:
Friday
Meet set up, Glenn P., Chad O., Richard L., Donald K., Vicki D., Brian P., Joe C., Chance G., Shane S. and we could use about 10 more people to make the process go faster. We also have the Brookfield East Baseball Team at 7:30 p.m. PLEASE ARRIVE AT 6:30 P.M. instead of 7:30 p.m. as we have access to the gym earlier.
Gym decoration: Beth C., Martin W., All Level 8s
Saturday
Sessions 1A (Level 9) and 1B (Level 6), 8:15 a.m. arrival
Admissions: Roger B., Mary R., (need two more)
Leotards & Flowers Seller: NONE (need at least one more)
Vault score inputter: Jenny L. (Level 9), NONE (Level 6)
Bars score inputter: Nora L. (Level 9), Anastasia R. (Level 6)
Beam score inputter: Jessie L (Level 9), Beth C. (Level 6)
Beam timer: Nadia J. (Level 9), Dosia M. (Level 6)
Floor score inputter: Kari T. (Level 9), Kelly B. (Level 6)
Music player: Chasity D. (Level 9), NONE (Level 6)Coach room attendant: Bettye L.
Coach table greeter: NONE
Runner: Kerigan S.
Award presenters: Emma L., Nora T., Angela B., Chasity D.
Sessions 2A (Level 9) and 2B (Level 6), noon
Admissions: Kim P., Kathy M., Monifa L., Lavonda W.
Leotards & Flowers Seller: Sue B., Anne L.
Vault score inputter: Maggie D. (Level 9), NONE (Level 6)
Bars score inputter: Vicki B. (Level 9), Kari C. (Level 6)
Beam score inputter: Ashley E. (Level 9), Khalistall V. (Level 6)
Beam timer: Missy G. (Level 9), Anastasia R. (Level 6)
Floor score inputter: Nora L. (Level 9), Aniyah B. (Level 6)
Music player: Jessi L. (Level 9), Ava G. (Level 6)
Coach room attendant: NONE
Coach table greeter: NONE
Runner: Ava C.
Award presenters: Bradyn F., Lilly J., Jordan M., Ava C.
Sessions 3A (Level 10), arrive 3:30 p.m.
Admissions: Kathy M. (need one more)
Leotards & Flowers Seller: Liza S.
Vault score inputter: Reed B.
Bars score inputter: Nadia J.
Beam score inputter: Ashley E.
Beam timer: Missy G.
Floor score inputter: Maggie D.
Music player: Hallie F.
Coach room attendant: NONE
Coach table greeter: NONE
Runner: Ava G., Bella G.
Award presenters: Bradyn F., Mariyah L., Ayanna L., Nadia J.
SUNDAY
Sessions 4A (Level 8) and 4B (Level 7), 7:15 a.m.
Admissions: Gina D., Roger B. (Need two more)
Leotards & Flowers Seller: NONE
Vault score inputter: Maggie D. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Bars score inputter: Missy G. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Beam score inputter: Freddy O. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Beam timer: Julia S. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Floor score inputter: Ashley E. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Music player: Hallie F. (Level 8), Chasity D. (Level 7)
Coach room attendant: NONE
Coach table greeter: NONE
Runner: Sophia S.
Award presenters: Bradyn F., Aaliyah K., Ayanna L., Mariyah L.
Sessions 5A (Level 8) and 5B (Level 7), 11:45 a.m.
Admissions: Bettye M., Lucy S. (need two more)
Leotards & Flowers Seller: NONE
Vault score inputter: Nadia J. (Level 8), Dosia M. (Level 7)
Bars score inputter: Miley L. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Beam score inputter: Ashley E. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Beam timer: Missy G. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Floor score inputter: Ashley W. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Music player: Hallie F. (Level 8), Maggie D. (Level 7)
Coach room attendant: NONE
Coach table greeter: NONE
Runner: Sophia S.
