Sunday, October 30, 2016

STATE

Wow! Wow! Wow! Whitney and I are so proud of what the girls were able to accomplish yesterday at Regionals. Every year our goal is to be competing on the last day of the season at State and in order for that to happen we have to compete well at Regionals and qualify. We certainly did that yesterday with our season high score of a 185.125 and the #2 coming out of the three Regional meets. We will find out Monday what our event order will be for State on Thursday. In the meantime, it will be a short, busy week. Please, stay rested, hydrated and feed...the last thing we want is a illness taking anyone out. 

We are going to have "spirit week" at school this week to help draw attention to the girls for the state meet so please note the clothing schedule as well (competitors and non-comptitors please dress up)

Monday                   3:30-5:00   
*JV Open Gym
Spirit Week @ School- Spirit Pack Sweatshirt
Practice - Costume Contest

Tuesday                   3:30-5:30
Spirit Week @ School - League Champ Shirts\
Practice - Leo Day! 

Wednesday             3:30-5:30

Spirit Week @ School - Dress Up
Practice - BHS Spirit Day

Thursday

STATE @ Thornton High School
Meet at TBD                           10:00am
Breakfast at The Egg & I        11:00am
(Thornton Pkwy & Washington)
Gym Opens for Competitors   2:00pm
March In                                  3:50pm

Important Notes: Please know that non-competitors are invited and encouraged to spend the entire day with us on Thursday but need to be excused from school by their parents. If girls can't afford to miss the entire day it's completely understandable and they can come to the meet as soon as school is over. 

Competitors will be excused from school for the entire day. 


The girls will get together before breakfast (looking for volunteer home) to do their hair before carpooling to breakfast. I'm looking for one additional volunteer (Claudia V. is currently one volunteer) to help carpool the girls to breakfast and you are welcome to join us at breakfast as well. Please email me directly if you're interested and can help. 


BHS will pay for the competitors breakfast; non-competitors need to bring money for breakfast.
From breakfast we will carpool across the way to Thornton HS. We are given entrance passes from CHSAA for our team but please have non-competitors bring some cash just in case something is not covered. In years past it's never been an issue but CHSAA doesn't guaranteed we will be given enough passes for everyone depending on the size of the team. 

On Monday morning CHSAA will have the seeding meeting and send out our competition order; I'll let the girls and you know as soon as I do. The state meet format will be warm up 2 events, compete 2 events.


Adult ticket prices are $18 for both Thursday (team competition) & Saturday (event finals)
Seniors/Students are $12 for both sessions

Adult single day ticket is $8
Seniors/Students single day ticket is $5


SATURDAY
Event Finals - if we have girls that finish in the top-15 on any event on Thursday they will compete in event finals on Saturday. (These results, along with the team results, will be announced Thursday night)

Open Warm Up       2:00pm
March In                 3:55pm
Competition            4:00pm
Awards (approx.)    6:30pm

STATE MEET FORMAT
Team and all around results are determined during Thursday's competition. The top-15 finishers on each event on Thursday then qualify for the event finals on Saturday afternoon. If we have qualifiers for Saturday we will be there as a team to support and cheer them on.

The gym on Thursday will be FULL so please plan on arriving early. We will do our best to save seats using the BHS banners. CHSAA doesn't love us saving seats so it's always best if some parents can arrive early to help save a parent's section. Don't forget to wear your blue and sit together!

We (coaches) will provide sandwiches for the girls at the meet but would like to ask for a volunteer that can pick them up for us. We are also asking the the competitors bring a snack to share with the team. It's an incredibly long day so having lots of food and water is critical. We've assigned the snacks below:

Coaches - Sandwiches (need a volunteer to PU)

Nicki -  Nutella
Madeline - Veggie Dip
Heidi - Crackers
Abbi E. - Meat Tray
Abby H. - Sliced Apples
Nicole - Cheese Slices 
Maya - Carrots / Cucumbers 
Sidney - Gold Fish 
Natalie - Grapes
Halle - Drinks

I know this was a LOT of information so please don't hesitate to write me with any additional questions.

This is a fun and exciting week and we alway appreciate your help and support. Please try and keep the girls rested, hydrated, well fed and as stress free as possible! 

