Chalky Dreams

Bye.

2009-05-28T15:10:00.000-07:00

Ya, sorry. Short attention span, not enjoying this so much.

if i get any awesome ideas(which im doubting) ill come back.

soooo, this is the enddddd..

<3always,

Claire Out

Promises, Promises.

2009-05-17T14:45:00.000-07:00

Yeah about the whole "Vlog" thing. welll, i broke my camera. FAIL.

Sorry.

Blah, i need blog ideassss..

that would be great. thxxxxx

<3Always

Sorry, Blame my ADD....

2009-05-10T18:27:00.000-07:00

So i really dont have ADD(in case you were wondering)

on to the bloggynesssss

REGIONALSSS!

I bet you all were wondering how my regional went(not really), and it went really well. Not exactly all I hoped for but I am definitely proud of what I have accomplished in my first year of level 10. Just to give you the infooooo, here it is;

Vault- 9.0
Bars-8.55(fell on jeager)
Beam-9.25
Floor-9.525.....REGIONAL FLOOR CHAMPION!

Thats not too shabby eh?

On to some more exciting news. Well I ended up first alternate to Nationals, so i will be going.(I leave on Thursday) and i decided that to make up for always forgettting to update, i will vlog. I am going with Mykayla(7th place) and Jamie(5th place). So it will be great fun....

And lastly, my elite qualifier is on June 10th. Thats so i can go to the US Challenge in of all places.... Iowa..

Thats all for now,,
<3Always,
CBearrr

DLG Youtube

2009-04-26T12:35:00.000-07:00

Soooo, some of us at DLG(my gym) created an official account for our gym....

http://www.youtube.com/user/DLGofficial

Subscribe! I demand you!

Also my aim account is... ccrlaaziyre so hit me up any time.

SORRY, SORRY SORRY!

2009-04-26T12:17:00.000-07:00

First I'd like to apologize for taking sooo long to post, Im easily sidetracked and the result is unhappy blog readers....

And Second is that i will not be posting the rest of my camp trip because most of it does not make sense because i was soooo tired. Sorry

On to more important things......

Like, TWITTER!

My account is.... http://twitter.com/clairehom1

and you should join and follow me, because i have intersting things to say....

The other reason you should join twitter?
NASTIA- http://twitter.com/NLiukin
SAMMMMM!- http://twitter.com/samanthapeszek
Bridget!- http://twitter.com/bridgetsloan
Shayllaaaaa- http://twitter.com/shaylaworley
Shawn- http://twitter.com/ShawneyJ

Reason 3 you should join is because you get the news first and personally!
Like Samantha told us she is going to be a Bruin!!!!!1

HECK YESS!!!!

I'll start updating a lot more okayyy

<3Always-

CBear

Camp- Day 2

2009-04-07T21:49:00.000-07:00

Sorry, i got sidetracked.....
'

6:30am- GOD! Mykayla's alarm went off early!!! and now i cant go back to sleep.
7:00am- So after hopelessly laying in bed for half an hour tryingt o get rest, i realized... 3 days of hard hard hard practice. Im kinda scared. Anyways im gonna get up and do my hair so i can go to breakfast before the rush.
7:30am- Breakfast was good, eggs, toast. I just got dressed and I'm gonna leave for gym now.

12:30pm- SOMEONE KILL ME! not really, but how am i going to survive, 5 more practices like these?! Heres the run-down

Vault-Vault wasn't bad at all, we did lots of round-off drills and didn't even go over the vault..?
Bars- Valeri is gone, we have Tom Foster, i really like this guy! We worked on casting with straight arms and tight bodies(mornings are basics...)
Beam- And the trouble begins.... sooo beam basics, not my thing!! I was shaky and wobbly and all over the place, and you wanna know the worst part? MARTA WAS RIGHT THERE! Gosh it was so scary having her yell at me over and over. I just wanted to cry(but of course i didn't because that would lead to more yelling and that would make matters worse.
Floor- Not bad, we went across the floor doing tons or roundoffs, front-handsprings, etc. It was really tiring though because it was back and forth with no rest for 35 mins.
Dance- i Thought i would get a little rest at dance, but boy was i wrong. So much releve, and lifts, and ballet words that i dont exactly know... not fun. But i got through it!