Award presenters: Bradyn F., Becky Dee D., Kelsey E., Kerigan S.
Sessions 6A (Level 8) and 6B (Level 7), 3 a.m.
Admissions: Julie R., Vicky D. (Need two more)
Leotards & Flowers Seller: NONE
Vault score inputter: Julia S. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Bars score inputter: Ashley E. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Beam score inputter: Ava G. (Level 8), Rose D. (Level 7)
Beam timer: Glenna P. (Level 8), Bella G. (Level 7)
Floor score inputter: Heidi K. (Level 8), NONE (Level 7)
Music player: Hallie F. (Level 8), Missy G. (Level 7)
Coach room attendant: NONE
Coach table greeter: NONE
Runner: Sophia S.
Award presenters: Bradyn F., Becky Dee D., Hallie F., Aniyah B., Nadia J.
Move out, 7 p.m.: We have a handful of volunteers, but the more we have, the faster it will go.
Attire for volunteers: Gymnasts should wear their warm ups and parents should be in a Wildcard shirt. Please no jeans. We will have some volunteer shirts available but probably not enough to go around We will do our best to provide as many as we can.
Admission: All Wildcard gymnasts will not be charged admission and any volunteers will get in free for the duration of the weekend. All gymnasts can help out with awards, provided they are dressed properly and are doing what they are supposed to according to our awards captain, Kajuana L.
DONATIONS — Please check the previous blog post for donation requests for the meet for this weekend. We will take drop offs this week, but preferably would like drop offs on Friday at Brookfield East. If anyone has a cooler or two to loan, we would appreciate that.
SUCCESS WALL — Again, we promise we will get this updated next week. We have quite a few additions to the success wall this week, including the crowning of a boys’ state event champion.
Boys — State Championships
Eli D. — Level 4 2nd place vault, 6th place pommel horse
Max Br., — Level 5 5th place floor, 5th place vault
Diego G. — Level 5 9th place floor, 6th place vault
Ian Y. — Level 5 3rd place parallel bars
Bryce W. — Level 6 5th place floor, 5th place rings, 4th place vault, 9th place horizontal bar, 11th place all-around
Reed B. — Level 7 STATE FLOOR CHAMPION, STATE POMMEL HORSE CHAMPION, STATE FLOOR CHAMPION, 2nd place horizontal bar, 2nd place all-around
Girls — Gymnastics InvitationalOlivia G. — Level 2, 9.600 vault (1st), 9.000 floor (1st), 1st place all-around
Caelyr G. — Level 2, 9.000 bars (1st), 9.100 beam
Lilly Joh. — Level 2 9.150 beam (1st), 1st place all-around
Ayanna L. — Level 3 9.200 floor, 1st place all-around
Mariyah L. — Level 3 1st place all-around
Anya M. — Level 3 9.200 floor
Kelsey E. — Level 4 first place beam
Aaliyah K. — Level 4 9.400 vault (1st), 1st place bars, 1st place floor, 1st place all-around
Emily G. — Level 4 first place beam
Kerigan S. — Level 4 9.000 beam
Ava C. — Level 5 first place beam
Let’s get a bunch more on the success wall this weekend at state!
These are the State meet donation items. The cost is $25 if you do not plan to get your item.
Please bring them Thursday to Wildcard or Friday after 7:30 p.m. to the meet site.
Those of you bringing Soups or Desserts – you could drop them off Saturday by 11:00 a.m. Remember that this is to serve about 120 people (coaches and judges) – please plan accordingly.
