Mckenna is on a recreational gymnastics team, but about 6 girls were asked from her class to participate in a real meet so they could have the experience as well as be evaluated for a competitive team. She did amazing! Mckenna has a lot of natural athletic talent and gymnastics comes very easy to her.
It was hard to capture pictures of her actual routines...especially since I could not use a flash in the gym. I managed to get afew though...here she is in the middle of her floor routine doing a back bend walk over...or something like that. She got a 9.25 on her floor routine and placed 7th which earned her a medal.
Also part of her floor routine...nice form!
Now her turn on the beam...she got a 9.15 and finished 5th overall...another medal!
The bar....she kinda fell apart on the bar. This is her weakest event in some areas, strongest in others. She gets so much speed and height...too much, more then she can control right now. In fact, she ended up going over the top of the bar in a dive...everyone gasped and anticipated tears, Mckenna got up and was embarrased but laughing and said, "that was fun!"...and got back on the bar!
The girls in blue are obviously on a team...Mckenna was the first one to place on vault that wasn't on an official team.
This is when she learned that she placd 8th overall for age 6....out of 17 girls. Not bad considering she is only on a recreational team.
Sporting the bling-bling...she was very excited to have medals to take home for show and tell at school.
It was hard to capture pictures of her actual routines...especially since I could not use a flash in the gym. I managed to get afew though...here she is in the middle of her floor routine doing a back bend walk over...or something like that. She got a 9.25 on her floor routine and placed 7th which earned her a medal.
Also part of her floor routine...nice form!
Now her turn on the beam...she got a 9.15 and finished 5th overall...another medal!
The bar....she kinda fell apart on the bar. This is her weakest event in some areas, strongest in others. She gets so much speed and height...too much, more then she can control right now. In fact, she ended up going over the top of the bar in a dive...everyone gasped and anticipated tears, Mckenna got up and was embarrased but laughing and said, "that was fun!"...and got back on the bar!
The girls in blue are obviously on a team...Mckenna was the first one to place on vault that wasn't on an official team.
This is when she learned that she placd 8th overall for age 6....out of 17 girls. Not bad considering she is only on a recreational team.
Sporting the bling-bling...she was very excited to have medals to take home for show and tell at school.
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What a great way to celebrate my birthday! Watching Mckenna shine in her 1st "competition" and leave with 4 medals was a BLAST!!! With her body-build, ability and energy level, if she maintains interest and wants it, I think she has a real future in gymnastics. Nana is so proud of her!
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