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We found rain, mud and the Lost Dutchman at this meet, unfortunately not his treasure! Why was the lady at the Door holding the “will work for food” sign?! Well, it actually said, “No Food or Drink in the Gym”, I still don’t know how she stood there all day long holding that cardboard sign. Maybe she does have a weekend job on a street corner somewhere. Probably makes more money than all of us. Highlights Blunders and Otherwise Humorous Situations Crash- Why is it that when you are in the middle of sending out a warning, someone does exactly what you are warning them not to do? Does this only happen with my guys? Anyway... during warm ups , we were on Parallel Bars and I was just in the middle of warning the boys to be careful because the bars were higher then they are used working out on, when Mikie (Alber) swung too big, lost control and BAM, body slammed the bars just like you would see on WWF. Just in time for me to remark, “Thanks Mikie for giving everyone a visual of what I was just talking about. So guys, DON’T DO THAT!” Way to go Mikie for taking one for the Team! (pic) “The Gap Factor” As we were preparing for march in, the boys were told to put on their form pants and white socks. I looked down and noticed that Mike Liao was putting on socks that said “the gap” on the bottom of them, so I, of course, made a general announcement to all of the boys to make sure to put on your “plain white socks”, and to make sure there was “no wording” on them! “After all,” I announced, “we don’t want anyone to get ‘the gap’ deduction of .2 per event.” (pic) Mike looked around frantically at everyone else’s socks, finally noticing that he had “the gap” written on his socks! “You’re kidding me?” Oh no, I reassured him, it was a legitimate deduction, and told him next time to try and get plain white socks with no visible wording. You would think that someone as prepared as Mike who neatly stores his shoes in a zip lock bag; (pic) would have a pair of clean PLAIN white socks, but noooooooo. I bet he will next time! So they lined up and before they marched in we let Mike in on the joke and told him there was not really a deduction for having “the gap” written on the bottom of your socks. Much relieved, he marched in with his GAP socks on and we divided into 2 groups. I was on High Bar with my group and Nate was on P-Bars with his group. In between High Bar routines I would glance over and watch how the P-Bar group was doing and toward the end of the rotation I noticed Nate frantically telling Mike to hurry up, and it was obvious that the Judge was waiting impatiently with his hand raised in the air! Why were Michaels socks off? And why was he just now putting them back on, he wore them for march in? Turns out Mike, at the last minute, determined not to get “the gap” deduction borrowed a clean pair of Plain white socks from Cordis’ stash and was frantically putting them on. Thanks Cordis for helping Mike avoid “the gap” deduction and providing him with peace of mind! However, I think he might have gotten a “delay of game” violation. Word to Mike: “the gap” deduction is JUST A MYTH. Oh, and after P-Bars, I made Mike put his GAP socks back on and instructed him to return the PLAIN socks to Cordis. However, Cordis refused to take back the now “dirty” socks, so Mike ended up, much to his delight, with a brand new pair of plain clean white socks. I guess he can take that off his Christmas wish list for this year. I bet those pair of socks show up at every meet for the rest of the season. He probably retired “the gap” socks indefinitely! Black or Blue- Next up on Parallel Bars was Kyle Hausmann, only something didn’t look right? It was one of those “Which one of these things is not like the others?” moments. He had BLACK form pants on! Was he a traitor?... had he switched to another gym? No, Kyle’s mom had accidentally packed the wrong form pants in Kyle’s bag. Oh well, at least they were on the correct way and the string was tucked in, and we still claimed him on our team, he just looked a little different from the rest of the boys. But that was OK today because it was the “Lost” Dutchman meet and sometimes, often times, the boys can be a little “lost”. Kyle didn’t even realize that his pants were the wrong color until after he competed his first event. (pic) Quote of the day- As we were preparing to compete on Floor Cody Speilberg came walking over to me and stated “watch out I might do a Vault”. Pro Tip: Chalk is White! So be careful what you do with your hands after you chalk up! (pic) Cody Spielberg String Violation- (pic) Also, Cody Spielberg Boys will be Boys- (pic1, pic2, pic3) Boy I look good in Pink! (pic) Peter Dilley Results (Top 3) Awards were so plentiful they were coming out of the boys ears! (pic) Thank goodness the trophies weren’t or we would have had some major problems. They were so big that Cordis needed a fork lift to get the 2nd Place trophy out the door. (pic) Level 4 (6-7) Mike Liao- 2nd on Floor (pic) Way to go Mike! Nicholas Elwell- Tied for 2nd on Rings and 2nd on High Bar Kyle Hausmann- 3rd on Floor, Pommel Horse, High Bar and in the AA! Level 4 (8-9) Mikie Alber- Tied for 2nd on the High Bar Chance Wurm- 3rd on Floor, Vault & P-bars and 2nd on Rings! Level 4 (10+) Michael Altenhofen- 1st on P-Bars and High Bar! (pic) Adam Inderberg- 2nd on Rings and High Bar! Joseph Mattern- Tied for 3rd on Floor & Vault, and placed 3rd on Rings and H-Bar! Winning is sooooooooo boring! (pic) Level 5 (6-9) Cody Spielberg- 3rd on Floor , 2nd on Pommel Horse and 1st on Rings, Vault, P-Bars, High Bar and 2nd in the AA! Ivan Hunter- Tied for 3rd on Vault and High Bar! Team- Level 4 got 2 |
