Redline Nationals 2009

This last weekend was the Redline Nationals in Shreveport. Rylee's team moved up a division, they went from Mini to Youth. (Translation: they were competing with older girls, the age for Mini tops out at 8 and the age for Youth tops out at like 11 or 12, our team has 7 & 8 year olds.) This was a bold move, and one the parents were a little skeptical about. The mini division has been stiff competition this year - and those 'Cheerbots' have been hard to beat!

After the preliminary round on Saturday, all of our teams were in 1st place - with large leads. The Mini's scored a 7.4, with the 2nd place team scoring a 6.6 (they also outscored the mini division, so they would have been in first place no matter which division). At National Competitions they also have a high point award, which is an award given to each level (1-5) to the team with the highest score. We have three level 1 teams, and after prelims our teams were in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for high point (the Mini's being in 3rd). Our level 4.2 team was in 2nd place for high point by .02 points.

On Sunday you have finals. Prelims count for 1/3 of your score, and finals count for 2/3's of your score. The Mini's did a good job - they completed all of their stunts, but were a little sloppy. The other teams were no better than they were in prelims. Our other teams all nailed their routines! Before awards they had a Guitar Hero competition, and one of our mom's, Gina, got to represent out team! It was hilarious - she didn't win though! Then we had awards, and well as you can see on the video - they took home National Champions!!! All of us crazy mom's started to cry - even me! It was a well deserved moment for our girls! As I said, all of our teams won their divisions, and our Senior 1 team took home the High Point award for Level 1. We don't know the final scores because our coaches were so excited (can you tell from the video, the red flash running up is the gym owner/coach) they forgot to get our score sheets. So, every girl in the gym received a National Champion Jacket this weekend!

We had a great time this weekend! The girls got to swim at the hotel. They were so funny because it was the first time they could really brag, and they were in the hot tub with some girls from another team, and I heard them asking those girls 'what place are you in?' and the girl said 'I don't know' and our girls said 'we are in 1st!'. We also took a trip to Build-A-Bear where they all got a stuffed animal, and most of them got matching outfits. It was a stress free, fun weekend!