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

REGIONAL INFORMATION

REGIONALS INFORMATION
Saturday, October 29 at Mountain Range HS

Competitors arrive at 7:45am
Open Gym 8:15-8:55am
Timed Warm Ups 8:55-9:43am
Non-Competitors arrive at 9:00am
March in 9:50am
Competition Begins at 10:00am

Gate Fee
Adults $7
Students (K-12) $5
Seniors (60+) $5

We will warm up two events, compete two. There will then be an hour break for the second warm up before concluding competition. There will be three Regional meets running simultaneously on Saturday at three different locations. The winner from each Region will automatically qualify for State followed by the next highest seven scores from any Regional.

Our competition order is Bars - Beam - Floor - Vault

Sandwiches - Abbi E.
Snacks - Natalie ?
Drinks - Abby H.

**DON'T FORGET - WEDNESDAY IS OPTIONAL JV OPEN GYM BUT MANDATORY JV LEO TURN IN. PLEASE BRING BACK ALL COMPETITION LEOS IN GARMENT BAG AS CHECKED OUT TO YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON**

REGIONAL INFORMATION

REGIONALS INFORMATION
Saturday, October 29 at Mountain Range HS

Competitors arrive at 7:45am
Open Gym 8:15-8:55am
Timed Warm Ups 8:55-9:43am
Non-Competitors arrive at 9:00am
March in 9:50am
Competition Begins at 10:00am

Gate Fee
Adults $7
Students (K-12) $5
Seniors (60+) $5

We will warm up two events, compete two. There will then be an hour break for the second warm up before concluding competition. There will be three Regional meets running simultaneously on Saturday at three different locations. The winner from each Region will automatically qualify for State followed by the next highest seven scores from any Regional.

Our competition order is Bars - Beam - Floor - Vault

Sandwiches - Abbi E.
Snacks - Natalie ?
Drinks - Abby H.

**DON'T FORGET - WEDNESDAY IS OPTIONAL JV OPEN GYM BUT MANDATORY JV LEO TURN IN. PLEASE BRING BACK ALL COMPETITION LEOS IN GARMENT BAG AS CHECKED OUT TO YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON**

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Weekly Schedule - 10/17/16

Wow!! What a great day it was for the Eagles at the CC Invite! Our season high score and a 2nd place team finish. Thank you so much for getting your girls to the meet. I know it was a long day and far away but it really does make such a big difference to have our whole team there as a part of it.

I have to admit my favorite part of the day was our Secret Sister gift exchange. It's such a fun experience watching these girls as friends and the creativity in their gifts never ceases to amaze me.

This will be our last week together as a whole team (but don't worry, there will still be team events). Wednesday is our league championship meet and there will be both a JV and Varsity league champion crowned. It should be a fun and exciting meet.

Schedule
Monday               3:30-6:00pm
Tuesday               3:30-5:30pm
Wednesday          Front Range League Championships
Thursday             3:30-5:30 (varsity only)


Front Range League Championships Meet
Everyone will be excused from school at 12pm
Lunch at Erika's House
16651 Plateau Lane
Broomfield, CO 80023

We will carpool from lunch to Mountain Range HS for the meet
Open Gym     2pm
March In        5pm

Competition Order:     Bars-Floor-Vault-Beam

Mountain Range is not moving all of the equipment into the large gym (like at our Invite) so we will be competing bars and floor in the small gym, vault and beam in the large gym. We will only have to move gyms once during our competition but please be aware there will be some shuffling around.    
     

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Weekly Schedule - Oct. 10-15

It's hard to believe it's our last week of regular season but should be a fun, busy week with two meets and Secret Sister Week. Please be sure to read through everything below. 

Practice Schedule
Monday        3:30-6:00pm 
Tuesday        3:30-5:30pm 
Wednesday   Meet at Niwot
Thursday      3:30-5:30 *Varsity Only
Saturday       Cherry Creek Invite


10/12 at Niwot
Bus departs BHS at 3:30pm 
March In at 6:00pm 
FHS/MHS/P2P released at 2:50pm

Sandwiches - Lea 
Snacks - Coaches
Drinks - Carmen 

10/15 at Cherry Creek Invite
I still haven't received a meet schedule for this meet and will send an email as soon as I know. In years past it has been the following (as I suspect it will be the same): 
NO BUS
Competitors be there by 7:45am 
Non-Competitors be there by 9:30am 
March In at 10:00am 

Sandwiches - Mia
Snacks - Mia
Drinks - Heidi

*I'll send an email if any of the above mentioned times change*

Secret Sister Week 
It's been a long tradition (15+ years) that we have secret sister week. On Thursday the girls drew names and are to bring three gifts this week. We don't want this to pose a burden on anyone so we encourage girls to be creative and use their imagination. The guidelines are as follows:
    Monday- small gift #1 ($5 or less)    Tuesday - small gift #2 ($5 or less)    Saturday - big gift & reveal ($15 or less)