Lineup- Scary stuff man. I mean she yells line up and you better be in line before she takes another step.She basically said good job, see you tonight. And we are dismissed.

1:30- Okay i ate lunch and I am watching stick it right now. I'm really tired, I don't know how I am going to get through evening practice...

3:30- Practice is at 4:30, so I fixed my hair and i am putting on my leo now. Gary told us to be at least 30 minutes early so I'll be taking off in half an hour. BOY IS IT COLD RIGHT NOW!!!!

3:55- Off to gym, check in tonight!

8:00pm- Well I'm alive, and theres something to be said for that am I right?

Bars- We did strap bar work, Tom loves my stalders and even showed me a new trick which is basically a stalder with crossed hand? Very confusing, but could be cool.
Beam- Went a little better, we had to do everything in our routines, just over and over so Tammy could pull us over and give us drills to make the skills better. She likes my flic lay.
Floor- We just tumbled, I did lots of triples and double backs and front twisting, it went by way fast.
Dance- We did leap work across the floor. It is really hot back there!
Vault- Just vaulted, I did a bunch of layouts. I got a lot better at them today, hopefully i can twist tomorrow.

Sorry if it got short, I am just soooo tired......

9:00pm- Showered, and ready to go to bed, it looks soft! Night everyone!

2 more days 2 more days!

<3Always(even if i die here!)

Claire

Camp: Day 1

2009-03-20T20:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, great news... I SURVIVED! lol, haha anyways, i would have posted but i couldn't find internet, sorry. But i wrote these throughout my days so here they are!....

Day One:

5:30 AM- Ughh, I'm up. Gotta go to Lisa's house. Can someone please get me a starbucks?
6:00AM- John is driving us to the airport....
7:35AM- Getting on the plane...
2:00PM- Got off plane, barely got any sleep, yuck! I have strength testing later today!!!
5:00PM- Made it to the camp, me and Mykayla are in room 27, which sucks because its the furthest away and its super freezing outside! Gym starts in 30 minutes so I have to hurry getting ready, I'll check in after gym.
8:15PM- WOAH! I did pretty well on my strength testing, I maxed everything out but piked leg lifts, those are killers! But after that we had 15 minutes on each event, started on vault and we worked the whole time on perfecting our arm swing for our run!
After we went to bars where... VALERI LIUKIN, was coaching us!!!! It was so cool, we worked on casting, he is really picky about straight arms.
Beam, beam, beam.... Tammy wasnt there today]: hopefully she will be tomorrow, but we had some coach I've never heard of before and we did beam complex, which is super hard. You can't come down from releve! My calves are sore!
Floor. Was super weird! we did back extenstion rolls and roundoffs the whole time. But it made me tired!
Dance. I can't understand what the dance teacher is saying... Such a thick accent, but we did work on pointing our feet and going up in releve.
That was my day at gym...
9:00PM-I just finished my shower, which wasn't bad, just cold at the end! Dinner was lasaunga, yumyumm!!! But I'm super tired and am going to bed.

<3Always-

Claire

Leavin.

2009-03-14T06:05:00.000-07:00

This will be a really short post because I have to leave really soon.

Everyone wish me luck, I feel really prepared I just have to do what i know how to do.
*deep breaths*

I'll be back in 5 days.

<3Always,

Claire

Some Stuff

2009-03-12T10:19:00.000-07:00

I couldn't figure out a good title sorry.

SO i found its easier to get my point across using the numbers, what do you guys think?

well here we go....

1. Again, camp is on Saturday, and stefs not going, which is very disappointing. But the show must go on. Hopefully, I will do well enough to get invited back.
2. Yesterday was pretty exciting because I landed a triple full dismount off beam and an arabian double off the rod floor. I hope those skills will catch the national team staffs attention.

So yeah, sorry about all the short posts I'm just busy lately, but no fear, right after camo I'll give you guys a full look at camp, so look out for that!

<3Always

Claire

Shawny

2009-03-10T10:33:00.000-07:00

oh shawn!

thats was pretty good.

I think you will place top 3 fosho!!

we'll have to wait and see....

Yeah just a quick blurb.

Claire

Saddness

2009-03-09T21:37:00.000-07:00

so im really upset right now.

