STATE....One Heart One Team!

Wow!!! I can't truly express how proud I am of this team. As you can imagine it was an emotional week for all of us and to be able to come back and focus on the meet and perform as well as we did was outstanding. And the beauty is we still have room for improvement! :)

This is our last official week of the season and it will be busy. Please, please, please make sure your daughter is getting rest and keeping their normal schedule.

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                   3:30-5:45      
*JV Open Gym
Spirit Week - Spirit Pack Blue Shirt

Tuesday                   3:30-5:30
Spirit Week - March in jacket

Wednesday             3:30-5:30
*JV Open Gym
Spirit Week - League Champ Shirts

Thursday                3:30-5:30
Spirit Week-Dress Up

Friday 
STATE @ Thornton High School
Meet at TBD                           9:00am
Breakfast at The Egg & I        10:00am
(Thornton Pkwy & Washington)
Gym Opens for Competitors   1:00pm
March In                                  2:55pm

Important Notes: Please know that non-competitors are invited and encouraged to spend the entire day with us on Friday 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 (I'll confirm location tomorrow) to do their hair before carpooling to breakfast. I'm looking for one additional 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 and I don't know how many we will be given until I arrive there on Friday. Because we have a larger team there is a chance that I will be short passes and non-competitors may have to pay to get in (this hasn't happened in many years but I'm cautious and like to be prepared). Please bring $12 for an all session student pass just in case.

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 $15 for both Friday (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 Friday they will compete in event finals on Saturday. (These results, along with the team results, will be announced Friday 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 Friday's competition. The top-15 finishers on each event on Friday 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 Friday 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)
Sarah -  Nutella
Heather - Veggie Dip
Kelsey - Crackers
Nicki - Small/Medium Cooler to store the food in
Peyton - Snack of choice
Heidi - Sliced Apples
Sam - Meat Tray
Madeline - Cheese slices (snack size)
Abby - Veggies
Abbi - Sliced Apples
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! 

Weekly Schedule

Hi All,

WOW! What an exciting and awesome league meet!! Both teams are Front Range League Champions and we set a new season high (and our highest team score since 2013) with a 187.2!

It should be an exciting couple of weeks as we compete at Regionals and State. 

Weekly Schedule

Monday

Practice   3:30-6:00pm 

JV Open Gym 3:30-6:00pm 

Tuesday

Practice 3:30-5:30pm 

Wednesday

Practice  3:30-5:45pm 

JV Open Gym (not mandatory)

Thursday

Practice  3:30-5:30pm 

Saturday

Regionals at Mountain Range HS - We ended up being the #2 seed for regionals (this is based on the average of our top-3 team scores from the year) and will be at the Mountain Range HS regional against #5 Mountain Range, #8 Ponderosa, #11 Lakewood, #14 Bear Creek, #17 Chatfield and #20 Loveland. There will also be four 4A schools competing against each other in the 4A division. 

In order to qualify for state one of two things must happen: #1 - we finished in the top-2 at our regional meet (our goal) and automatically qualify or #2- if we finish out of the top-2 than we must have one the next highest 6 teams scores from any region to qualify. As you can see, if we don’t do well at Regionals than we don’t qualify for State so it’s a very important meet for us. 

8:00am Arrive at MRHS

8:15am Open Gym 

8:55am Timed Warm Ups (2 events)

9:50am Opening Ceremonies

10:00am Competition Begins

Our event order - Vault, Beam, Bars, Floor

We will warm up two events, compete two events so there will be a 50 minute break mid-day for the second warm up session. 

Sandwiches - I need a volunteer to help me coordinate sandwiches. The team will pay for them (no expense to you) but would like help placing an order for sandwich trays, picking them up and bringing to the meet. If you can assist me with this please email me! 

Snacks - Peyton

Drinks - Abby Holbrook 

Weekly Schedule

What a great TEAM win on Saturday at the Cherry Creek Invite. Every tenth counts and that was certainly the case as we squeaked it out by only a .5!! A fun and exciting week that will conclude at the Front Range League Championship meet on Wednesday and is sadly the last official week of the season for some of our teammates. I'll notify those that we would like to stay on for the Regional and League meet at the end of the week. Looking forward to another great week!

Monday 
Practice           3:30-5:45pm

Tuesday 
Practice           3:30-5:30pm
JV last practice-We will have a couple of open gyms over the last two weeks of the season so please keep an eye out on my weekly updates. 