Sunday, October 2, 2016

Weekly Update - October 3-8

Wow!!! Whitney and I are so proud of the girls and our performance this past week at both the Mountain Range dual and the Broomfield Invitational. To watch these young ladies support each other, step up and perform at the level they did on the biggest stage thus far in the season is so exciting. We finished in 3rd place at the Invite (against the top-2 teams in the state-Overland and Pomona) but we earned our season high of a 180.55 and was only out of 1st place by .925!! Those are the numbers and statistics that we are going to focus on because we know that we have more in us and can make up that differential.

This week will be a fun and special week as it is our last home meet of the season and Senior Night! Please be sure we are taking care of ourselves, getting lots of rest and eating to keep our energy and stamina up.

Monday         Practice 3:30-6:00
Tuesday         Practice 3:30-5:30
                      Team Dinner (see below)
Wednesday    Home Meet vs. Ft. Collins / Ft. Morgan
Thursday       Practice 3:30-5:30


10/4 - Team Dinner
Girls will carpool to the dinner after practice and then will be picked up from there. Thank you to Maya Teaford and Ellie Guanella and families for hosting!
    Maya Teaford's address is 705 E. Heartstrong Street, Superior

10/5 - Home Meet vs. Ft. Collins / Ft. Morgan 
3:15-3:30pm         Arrive at gym
4:15pm                 Open Gym
5:50pm                 March In
6:00pm                 Competition Begins

We do have a small ceremony before awards to honor our seniors.

Secret Sister Week
Just a reminder that next week (October 10-15) is Secret Sister Week. It's been a long tradition (since I was in HS) that we do this fun event. We will draw names at the end of this week so the girls will have the weekend to shop. We never want this to be a burden on anyone so we encourage girls to be creative and use their imagination when it comes to gifts. The guidelines are as follows:
    Monday - small gift #1 ($5)
    Tuesday - small gift #2 ($5)
    Saturday - big gift & reveal ($15)


#D16 DEEP!

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Weekly Schedule - 9/26/16

Hard to believe it's the last week of September already. We've come a long way as a team but we still have a long way to go. This week is going to be a busy week with two meets, including our invitational that we host. Please be sure to stay on top of your studies, rest and nutrition. This is the time of year we start to worry about girls getting sick so please lets take care of ourselves!


Schedule: 
Monday                Practice 3:30-6:00pm
Tuesday                Meet at Mountain Range HS
Wednesday           Practice 3:30-5:30pm
Thursday              Practice 3:30-5:30pm  *VARSITY ONLY*
Friday                  Mandatory Gym Set Up at Mountain Range HS-3:30-5:00pm


9/27  at Mountain Range HS (NO BUS)
12500 Huron Street
Please have girls arrive at Mountain Range by 4:00pm
Competition begins at 6pm
We are not providing snacks/sandwiches for this meet because it is so close and there is no bus ride. Please be sure your daughter eats lunch and packs a few snacks for themselves.

9/30   Gym Set Up at Mountain Range HS
In preparation for our invitational on Saturday we get together with the team from Mountain Range to move all of the equipment from the small gym to the large gym. This set up is mandatory. It's important that our team is there to help as we are renting their gym/equipment so the responsibility does not lie with Mountain Range. This set up usually takes an hour, but there have been times in the past it has taken less.

Please get to MRHS as soon as possible after school. BHS students I need your here by 3:30pm; all outlying students ASAP.

10/1 35th Annual Broomfield Invitational (yes 35 years :))
7:30am          Competitors Arrive
7:45am          Open Gym Warm Ups
8:15am          Timed Warm Ups Begin
8:30am           Non-Competitors Arrive
9:15am          March In
3:00pm          Awards (Estimated)

Please note there will be a gate fee at the meet ($5 adults, $4 students/seniors). Mountain Range will also be providing a concession stand. For those of you familiar with this meet it will be a little different this year as Mtn Range double booked their gym and will be having homecoming after our meet. That said, parking will be in the same lot on the east side of the school but entry will be through the south doors (by the tennis courts).

If your daughter has homecoming Saturday night our team policy is that she may leave at the conclusion on our team's last competitor. Please let Whitney or I know if you plan on leaving early and when you do leave.

Excited for a fun and busy week and continued improvement!