Stef tore her minuscus. Needs surgery, no camp, no state, no regionals, no nationals.

Really really sad.

and i fell today,

sheep jump and it hurts...

anyways, today is a sad day...
check out her website please!
Clickyy

Love you all,

Claire

Sacramento

2009-03-05T20:25:00.000-08:00

I'm leaving for my next meet, the Byers Invitational, tomorrow. Not to worry i will keep you posted with scores.

So a few things.
1. The meet on the 11th is canceled, due to a problem with a gym attending. SO that means no American Challenge(please note this is different than the US Challenge which is in July). Sorta upsetting but its ok.
2. WOGA is going to be at this meet! And i'm in the Level 10 open session, which means elites can be in it. So, scary because i will be going up against WOGA elites!!!! so nervous.
3. I might be doing a pre-meet performance at an ASU meet on the 13th. And if so i will do a floor routine(with watered down passes)

Yeah so just a quick update...

<3Always,
Claire

IM BAAACK!

2009-03-03T21:34:00.000-08:00

Okay, I totally missed you guys. I'll be posting about once or twice a week as of now!
So heres what has been going on.....

1. The wrist issue is going a lot better. I'm using a wrist guard on floor and vault now.
2. Competition season has been going very very very well. Best meet so far, Hard Rock, 36.8.
3. Lay full on vault! extremely new!
4. And I'm, drum roll please..... GOING TO NATIONAL TRAINING CAMP ON THE 16TH. SO excited, im going with my teammates, Stefani, and Mykayla.

So that's basically all the really new stuff.

I have a complusary elite qualifier on the 11th, US Challenge is in July.

I'll post more later..

Have a nice day

(:laire

Hitaus

2009-01-21T21:36:00.000-08:00

Im going on break till, ummm.... Well I'm not sure. But I will return, most likely after comp. season. Mostly because I have no time and im really stressed. When i return i hope my blog readers will too. so yeahhh[:

have a nice day.

I might post on some occasions

Claire [:

2008, a year in review

2009-01-02T17:54:00.000-08:00

2008 is by far the best year of my life. Also being an Olympic year just made it even better. I'll reflect on my year in 2008...

My level 9 competition season. It felt amazing to finally enter the world of "real" gymnastics as some might say. Although I wasn't the best level 9 it really raised my confidence and made me believe I could actually do something in the sport.
HOPES- A really up and down thing. Or as me and my friends call, hell on planet earth sometimes. Even though it adds an extra 7 hours and a pound of pressure to our week it really pays off. The really sucky part about this was routine training after the end of our competition season, which would usually be more laid back workouts. But, when all 4 of us qualified to the Challenge, it all paid off.
The US Challenge- My highlight of 2008. I was definitely at my peak and I was feeling great about everything. Traveling with the coaches was especially fun because we HOPES girls got a lot of time to bond in our own hotel room. The competition was great, compulsories were solid fro all of us and going into optionals we didn't know what to expect. Well everything turned out pretty good. I even placed on beam, which btw was a great moment. SO to wrap it all it, I love the thrill of elite competition.
Summer- Always a great time of year, we get to work new skills and lay off the routines. Some things I learned but never continued, like my khorkina realese on bars, due to lack of amazingness. And somethings I learned and continued, like my triple full on floor, was awesome because now I have an E.
Fall- It's always hard to get into competition mode, putting those routines together was not the easiest thing in the world but I worked through it and got everything down.
Injury- Everythingwas going well until a bad punch on a rudi and landing with my head on my wrist and basically breaking it. I went to the doctor and I had a cracked growth plate and some torn ligiments. And believe me, the day I walked in with a brace Lisa flipped! I was like "I'm sorry, i need to be in it for a few weeks" well not really but I wanted to say that. However, with competiton season nearing I had to shrug it off and was out of the brace after one day. Probably a bad decision because my wrist pain drove me to tears on every event. And with no coach except Bruce[bar coach] seeming to care, I just threw a wristguard on and worked thorough it. When I went home every night I iced and put my brace back on. Everything was getting more bearable when yet again [stupid rudi] landed on it wrong, about a week ago. and ever since have not had a pain free moment. I can't even sleep at night now ughh. So my dad got me Litocane, a pain reliever, so I could at least sleep. And now I'm working on avoiding the doctor so they don't put me in a cast.