Wednesday   
Front Range League Championships at Rocky Mountain HS
All Schools Released at 11:45am
Lunch at Erika's House 12:30-1:15pm
Carpool to BHS
Bus Departs BHS at 1:45pm
Open Gym 3:00pm
March In 6:00pm

Competition Order - Fl-Vt-Bm-Ba

We will compete both a JV and Varsity team 
We will ride the bus both to and from the meet

Thursday
NO PRACTICE! Enjoy the long weekend and rest!

Friday
The girls have asked that we attend a haunted house as a team (as we've done in year's past). This is by no means mandatory but a fun event that both Allie and I will be attending.

We will be going to Haunted Field of Screams in Thornton (104th & Riverdale) and will carpool together. Tickets are $24pp.

 The plan will be to meet somewhere in Broomfield (possibly PDRC or a quick serve dinner restaurant) at 7pm and head down. Hopefully by going early we can avoid a really long line and be back to Broomfield at a decent time. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Off Season Practice
I know many are curious about off-season practices and while I don't have them confirmed it's looking like we will do a short session in December at PDRC on Monday and Wednesday's from 3:30-6:00pm. They will continue in January and depending on participation we may try and add an additional third practice. I'll keep everyone posted.

Weekly Schedule

Once again we have a busy couple of weeks (3 meets in 8 days) so hope the girls were able to get some rest over the weekend. We have a lot going on this week so please be sure to pay attention to the schedule.

Monday                   Practice                3:30-6:00
Tuesday                   Practice                3:30-5:15
                                Team Dinner - see below for details
Wednesday              Home Meet vs. Niwot & Ft. Morgan
Thursday                 Practice                 3:30-5:30
Saturday                  Cherry Creek Invite

Team Dinner
Tuesday, 5:30-7:00pm 
at Kelsey's house
2473 Ginny Way
Lafayette, CO 80026

We will carpool from practice (we may need an additional driver, we will discuss at practice on Monday) and then girls are to be picked up at Kelsey's house. We try and keep it short and sweet so anticipate being done by 7pm. Thank you to Patty Vertun (Kelsey), Karen Edgerly (Abbi) & Claudia Verheyen (Nicki) for hosted and providing dinner.


Home Meet vs. Niwot & Ft Morgan
Girls arrive for set up by 3:30pm
March In at 5:50pm
Senior Night - we will honor our seniors before awards

Cherry Creek Invite - Saturday
NO BUS
Competitors need to be there by 7:45am
Non-Competitors by 9:30am
March In at 10am

Sandwiches - Nicole R.
Snacks - Kelsey V.
Drinks - Abbi E.
   Remember this is a long day so girls are encouraged to bring some additional snacks and not just rely on what's provided. 

**Please note the above schedule is based on previous years because I have NOT received the schedule from Cherry Creek yet. If any times change I'll let you know ASAP!!**

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:
    Tuesday - small gift #1 ($5 or less)
    Thursday - small gift #2 ($5 or less)
    Saturday - big gift & reveal ($15 or less)

If you have any questions please let me know

Weekly Schedule

Wow! What a fantastic meet yesterday...a season high 184.15 and still room for improvement. Thank you to all of the parents that helped with the scoretable, hospitality room set-up and clean up, providing snacks and drinks for the girls and all of your support!!!

This week should seem very low key with only one meet but still need to focus on staying rested and healthy.

Monday                    Practice             3:30-6:00
Tuesday                    Practice             3:30-5:30
Wednesday               vs. Ft. Collins (@ Rocky Mountain HS)
Thursday                   Practice             3:30-5:30


Meet at Rocky Mountain HS (vs. Ft. Collins)
Our meet this week is against Ft. Collins HS but they compete at ROCKY MOUNTAIN HS.

Bus departs at 3:00pm
Competition at 6:00pm
BHS releases at 2:45pm
All others release at 2:15pm

Bus will be to and from Rocky Mountain HS

Sandwiches - Heidi
Snacks - Kassidy
Drinks - Kassidy

Weekly Schedule

We are so proud of the team's improved performance at last Thursday's meet and their overall effort and attitude in practice. We still have room for improvement and want to keep our momentum going. Plan on being loud and proud at both meets this week!!

It will be a BUSY week please help keep the girls healthy and rested.


