January 11th, 2010
SHE’S BACK! Jan 9,2010
Saturday was the Snowball Classic down in Lakewood. The first gymnastics meet of the season!! Rachael did GREAT…
The most exciting news is that Rachael threw her back handspring for the very first time on high beam since she returned to the sport! I guess it takes a meet to get her in the right frame of mind…
She scored a 9.15 on Vault, 7.15 on Bars, 8.35 on Beam (she forgot her series so took a 7/10 deduction–OOPS!), Floor 9.05. So she placed on Beam and Floor as well as All Around. This was more than we even thought possible for her first meet in a year and post surgery.
The Topping on the Ice Cream Sundae is Rachael also was awarded the Judges Award for Artistry in the Floor Exercise. In addition to her public kudos…she was given a huge chocolate bar as her reward–so she was happy happy happy…