Level 6/8/9 – Breakfast
Hallie – 12-18 pack of muffins, 2 large containers of cream cheese
Stasia – 12-18 pack of muffins, 2 large containers of cream cheese
Emma S. – 2 doz bagels & 2 large containers of cream cheese
Khalizstall – 2 doz bagels & 2 large containers of cream cheese
Olga – Fresh fruit platter
Rose D. – Fresh fruit platter
Ava G – 10 individ Greek yogurts or 2 large containers; 1 bag brown sugar
Bella G – 10 individ Greek yogurts or 2 large containers; 1 box/bag granola
Heidi – 10 individ Greek yogurts or 2 large containers; 1 box/bag granola
Glenna – Fresh fruit platter
Crystal – 4 boxes of granola bars/energy/breakfast bars (for coaches)
Ashley – 2 gals of milk; 1 large container of ground coffee
Sofia B – 12-18 pack of muffins, 2 large containers of cream cheese
Hattie B – 2 doz bagels & 2 large containers of cream cheese
Ava C – 10 individ Greek yogurts or 2 large containers; 1 bag brown sugar
Lilly Jag – 4 boxes of granola/energy/breakfast bars (for coaches)
Izzy – 5 bottles handsanitizer
Elie L – 5 bottles handsanitizer
Miley – $15-$20 Bathroom supplies (nail clippers, ponies, hairspray, cough drops, tums, Kleenex)
Jordan M – $15-$20 Bathroom supplies (see above)
Camille – 4-6 dozen rolls for sandwiches
Eden – 3 boxes/bags of Granola (for yogurts)
Level 3 – Lunch
Essence – Cold Cuts for Sandwiches (3-5 lbs)
Asia – Cold Cuts for Sandwiches (3-5 lbs)
Alivia – ( 2 bags/bunches) Fresh pieces of fruit: apples, peaches, bananas, etc
Sienna – (2 bags/bunches) Fresh pieces of fruit: oranges, etc.
Vanessa – Large pot of soup & Crackers
Emma L – Large pot of soup & Crackers
Kaylie M – Large pot of soup or (warm?) Dip and crackers
Korynne – 4 boxes of granola bars (for coaches/judges)
Maggie M – Cheese and sausage platter
Rhianna R – Cheese and sausage platter
Brooklyn – 3 bags of chips and 3-4 assorted dips
Jordan S. – 2 bags of pretzels and pretzel dip?
Sarah S. – Cold cuts for Sandwiches (3-5 lbs)
Annika – 4-6 dozen rolls for sandwiches
Level 2 à Desserts (Rice Krispie treats, mini eclairs, pies, cake, etc)
Emily C – 2 doz small dessert items or 2 large dessert items
Olivia G – 2 doz small dessert items or 2 large dessert items
KK – Spinach Dip
Lily JF – 2 doz small dessert items or 2 large dessert items
Clare M – 2 doz small dessert items or 2 large dessert items
Ruthie – 2 doz small dessert items or 2 large dessert items
Sadie – 2 doz small dessert items or 2 large dessert items
Level ¾ & 4 à Lunch/Dinner
Camille B – 3 lbs Pasta/potato Salad
Angela B – 3lbs pasta/potato salad
Chasity – veggie platter & Dip
Morgan – veggie platter & dip
Ayanna – veggie platter & dip
Mariyah – 3lbs pasta/potato salad
Anya – fruit platter
Level 4 à Sodas
Aniyah – 2 (24 packs) Diet cokes
Beckydee – 2 (24 packs) Diet cokes
Kelsey E – 2 (24 packs) Diet cokes
Adriana – 2 (24 packs) Diet cokes
Nadia J – 2 (24 packs) Diet cokes
Ella JF – 2 (24 packs) Sprite
Aaliyah – 2 (24 packs) Sprite
Nora L – 2 (24 packs) Sprite
Kerigan- 2 (24 packs) Sprite
Norah T – 2 (24 packs) Coke
Taylor T – 2 (24 packs) Coke
Ryann W – 2(24 packs) Coke
Kamryn – 2 (24 packs) Coke
Maeggan – 2 (24 packs) Diet cokes
Level 5, Boys – Water
Madeline C – 3 cases Water
Maxwell Ba – 3 cases Water
Max Bo – 3 cases Water
Charles – 3 cases Water
Jack – 3 cases water
Dylan – 2 cases flavored water
Gavin – 2 cases flavored water
Jack S – 2 cases flavored water
Konrad – 2 cases flavored water
Eli D. – 24 pack of Gatorade
Max B – 24 pack of Gatorade
Diego – 24 pack of Gatorade
Ian Y – 24 pack of Gatorade
Reed – 1000 paper plates
Myles – 75-100 larger Styrofoam cups for coffee/tea
Bryce – 75-100 larger Styrofoam cups for coffee/tea
Xcel – MISC.