Monday       Practice                3:30-6:00pm
Tuesday       Practice                3:30-5:30pm
Wednesday  Home Meet          3:30 arrival /  5:50pm March In
Thursday      Practice               3:30-5:30pm
Friday          Meet Set Up        3:30-5:00pm
Saturday      Broomfield Invite


Home Meet - Parent's Night
Wednesday 9/30 vs Mountain Range
Arrive at 3:30pm
March In at 5:50pm
*We will be recognizing parents during march in so please try and be in attendance
Competition to begin at 6:00pm

Mountain Range is a big rival of ours so wear your blue and be loud!!  

Meet Set Up
Saturday will be the 34th Annual Broomfield Invitational, one of the longest running high school meets in the state. Because this is our meet we are responsible for set up, running and clean up. We co-host with Mountain Range at their school because they have the equipment and space but we need all hands on deck to help. Set up is mandatory so please plan on attending. We usually get the gym set up fairly quickly and our goal is to have the girls out of there by 5pm.

3:30-5:00pm at Mountain Range HS - park/drop off at the back of the school near the tennis courts

Broomfield Invitational - at Mountain Range High School 
Arrive by 7:45am (open gym is at 8:00am)
March In at 9:35am
Competition begins around 9:50am
Awards approximately 3:00pm

We will warm up two events then compete those two events. There will be an hour break around 12pm of the second warm up session and then the conclusion of the meet.

Our competition order is Vault-Beam-Bars-Floor

This will be gate admission charged $5 adults / $4 students & seniors

Sandwiches - Kelsey
Snacks - Heather
Drinks - Sarah

I know that Saturday is homecoming at a few schools, this happens most years and the following is our policy on attendance. All girls are required to be at the competition for the entire day but I usually release those going to the dance after the completion of our final event (floor). Please understand I can't simply dismiss the entire team as we need to be there to help clean up the gym and for awards. This year's meet is a few teams smaller than last year so there's a chance we might be completely done by 2:30-3:00pm but of course I can't guarantee a time. There is plenty of down time at an invite so most years girls bring their curling irons and start getting ready at the school. Please make plans accordingly and be realistic with your time (i.e. don't schedule group pictures for 3pm because in all likely hood you will still be at the gym).

Weekly Schedule

Monday      Practice                                3:30-6:00pm
Tuesday      Practice & Team Pictures    3:30-5:30
Wednesday  Practice                               3:30-5:30
Thursday     Meet at Thompson Valley


Picture Day
We will have team pictures Tuesday at PDRC. Please plan on a light practice and then taking the picture. Girls MUST bring their white/blue team competition leo.

Meet at Thompson Valley 
Bus Departs BHS at 3:00pm
Competition at 6:00pm
BHS releases at 2:45pm
All others release at 2:20pm

Bus will be to and from Thompson Valley

Sandwiches - Abbi E.
Snacks - Sam C.
Drinks - Carmen H.

Staying Healthy
Please help us keep your girls healthy by ensuring they are eating well and getting plenty of rest (I know that can be a challenging task with teenagers :)).

Next week will be a busy week with a home meet Wednesday (9/30), set-up for our invite (mandatory) on Friday (10/2) and our invitational on Saturday (10/3) along with BHS homecoming Saturday night.

Thank you for all of your support!

Weekly Schedule -

Wow! I'm so proud of the girls and their performance at Friday's meet. The first Invitational of the year and we looked really solid (for all of the newbies here's a little insight - an event score of 45 is a great score...we got a 46.125 on beam!!!) We set a new season high team score of 181.3!

Thank you to all of the families that helped carpool girls home after the meet!!!


Weekly Schedule
Monday - Practice       3:30-6:00pm
Tuesday - Practice       3:30-5:30pm
Wednesday - Practice  3:30-5:30pm (not 6pm as indicated on team calendar)
Thursday - Meet at Thornton HS
                   Bus departs BHS at 3:30 (bus will be driving athletes to and from the meet)
                   All non-BHS students will be excused at 2:45 to allow enough time to get to the school
                   March in at 6pm

Meet Snacks
Great job and a huge thank you to Nicki, Sam and Gracen on providing a great selection and amount of snacks and drinks for the Loveland Invite. The girls (and coaches) really appreciated it!!
Thornton Meet:
Sandwiches - Jenna
Snacks - Heather
Drinks - Nicki

Spirit Packs & Parent Shirts
Please remember I need your spirit pack payment this week.
   New Team Members owe $155.75
   Returning Team Members owe $94.50

I should have parent's shirts on Tuesday and will hand out at practice. Please send a check for $14 (per shirt) payable to BHS Gymnastics this week.