So thats basically my 2008 gymnastics year. Very up and down and if anyone knows where I could get a wrist healing potion, leave a comment [:

Elite CoP Changes

2008-12-22T22:34:00.000-08:00

1. Double tuck is now a D instead of a C. This is good news for me because my double tucks are better than my pikes.
2. The composition requirement for a turn on beam (worth .5) no longer has to be on one foot, according to The C Score it can even be in handstand. HECK YES! this is probably the most exciting change to me personally because i hate full turns.
3.The requirement that dance passages on floor consist of three elements has been removed. We’re back down to two.
4. Varga dismount removed from CoP

From C Score:

Difficulty-value changes:

* 4/1 turn on floor: D to E
* 2/1 turn with leg in scale (Memmel) on floor: C to D
* 2/1 turn with leg at horizontal on floor: C to D
* 2/1 Wolf jump on floor: C to D

I'm liking this!

what are your thoughts?

JO Code Changes for 2010

2008-12-18T21:01:00.000-08:00

If you didn't know my beam coach, Neela Nelson, is part of the Women's Technical Committee. And I was trying to get some info out of her today so this is what I have.

Level 7's are restricted to A's and B's only
Level 8's are restricted to A's and B's as well? I just know that they cannot compete[on floor] 1.5 twists, double fulls, {on beam] switch leaps, straddle jumps, no back handspring layouts.
Level 9's vault start values increase, I know that a layout yurchenko is a 10.0 and a pike is around a 9.7-9.8. They are also restircted to A's B's C's and ONE D[neela fought for a long time to let them allow a D so everyone thank her]
SO my thoughts...

Level 7 stuff is fine its basically the same[i think]
Level 8- really disappointed. seriously no switch leaps? no double fulls? come on people
Level 9 the vault value thing seems like a good idea. but only ONE D????? that is so stupid, no room for originality, and it makes it harder to move up to level 10 where you are expected to have 2-4 D's.

So thats all i could get out of her.

She doesnt like this but she says its because they thought that the reason people were quitting is because gymnastics is too hard. PSHHHH!!!! what do they expect?

Thats all for now.

-Claire-

Wrist

2008-12-12T19:02:00.000-08:00

Sorry for not telling you but I ruptured my growth plate in my wrist.

And let me tell you how hard it is to type with a brace on, like seriously.

OKay so the whole story is that on Tuesday Lisa put a new pass in my floor routine. Its a front handsping 1.5 twist[rudi] to a flic lay. I did a bad rudi and landed with my wrist under my head really hard and so yeah, the result is some time out of gym.

Sorry for the briefness, if you have any specific questions just message me on youtube.

comment

peace

some deep thinking?

2008-12-11T15:19:00.000-08:00

Im really bored.
I missed gym today because of my wrist[ill explain laterrr]

Okay so today i came across this thing in my silly little head...

It seems as everything is chalky, but her heart.

Lets explore what this could mean.

1. So she puts all the hard work in, hence shes chalky, but her heart isn't into gymnastics.

2. SHes all beat up, like chaly and stuff, but her heart will never forget its love for gymnastics.'

what do you think it means?

have any other meanings??
then comment fool!

peace

Sorry

2008-12-04T16:35:00.000-08:00

for not posting.

so some news...

1. I hurt my foot, stress fracture. Sucky i know. I still have to tell Lisa. Not looking forward to that.

2. Sam and Bridget are teammates! This could be great, two friends who went to the olympics together training at the same gym! eep! soo exciting.

3. Anyone else see gossipgirl on monday, NASTIA. haha in my opinion her like 5 second appearance was pretty cool, chuck is a playa!!

Didn't see that coming.

Ill post again later, Im home sickkkersss.

peace

Poem

2008-11-14T22:19:00.000-08:00

I had to write a poem about something that is a goal you may never achieve. I titled it Chalky Dream. I'm not a good poet and this is the first try at it. So don't be too harsh, if you have any nice suggestions just comment.

Chalky Dream

Cloudy and white

Yet still in sight,

Five colored rings,

Shine a light.

“Hard work will get you there”

They all say

But how can they be sure?

Because this goal is not obscure.