Christen B – 2 large containers of Mayonnaise
Amari – Large container of ground coffee
McKayla M – 3-5 boxes of Hot tea bags
Anna P – 3-5 boxes of Hot chocolate packets
Marcela – 1 gal skim milk, 1 gal 2% milk
Katherine – 2-3 containers of Flavored creamer
There is still room to sign up for helping out at the meet too!!! See the south wall in the front office.
Thanks for all your support!!!
Boys’ State — Thanks to all our boys’ and girls’ team gymnasts who took part in the boys’ spirit week days. The boys had a blast at Noodles last night and will compete for state titles starting tomorrow. We wish them all the best!
Next Week’s Spirit Week — Next week will be spirit week as it’s both the state meet for the optional level girls and a home meet! This is designed to really get the gymnasts pumped up for State, so the more team spirit, the better! The following are the dress for spirit days:
Monday — St. Patrick’s Day. Wear your green!
Tuesday — Pink and black, Level 8s-up wear your leotards from the Altius meet. Other gymnasts can wear pink or black.
Thursday — Dress like a champion. Wear your medals or dress how you think a champion would dress.
Friday — Purple pride. Wear your purple!
Level 6s, 8s and 9s to Noodles — We will have a signup on the wall for our team dinner for the Level 6s, 8s and 9s to go to Noodles THURSDAY night as opposed to Friday night (due to state set up). We will go to Noodles at 8:30 p.m. with a 9:15 p.m. pick up. The menu and costs are on the wall.
Level 6-10 State Help — Families, in case you didn’t see it, the sign up for volunteer times for the state championship meet is on the wall. It’s filling up, but we still have a lot of spots available. The most important spots are the on-floor score inputters and music players. We are in desperate need of help in the first session on Saturday as we still will have rec. classes at the gym in the morning and all our spare help will be people will be in use.
We also need volunteers to help with meet set up and tear down. Level 8s and 9s should plan on helping with set up at Brookfield East after practice. There will be plenty of chairs, awards stands and other smaller details to set up.
Captians, you’re expected to set your areas up on Friday night as well. Also, please help recruit volunteers for the areas that you oversee. Remember, all volunteers will receive free admission all weekend. And as an incentive, any family that volunteers for three or more sessions (not three family members in one session, but family members in three different sessions) will receive a $50 tuition credit. This tuition credit does not apply to award presenters, and only to the people on the floor, admissions, sellers, and hosts.
iPads Needed — Parents, we need to borrow 3-4 iPads for the meet for scoring purposes. We will take excellent care of them, we promise. Preferably if we can get iPads with 3G or 4G data on them, that would be better. The amount of data used to input scores is very small, but if we need to increase your data allotment, we can do that. Also, please turn off the password protection for the course of the weekend. A signup is on the wall or you can e-mail us at the gym at gymnastics@wildcard-gymnastics.com if you can loan us the iPad. Please no one-day loaners either. Please only respond if you can loan it for the duration of the meet. We will need them fully charged with a charger on Friday night and can return them at 8 p.m. on Sunday.
State Week Practice Changes — At this time, we have very few practice changes, but the ones we do have are the following:
Friday, March 21, Girls’ Level 6-9 ONLY (no other levels please) from 4-7 p.m. Level 6s should go home at 7 p.m. and 8s should plan on going to Brookfield East to help with set up until 10 p.m. No evening open gym.
