Bailey's cheer team had an amazing season! While we weren't able to attend their first competition in December we had heard they did awesome and should have won first place. They certainly proved that since they took first at every competition following including NATIONALS!
They were up against some pretty tough competition this year. After watching her teams performance at nationals I knew it would be close. Last year we thought her team had first place in the bag to end up taking second. This year all the teams in her category were within a point of another and despite the fact that her team had zero deductions (which was great) and the other teams took deductions, they were still ahead! They worked incredibly hard and earned their title as national champions!
We've enjoyed Bailey's years of cheer more than we would have thought. It's incredible to see her progress and the friendships she has formed are priceless. Bailey was able to make not only the level three team this year (up until know it was the highest level available to compete on in Southern Utah) but she also made her gym's new level four team! Unfortunately, at her second practice for the level four team she was dropped doing a stunt and fell on her arm breaking her humerus bone as well as her shoulder blade. Truthfully, we think with cheer there's bound to be injuries and we knew it was a matter of time. We're so very grateful that it happened when it did and that it was fairly minor considering what it could have been. She has been wearing a sling for the past few weeks and will return to cheer (to stunt only) in June. Luckily her team takes the month of July off anyhow so she will be good to go for tumbling again in August. It's been a challenge for her to pace herself and take it easy but she can't wait to get back up in a stunt.
No comments:
Post a Comment