It was the first meet that she competed in without any of her teammates alongside her. It was also the first meet that she wore red and black, instead of purple and black. The leo had "Wisconsin" written on the back, and she was proud to represent her club and state in her first ever National Meet.
She danced...
tumbled...
swung...
leaped...
and did her prettiest poses through all her routines.
And throughout, we watched every moment and were all so proud of her!
When the meet was over, we all wanted to get a picture with the AAU Level 6 National All Around Champion. Good thing she happened to be in our family :-)
One of the vault judges was Dianne Durham, 1983 US National Champion and she was briefly my coach when I was growing up.
Emma also got to meet 2000 Olympian, Morgan White. Who in my opinion is one of the hardest working gymnasts there has ever been, but unfortunately you may not know her name as well as others because she never actually competed in Sydney after she broke her ankle shortly after arriving to the Olympic Games. Morgan was so sweet to Emma, signing her leo and telling her how strong she felt when she gave her hug.
Good Job, Little Emma! You amaze us!!
And thank you so much to her cheering squad! In addition to Dave's parents and my parents, my Aunt Joyce and Uncle Ray also took the trip to see Emma compete, and Emma had a handful of teammates who weren't even competing in her session stay to encourage her on ~ it was so cool for her to have a crowd of support! Thank You!!
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Go Emma! That is so awesome!
I was in awe of her during the performance at the library! She is so talented (and uber strong too)! :-)
Good job, Emma! What a fun meet to qualify for. And how fun to have such a large cheering section :) I love the pictures of you watching her on beam. I can almost feel the butterflies you must be having. Are you coaching her team?
Hey Michelle,
I usually coach Emma's group on Tuesday nights. The coach that would typically be with her during a meet, who is standing right to my left in the beam photos had a session of competition that overlapped slightly with Emma's. That's how I ended up on the floor with Em. It was fun.
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