Saturday, March 22, No boys or girls team in all levels (girls’ Level 2, girls’ Level 3, girls’ Xcel and boys all levels). The gym will be open for classes, but that is it. We will try to schedule a make-up for the Level 2s and Xcel girls and the Level 3 boys but the other levels will be made up with extensive extra opportunities in the summer.
Monday, March 24 – No Girls’ Team practice. Enjoy the night off, do something fun, or just relax. There is a good chance that we will have optional gymnasts competing at Regionals, so be prepared for two more weeks of really focused practices and then we’ll get to start doing some up training!
Donations Needed
Parents, please be aware that as with competitions we’ve hosted previously, we will need some donated items for the Judges/Coaches’ Hospitality rooms. Please be on the look out for that as the list will be forthcoming.
Success Wall Additions— With it being a very busy month, the success wall is turning into a virtual success wall. We promise that we will catch up after the girls’ state meet. The boys compete at Scamps in Kenosha and the girls competed at the Lucky Invitational in Waukegan, Ill. Here are the soon-to-be-added success wall images:
Girls’ Level 6: Miley 9.000 on bars, Lilly Jag. 9.000 on vault
Boys’ Level 5: Max Br. 10.000 on rings; Ian Y. 9.800 on floor, 10.100 on rings, 10.100 on parallel bars, 9.800 on horizontal bar
Boys’ Level 6: Bryce W. 10.900 on floor, 9.700 on pommel horse
Boys’ Level 7: Reed B. 10.800 on floor (1st), 10.400 on pommel horse (1st), 9.900 on rings (1st), 10.000 on parallel bars (1st), 9.900 on horizontal bar (1st), 1st All-Around
Remember, to make the success wall at state, a gymnast needs to medal or get a 9.0, so lets get everyone on the success wall in the next two weeks. At the girls’ compulsory state, we had 80 percent of the gymnasts make the wall. Let’s keep that up!
Note, the address wasn’t updated from a previous post. It’s corrected now:
Splish Splash Invitational
April 5, 2014
Carousel
6487 Eckels Rd., Plover | MAP | 135.6mi., 2 hr., 26 min.
SATURDAY, APRIL 5
GIRLS’ LEVEL 4 – Kelsey, Emily, Ella, Aaliyah, Norah, Taylor, Maeggan
Arrive – 7:45 a.m.
Stretch – 8 a.m.
Meet Begins — 8:30 a.m.
Awards — 11:30 a.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 3 – Essence, Angela, Asia, Alivia, Vanesa, Ayanna, Mariyah, Emma L., Emma M., Jordan S., Jenna
Arrive – 12:15 p.m.
Stretch – 12:30 p.m.
Meet Begins — 12:45 p.m.
Awards — 3:15 p.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 2 – Olivia, Caelyr, Lilly Jah., Lilly Joh., Claire, Sadie
Arrive – 3:15 p.m.
Stretch – 3:30 p.m.
Meet Begins — 4 p.m.
Awards — 6:30 p.m.
COMPETING TEAMS – Antigo, Carousel, GymTastics, Magic, Madison Turners, Once Chance, RC, West Side
NOTE – This is in a barn in the middle of no where. If you don’t see anything as you are getting closer, you’re doing right.
Girls’ Level 6-10 State Championships
March 22-23, 2014
Brookfield East High School
3305 Lilly Rd., Brookfield | MAP | 2.3 mi., 6 min.
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
GIRLS’ LEVEL 6 – Hattie, Bradyn, Elie, Lilly Jag. Miley, Jordan M., Camille P., Eden
Arrive – 8:40 a.m.
Stretch – 9 a.m.
Meet Begins — 9:35 a.m.
Awards — noon
GIRLS’ LEVEL 9 – Hallie
Arrive – noon
Stretch – 12:20 p.m.
Meet Begins — 12:50 p.m.
Awards — 2:45 p.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 6 – Sofia, Izzie
Arrive – noon
Stretch – 12:20 p.m.
