The Utah State meet was in St George this year.
Arete started on floor, and Tessa was the first gymnast to compete. She nailed it with a 9.85!! That was a great way to start the meet!
They went to vault next and she did well. The judges were a little stiff on vault, so we were all a little surprised with Arete's scores.
Tessa looked really good on bars. She wasn't super happy with it, but I thought she looked great.
Beam was a heartbreaker for Tess. She fell on her full turn. That's the first time she's fallen on beam this season, and she was disappointed. She got right back up though and finished it out well.
She went right into her back walkover without any hesitation. She's worked hard on her thoughts for this and it's paid off. It looked really good.
We were all pretty shocked by the beam scores. We knew it would be lower with a fall, but we weren't expecting an 8.45. All the Arete girls were in the low 8's except Lexi (although her score was quite lower than she's used to as well), and even the coaches didn't know why. They talked with the judges afterward and tried to understand why there were such extreme deductions taken, but I'm not sure they left satisfied with the answers. :) We learned in the medal ceremony that they were severe with all the gymnasts. Although that helps you feel a little better about it, the problem is what it does to the girls' all-around scores. You need to score a 37.00 at State OR score a 37.00 at two regular-season meets to qualify for Regionals and Nationals. Luckily it's not solely dependent on the score at State meet because none of the Arete girls scored a 37.00. That's not normal for them.
Tessa is the State Champ on vault with a 9.1
She's State Champ on bars with a 9.45
She took 2nd on beam with an 8.45
And she's State Champ on floor with a 9.85!!! (We're pretty sure this was the high score for the whole meet!!)
She took 2nd All-Around with a 36.85
Caitlyn and Amarie came to watch. Tessa loved that they came!! That was really sweet of them.
Congratulations Tessa Girl!! You did awesome!
Nice job Tessa. I'm sure that is hard to get back up after a fall, but it sounds like she not only got back up, but did great. That's too bad the judges were so hard. Caitlyn loved watching her.
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