Directions to Judges Cup

1. From 101 East take exit 7 (route 125).
2. Take a left off the exit, follow 125 towards Rochester/Dover to Lee traffic circle.
3. Take the 1st exit off the Lee traffic circle.
4. Make a left off exit ramp
5. Continue on Rt. 155 to 3rd light.
6. At 3rd light make a left on Locust St.
7. Bear left at fork on Locust St.
8. This will take you to Chestnut St.
9. Go straight through 2 lights.
10. Tri-Star is on your left just after the parking lot & railroad tracks.

Wendesdays Workout

Tonight was pretty cool, Rachael Grady did her first full floor routine with all her tumbling with her music (thanks Emily Myers for help with that) and Alli Yennaco has a full bar routine! The Level 6's did a fantastic job vaulting over the table with the table on 5 (that's 125 centimeters) considering they've been vaulting on 2 (115 centimeters) for most of the year. Also the level 4's started vaulting over the table this week and all I can say is WOW! they're doing a great job!

2009 Winter Carnival

Winter Carnival has come and gone and the girls did a great job competing! The Level 4 Team placed 2nd and the Level 6 Team placed 3rd. Below are the results.
Delaney Conway – VT 9.45 PL 3RD , BA 8.75 PL 5TH , BB 8.9 PL 3RD , FX 9.625 PL 1ST , AA 36.725 PL 2ND .
Christina Marra – VT 9.725 PL 1st , BA 9.175 PL 1st , BB 9.4 PL 1st , FX 9.45 PL 1st , AA 37.75 PL 1st .
Jordan Deschamps – VT 8.95 PL 5th , BA 8.65, BB 9.0 PL 3rd , FX 8.05 PL , AA 34.65 PL 7th .
Lauran Pribyl – VT 8.5, BA 8.15 PL 7th , BB 8.625 PL 4th , FX 8.65 PL 8th , AA 33.925 PL 6th .
Mira Kutney – VT 9.525 PL 2nd , BA 9.3 PL 1st , BB 9.5 PL 1st , FX 9.475 PL 2nd , AA 37.80 PL 1st .
Laura Martens – VT 8.675, BA 8.75 PL 5th , BB 8.3 PL 8th , FX 7.9, AA 33.625 PL 8th .
Katelynn Flight – VT 8.85 PL 8th , BA 9.1 PL 3rd , BB 8.4 PL 7th , FX 9.025 PL 4th , AA 35.375 PL 6th .
Skylar Roy – VT 9.175 PL 4th , BA 8.9 PL 7th , BB 7.5, FX 8.85 PL 6th , AA 34.325 PL 8th .
Ellie Goodspeed – VT 8.125, BA 7.65, BB 7.6, FX 8.55 , AA 31.925 .
Jordan Hall – VT 8.3, BA 8.7 PL 2nd , BB 6.475, FX 8.775 PL 7th , AA 32.25.
Maddie Britting – VT 8.675 PL 4th , BA 9.35 PL 1st , BB 8.65 PL 7th , FX 9.425 PL 1st , AA 36.10 PL 1st .
Stephanie Faiella – VT 7.85, BA 7.05 PL 7th , BB 7.725 PL 8th , FX 7.9 AA 30.525 PL 9th .
Marissa Morhouse – VT 8.1, BA 7.9, BB 7.475, FX 8.5, AA 31.975.
Dominique Breault – VT 8.5 PL 5th , BA 8.025 PL 4th , BB 7.25, FX 8.8 PL 6th , AA 32.575 PL 6th .
Taylor Mackenzie – VT 8.7 PL 3rd , BA 8.7 PL 7th , BB 8.85 PL 5th , FX 8.9 PL 8th , AA 35.15 PL 6th .
Jenni Berglund – VT 8.1, BA 7.3, FX 7.625, AA 23.025.
Jordan Dufresne – VT 8.625 PL 7th , BA 8.1 PL 7th , FX 9.05 PL 5th , AA 25.775.
Jessika Pignone – VT 8.325, BA 8.45 PL 5th , BB 8.225 PL 7th , FX 9.1 PL 4th , AA 34.1 PL 8th .
Kayla Robbins – VT 8.725 PL 4th , BA 7.65, BB 8.8 PL 3rd , FX 8.55 PL 7th , AA 33.725 PL 6th .
Kylie Elliott – VT 8.725 PL 5th , BA 8.6 PL 2nd , BB 8.9 PL 3rd , FX 9.175 PL 2nd , AA 35.45 PL 3rd .
Brianna Mastromarino – VT 8.925 PL 3rd , BA 8.6 PL 5th
Cari O’Shea – VT 9.35 PL 1st , BA 9.3 PL 1st , BB 7.2 PL 6th , FX 8.9 PL 5th , AA 34.75 PL 2nd
Becky Greaney – VT 7.65, BA 8.2, BB 7.0, FX 8.3, AA 31.15.
Hannah Gomez – VT 8.3, BA 6.1, BB 7.7 PL 3rd , FX 8.05, AA 30.15.
Lauren Massie – VT 8.475, BA 8.65 PL 3rd , BB 8.025, FX 9.0 PL 3rd , AA 34.15 PL 6th .