Meet Begins — 12:50 p.m.
Awards — 3:20 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 23
GIRLS’ LEVEL 8 – Bella, Heidi
Arrive – 7:45 a.m.
Stretch – 8 a.m.
Meet Begins — 8:30 a.m.
Awards — 11:45 a.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 8 – Rose, Ava G., Glenna, Khalizstall
Arrive – noon
Stretch – 12:15 a.m.
Meet Begins — 12:30 p.m.
Awards — 4 p.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 8 – Anastasia, Emma S., Crystal
Arrive – 4 p.m.
Stretch – 4:15 p.m.
Meet Begins — 4:40 p.m.
Awards — 7 p.m.
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, Midwest Twisters, North Shore, Oshkosh, Pardeeville, Racine, Russell, SAGA, Salto, Scamps, Starz, Swiss Turners, TNT, Twin Ports, Ultimate Fusion, Ultimate Performance, WCGC, Wildcard.
PLEASE NOTE – This is our HOME meet. Please volunteer and come out and support the Wildcard team! A volunteer sign-up form is in the gym.
Practice Changes — Due to this weekend’s girls’ meet in Waukegan, Ill., there will be no TOPs or Hopes practice on Saturday, March 8. Additionally, the Level 2s and 3s that normally come on Saturdays will have practice end at 11 a.m. instead of noon due to coaching coverage issues.
Boys’ team for this weekend is on as scheduled as their meet in Kenosha is on Sunday.
Additionally, we are also canceling team Saturday practice on Saturday, March 22 due to the Level 6-10 State Championship meet that we are hosting at Brookfield East. We will be very short staffed that day. This includes all Level 2, 3, TOPs and Hopes. No specific makeup will be offered for this date.
There will be no boys’ practice for Levels 4-up on Saturday, March 15, due to the State Championships meet in Jackson. There will be no boys’ practice for Levels 3-up on Saturday, March 22 due to the girls’ State Championship meet that we are hosting. A makeup for Level 3 boys’ team will be offered.
Additionally, there will be practice changes to the Friday, March 21 practice and that will depend on what time we can begin move in to Brookfield East. There will be no team practice on Monday, March 24 for any level.
Boys’ Spirit Week — Next week is State Championship week for the boys! We wish them luck in their quest for a state title. As we did with the girls, we will make a spirit week for the boys. Girls are highly encouraged to participate to show their team spirit for the boys too. The spirit days will only be on boys’ practice days. The events are as follows:
Monday: Mismatched socks day (wear two different, crazy socks)
Wednesday: Tank-tops (find your best tank top and wear it to practice)
Thursday: All Black (wear all-black shirts and shorts/pants (or leos) to practice)
Boys’ Team Dinner — On Thursday, March 13, we will extend practice by 15 minutes to 7:45 p.m. and we will then take them to a team dinner to Noodles (on 124th and Capital). We will drive the boys there, but pick up will be at Noodles. We will have a signup for food orders in the gym by Monday. Pick up at Noodles is at 8:30 p.m. All Level 4-7 boys are encouraged to attend Thursday’s practice and team dinner. The meal will include an entree, bread and a drink. Costs will be posted on the signup sheet.
State Championships Signup — By Monday, the signup sheet for volunteer opportunities at the Girls’ Level 6-10 State Championship meet will be up. This is the most important meet that we have ever hosted and all eyes in the state will be on us. It is very important for our reputation that this meet runs smoothly and competently.
All of you are very good at helping us run a fun, festive, issue free meet and we trust that the same will occur at State. We receive numerous compliments at our home meets. All volunteers will receive a wristband for free admission for the weekend. There will be some really good gymnastics at this meet and we hope that you all come to support the rest of the team at the first USA Gymnastics-sanctioned home optional meet that we have ever hosted.