Thanks for all of your support! Looking forward to another great week!

Loveland Invite

What a great performance last night at the first big invite of the year. A season high 181.3 and 2nd place. The coaches and girls are very happy with where we are at this point...still a lot of work to do and potential to reach.

I've uploaded the videos from last night to my youtube page. Please have your daughter watch so they can learn from their performance.

Thanks!!

Loveland Invite Videos

Weekly Schedule - Week 4

What a fantastic start to the season. Because of two judges being sick our meet was a little chaotic but the girls did great despite the confusion and I thought performed well! This coming week will be busy, please make sure you are getting enough rest, nutrition and taking care of yourself!

Weekly Schedule
Monday (Labor Day)      Practice                 9-11am
Tuesday                           Practice                 3:30-5:30pm
                                        Team Dinner         5:30-7:00
Wednesday                      Home vs. Rocky Mountain
                                         Arrive at 3:30pm
                                         March-In 5:50pm
Thursday                          Practice                  3:30-5:30pm
Friday                             Loveland Invitational
                                     
Team Dinner 
We still need two co-hosts (including a host home) for the team dinner on Tuesday 9/8. Currently Cheri Abdalati is the only host family. If we don't have two other hosts it will be the first time ever we won't have a team dinner. Preferably we like to have the dinners at homes in Broomfield so we can get there quickly after practice. Please divide the work so the effort isn't only on one family.

Loveland Invite
This is our first invite of the year (and the only one that falls on a Friday). We will only compete one team at this meet and we will distribute line-up on Thursday so the girls will know if they are competing. Non-competitors are excused from school and expected/encouraged to attend as well. If you/your daughter doesn't feel they can miss the afternoon of school they are welcome to come after school (must provide own transportation).

• Outlying school releases at 11:45am / BHS at 12:00pm 
• Bus Departs BHS at 12:15pm (DROP OFF ONLY)
• Girls need to arrange for rides home from Loveland High School. Parents of competitors please help with carpooling girls home. If you can't find a ride let me know ASAP!!!!
• March In at 4:00pm 
• Our competition order is Beam-Bars-Floor-Vault (meaning we will probably be competing on beam by 4:20pm 

Team Pictures

Our team pictures are scheduled for Monday, September 21 at 5:30pm at PDRC. We will practice before at 3:30pm. We will start with the team picture and then take individual pictures. Please bring your competition leotard and your warm up jacket/capris. 

Spirit Packs

I should have spirit packs to hand out before our meet Wednesday. Below is the breakdown of costs. Please bring a check made payable to BHS Gymnastics. Because of being under budget at camp and money from our Booster Club balances due are different. Please see below and if you have any questions let me know. 

             Returning Team Members  = $94.50

             New Team Members = $155.75

The main difference for the amount is the Under Armour Jacket with Jewells that we wear for march in. Also, please keep in mind that the clothing items you receive are yours to keep and include (UA jacket, bag (newbies), t-shirt, 2 tank tops, sweatshirt, capri's, shorts). 

Thanks again for all of your support! 

Weekly Schedule - Week 3

Thank you to everyone that made it and brought something to the BBQ and Car Wash. It was successful day and we raised $485 for our season.

Meet Week!! We have our first meet on Wednesday, September 2 at Paul Derda. March in is at 5:50pm and competition will begin at 6pm.

Weekly Practice/Meet Schedule
Monday          3:30-6:00pm
Tuesday          3:30-5:30pm
Wednesday     Meet - see schedule below
Thursday        3:30-5:30

Meet Schedule
Gymnasts need to be at the rec center by 3:30pm (FHS girls get there ASAP after last bell)
We will set up the gym for the meet and warm ups begin at 4:30pm.
March In is at 5:50pm, competition begins at 6pm

Competition leotards will be distributed at practice on Monday. Please be sure the to follow the washing/care instructions on the garment bag the leo is distributed in and please remember the leo must be returned at the end of the season in the garment bag!!

Team Dinner - 9/8/15
We are still looking for 2-3 co-hosts for our first team dinner next week on Tuesday, September 8. Ideally we like the host to be a Broomfield family so we can come straight from practice. Please see the Season Volunteer sign up sheet if you're interested/available.

Season Volunteer Sign Up 

Meet Snacks
Everyone must sign up for at least one meet snack position. Please be sure to follow the link and sign up.