Why Gymnastics

WHY GYMNASTICS?
(taken from United States Elite Coaches Association)

1. Gymnastics like most sports, is anaerobic. While aerobic sports have many benefits, one of the primary assets of gymnastics is the wide variety of movements that gymnasts perform and the high levels of strength required.
2. Gymnasts are among the strongest, bound for pound, and the most flexible of all Olympic athletes. Regular stretching has been shown to be related to reduced injury potential.
3. Gymnasts are strong in “relative strength” – strength relative to their size and weight.
4. Gymnasts tend to be strong in the upper body which is usually neglected in other sports.
5. Gymnasts tend to exceptional at static and dynamic balance.
6. Gymnasts learn to fall safely and avoid injury.
7. Gymnastics is a reasonably safe sport. Gymnastics has led American sport in safety certification. All competitive gymnastics coaches must be safety certified.
8. Gymnasts tend to have the strongest bones of all athletes.
9. Gymnasts tend to do very well in school, as shown by All-Academic Teams and Academic All-Americans.
10. Gymnastics scholarships are available from a number of Division I and II universities. Many young gymnasts receive a scholarship award that pays for their entire college education.
11. Gymnasts achieve the old fashioned way – they earn it with hard work that requires months and years of dedicated effort. Long term dedication leads to outstanding character development and citizenship.
12. Gymnastics is a natural environment for teaching youngsters about everything from physics of angular momentum to the history of dance and music. Gymnasts are confronted with the reality of physics on every skill – there is no better laboratory.
13. Gymnastics is an ancient sport with long held traditions of mind and body integration.
14. Gymnastics shares with other sports the assets of helping young people learn about goal setting, how to make sound academic choices, how to budget time, and how to use personal discipline to achieve lofty goals.

Judges Cup Times

Saturday January 17th

Session 1 - Level 4's
Arrival: 12:45 PM
Awards: 5:30 PM

Session 2 - Level 6's
Arrival 6:15 PM
Awards 9:00 PM

Sunday January 18th

Session 3 - Level 5's
Arrival 7:45 AM
Awards 12:30PM

Session 5 - Level 7/8
Arrival 4:15 PM
Awards 7:00 PM

Directions to Winter Carnival

• Take Route 101 East to Exit 11. Take a left at the end of the ramp.
• Take your first right (Irving Gas Station on right) onto Stratham Heights Road
• Go 1.2 miles - take a right onto Guinea Road
• Follow Guinea Road 1/2 mile to Academic Way on your left
• Turn left onto Academic Way - school is 1/4 mile down road

Winter Carnival Times

Times for 2009 Winter Carnival

SATURDAY 1/10/09

Level 6's
Arrival 8:00 AM
Awards 11:30 AM

Level 7's
Arrival 11:30 AM
Awards 3:30 PM

Level 8's
Arrival 3:45 PM
Awards 8:00 PM

SUNDAY 1/11/09
Level 4's
Arrival 8:00 AM
Awards 11:20 AM

Level 5's
Arrival 1:00 PM
Awards 4:00 PM