There will be some differences in how this meet is run and some differences in who we allow to volunteer at various positions. We will also need a large team of strong volunteers to help us with meet set-up on Friday night and tear down on Sunday night. We must supply 20 workers to set up the equipment and we’re waiting on help from the high school, but we can’t count on it. The more people we have to help, the quicker the equipment set-up and tear down will go.
Also, we again will have captains. This time, the compensation is one month of tuition for one gymnast. You may split captain duties among two people provided there is coverage the entire time. One person may not do more than one captain position. The captains will be the following:
Admissions
Coaches’ & Judges’ Room
Leotard / Flower Sales
Awards
Please note that being a captain will require you to be there the entire weekend, including Friday for set -up, and probably some pre-event duties.
We are also looking for a person to read awards, which is one of the biggest jobs available. It really sets the tone for how people think of the meet. Anyone who is interested, please see Blain.
We realize we’ve asked a lot of our parents this year and we thank you for making our year so successful. In fact, someone came up to Alie and Amy’s parents after the first session of the Wildcard Cruise Classic and said this was the best run, most fun meet they’ve ever been to. We also had someone post on our Facebook wall after the meet how great a time it was and we had two posts to our Facebook wall after Level 2 state how well we did. A lot of that gratitude goes to the parents who helped make it run smoothly.
Success Wall Additions — We are a little behind on updating the success wall and for that we apologize. It has been a very busy couple of weeks for us. However, we will add the following gymnasts to the success wall from the results of the Wildcard Cruise Classic.
Level 2
Olivia G. — 9.000 on beam (first place), first place on vault
Lilly Joh. — first place floor, first place all-around
Claire M. — first place on bars
Level 3
Angela B. — 9.550 on vault (first place)
Ayanna L. — 9.000 on floor (first place)
Mariyah L. — 9.500 on vault (first place), first place on bars, first place on floor, first place all-around
Emma L. — first place floor
Level 4
Madeline C. — 9.000 on beam (first place)
Aaliyah K. — 9.100 on bars (first place), first place on vault, beam, floor and all-around
Level 6
Delaney H. —9.000 on bars (first place), first place on vault, beam, floor and all-around
Level 8
Heidi K. — first place vault, first place all-around
Anastasia R. — first place beam
Emma S. — first place bars
Bella G. — first place floor
Open
Hallie F. — Meet records on vault and beam
Xcel Silver
Anna P. — 9.100 on vault (first place), 9.200 on floor (first place)
Katherine R. — 9.000 on vault, 9.100 on beam (first place), first place bars, first place all-around
Shamrock Invitational
March 16, 2013
GymTastics
925 S. 12th St., Watertown| MAP | 39.8 mi., 52 min.
SUNDAY, MARCH 16
GIRLS’ LEVEL 2 – Emily C., Caelyr, Olivia, Lilli Jah., Lilly Joh., Claire, Ruth, Sadie
GIRLS’ LEVEL 3 – Angela, Vanesa, Ayanna, Asia, Emma M., Anya, Rhianna, Sarah
Arrive – 7:45 a.m.
Stretch – 8 a.m.
Meet Begins — 9 a.m.
Awards — 9:45 a.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 3 – Essence, Alivia, Siena, Mariyah, Emma L., Jordan S.
Arrive – 10 a.m.
Stretch – 10:15 a.m.
Meet Begins — 11:15 a.m.
Awards — 12:15 p.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 4 – Becky Dee, Kelsey, Emily G., Nadia, Aaliyah, Ella, Kerigan, Norah T., Ryann, Maeggan
Arrive – 12:45 p.m.
Stretch – 1 p.m.
Meet Begins — 1:15 p.m.
Awards — 3 p.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 5 – Ava C.
Arrive – 3:30 p.m.
Stretch – 3:45 p.m.
Meet Begins — 4:45 p.m.
Awards — 6:15 p.m.
COMPETING TEAMS – GymSport, GymTastics, Madison Turners, Starz, TNT, West Side.
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