Meet Snack Sign Up

Weekly Schedule - Week 2

We had a great first week of practice and are excited to get to know this team and group of girls better. Thanks for everyone's patience and understanding during the rec center closure last week, we are back to normal this week.

Weekly Practice Schedule
Monday        3:30-6:00pm
Tuesday        3:30-5:30pm
Wednesday   3:30-6:00pm
Thursday      3:30-5:30pm

Team BBQ / Sleepover
Friday           6:00-8:00pm

Ron & Denise Holbrook
Sarah & Abby
13730 Basalt Court
Broomfield

Please be sure to RSVP using the following link

BBQ RSVP

Car Wash
Saturday, August 29  9-12pm
TCF Bank
4100 W. 144th (Next to Safeway on 144th & Lowell)

Everyone MUST bring a bucket, sponge & towel for washing and drying towels. Please also sign up for an additional supply to bring.

Car Wash Sign Up

Please wear a BHS Gymnastics tank top from previous seasons and girls returning to the team please bring an extra tank (if you have some) for the newbies to wear.

2015 Season Begins!!!

Tomorrow is the first official day of our 2015 season!! This website is where I'll post weekly updates (they'll also be on our team Facebook page) so please be sure you are checking back here often or subscribing to "Follow by Email" feature on the left side of the page.

First Day of Practice
Monday marks the first day of practice and I MUST have a receipt from your athletic registration in order for your daughter to participate. Please be sure to bring the receipt to practice.

Mandatory Practices
As a reminder, every practice, team event and meet are MANDATORY from today through the State meet. A good rule of thumb for missing practice would be if you wouldn't miss school for an event, appt., etc. than you shouldn't miss practice. An unexcused absence will mean your daughter will not compete in the next meet.

Rec Center Closed
During this first week of practice Paul Derda Rec  Center will be closed for their annual maintenance. We are still allowed to practice during this week but there will be absolutely no one other than gymnasts and coaches allowed to enter the building. Please plan on drop off and pick ups outside and if you need to speak with me email is probably best during this week.

Team Website (www.bhsgymnastics.blogspot.com / Facebook group - broomfield eagles gymnastics)
The following items are available on this website so please be sure to print a copy for your reference (I will NOT hand out hard copies).

• 2015 Meet Schedule - tab at top of page
• The departure times in bold are bus departure times from BHS
• Other times are arrival times and gymnasts are responsible for getting to the location on their own (we will try and car pool to the Cherry Creek Invite) 
• 2015 Calendar - tab at top of page 
• The is a calendar of our entire season (including practice times) and while it's always subject to change we do our best not to have any changes. Please print and share with your daughter
• Meet Directions - tab at top of page

Sign Ups
I am once again using Sign Up Genius for our team snacks and volunteer positions. You can find information on the specifics of each of these on the lists themselves. We ask that every family sign up for at least 2 items between the snacks and volunteer positions.

2015 Meet Snack 

2015 Volunteer Positions

Parent Info Meeting / Team Sleepover / Car Wash
We will be having a Pizza Party / Parent Info Meeting on Friday, August 28 at 6pm. We are asking that every gymnast and at least one parent attend. Please RSVP using the following link and sign up to bring something. We have more athletes than needs for the party so if you don't sign up for slot here please sign up for a second meet snack slot.

Pizza Party / Parent Info Meeting

After the party/meeting the girls are invited (and encouraged) to stay over for a team sleepover and then carpool to the team car wash on Saturday morning.

We will have a car wash fundraiser on Saturday, August 29 at one of two TCF Bank locations in Broomfield. I will send out confirmation of the location the week of the wash.

• Every gymnasts must bring a bucket, sponge & towel 
• Don't forget your sunscreen

Car Wash Sign Up 

Spirit Packs
Spirit packs are on order and I should be able to distribute before our first meet. I will not be able to distribute to your daughter unless I've received payment. I'm still awaiting final totals from the screen printing company so I don't have a final amount for you but I should have it by the end of the week. Also, we were under budget at camp so those that did attend camp will receive a credit towards their spirit pack. Please be patient and keep an eye out for updates.


I think that's all for now (whew!). I know this is a LOT of information to digest so please read through everything a couple of times. I apologize for all of the sign up lists but it really does take a village and everything we do is really to help make the season go as smooth and easy as possible. I'm always available if you should have any questions or concerns. Thanks for all of your support and we are looking forward to a GREAT season!!