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22nd-Mar-2009 02:17 pm - this morning's T&T meet
Highlights:
* Hit (i.e., successfully completed) six out of six routines/passes!
* Pretty much nailed the landing for my first double mini pass (back layout on, front full off).  Not sure if I've done that before.
* Definitely connected my second double mini pass (back full on, layout Barani off) for the first time ever, and did so when being judged no less!  (Previously, the closest I'd come was when, in the touch warm-up, I did a back full on, front-3/4-flop-onto-my-back off).
* The scores for my compulsory trampoline routine were up by a few tenths.
* Both tumbling passes were solid, and the judges complimented me on being the only person to take off and land in the appropriate areas.  (I'd noticed this myself, and had begun to suspect they'd relaxed the rules about such things, which apparently isn't actually the case.)
* April and I tied for first on double-mini against a fair number of other competitors!  Joanne, of course, was thrilled.
* I took gold on the other events, too, though in both cases only against one other person.

All in all, a very successful morning, even worth having gotten up at 5 a.m. for.  And they even managed to finish early, wrapping up everything (including awards) in about two hours.

For reference, scores so far this season:

1st prelim:
Tramp: 46.5 (degree of difficulty: 4.0; place: 1/3)
Double mini: 27.8 (dd: 1.5; place: 2/2)
On the second pass, I twisted my Barani practically before I hurdled, landed half on the frame pad, then continued into a back layout that landed me back on DM.  Needless to say, I didn't get credit for that one.
Tumbling: 51.4 (dd: 2.1, 2.2; place: 2/4)
The warm-up for the meet was, literally, my first time tumbling in a good year and a half.  My wrists didn't like it at first, and I almost scratched the event.  But I decided to give it one more try and they settled down.  I went on to compete, making it through the bounding whip pass despite having not warmed it up at all, and despite nearly coming to a stop after the second whip.  The judges complimented my strength and perseverance, and I ended up second by only .3.

3rd prelim
Tramp: 36.5 (optional: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3; dd: 3.90; place: 2/2)
I probably would have scored better on the compulsory routine had I not launched the back tuck from the frame pad.
Double mini: 56.6 (8.9, 8.8, 9.0, dd: 1.5; avg: 9.07, dd 1.2; place: 2/3)
I did a back layout on, front full off; then a front tuck on, Barani off.  I completed both passes successfully, though neither was stellar (run-away landing on the first, lack of height on the dismount of the second).
Tumbling: 51.9 (7.9, 7.9, 8.0, dd: 2.1; 7.9, 7.8, 8.0, dd: 2.2; place: 2/3)

4th prelim (unofficial)
Tramp: 47.1 (compulsory: 7.2, 7.1, 7.4; optional: 7.2, 7.0, 7.1; dd: 4.00)
Double mini: 58.6 (9.3, 9.3, 9.4, dd: 1.5; 9.1, 9.2, 9.2, dd 1.6)
Tumbling: 52.5 (7.9, 8.2, 8.1, dd: 2.1; 8.0, 8.0, 8.0, dd: 2.2)

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