It’s a chalky dream,

Cloudy and white

That may hold a future so bright.

But when timing seems right

And you feel at a prime

You just may find

Hard work

will not be enough this time.

Written by Claire Hom

11/14/08

Strength Day

2008-11-14T18:58:00.001-08:00

I guess I have forgotten to mention that every Friday is strength day at our gym. Isn't that just wonderful.

I hope you got the sarcasm there.

Well usually on friday we run for 30 minutes, then stretch, then do a whole butt load of abs[which kills!] then we break into 2 different groups based on dance ability. the 2 rotations are upper body and dance, and sometimes we do pliometrics. It makes ya reallllllyyy super duper sore and then you go home and come back the next day and can barely walk, hah.

Anyone [other that He Kexin=14] read this blog? I'm not sure if I should continue?

Bye

He Kexin=14, Sloan Update, Twilight

2008-11-13T21:40:00.000-08:00

Woah [cookie dough hah]

I would personally like to thank Meredith from He Kexin=14 for making that post on me [: [Hey your extremely nice!]

And to get away from my usual journal style entries I'm just going to say that Bridget Sloan's coach has said that she wont be competing in any more competitions this year. I think this a good[yet very disappointing] choice because she really needs some downtime to left her body heal and get back into a mental state that will make her succeed.

And finally Twilight. I love love love the series [twilight, new moon, eclipse, and breaking dawn] and i cant wait for the movie.

I leave you today with a nice video of Stefani Catour, who recently came back from elite camp [and has been invited back in January][my coach wants me to go too eep.]

i would also like to add that this is very old! she is [yes even more] better now! She rocks and is such a great friend. [in case you didnt know, we go to the same gym [:]

peace out girl scouts.

Hey

2008-11-11T14:41:00.001-08:00

Sorry for not updating for awhile. I got sidetracked.

Anyways...

I am so excited because Meredith from He Kexin=14

reads this blog.

That is most defiantly awesome.

Ok, so i caught a yeager out of a blind change on sunday.

I have to run off to gym now so watch my yeager below.

Today

2008-11-04T06:27:00.000-08:00

Is my birthday *applause*

Well happy birthday self.

I didn't do my math homework last night. oops.

Well have a sunshiny day

Some news.

2008-11-01T12:43:00.000-07:00

Worley! Woohooo, go georgia. I personally think she would have been more sucessful at UCLA but she is happy at UGA and I'm glad.

Halloween was good, I was sorta a sailor you could say, one sock a tutu, suspenders and a sailor hat, hah.

Well peace out and enjoy ms. JACKIE BENDER!

woohoo

Halloween

2008-10-31T07:42:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween everyone! No gym today! Isn't that exciting! Well I'm off to a dreadful day of school.

My back hurts. Really bad in the lower part, anyone have stretches or anything for that??

Thanks

ASU

2008-10-30T22:43:00.000-07:00

Rocked. Sorry for not posting about this yesterday but I have a book log due tomorrow, yuckers.

News from asu.
1. Nicole Harris is back and as good as ever, trust me.
2.Well anyway for the early practice[12-3] we started on bars and did our sucky first halves. [which is kip cast hand, kip cast hand, clearhip handstand, stalder, toe circle] I really hate those...
3. The channel bar was amazing, I did yeagers there[sorta scary] but john spotted so all is well.
4. the video system is extremely amazingggggg and helped so much
5. Floor was extra bouncy.
6. Vault was suckish, had no tape measure so i didnt know where to start.[ahhh]
7. Beam was good, they are really nice and look newly padded.
8. Strength equipment is great. Had lots on balls, ab rollers, and things like that.
9. Trampoline was really nice, very bouncy.
10. Pit was perfect. I felt bad for getting chalk in it.

Peace.

Just

2008-10-28T23:35:00.000-07:00

so you know that I give up a lot of sleep for gymnastics and homework and stuff. It's 11:35 right now and i am still not done with my math homework. Isn't that just great. and then Language arts!
grrrrrr

John Spini Gymnastics Center

2008-10-28T21:06:00.001-07:00

Why I love it...

1. Channel Bar!!! This one of my favorites! its like you feel safe like your on a low bar but you can swing through like a highbar, and also it makes spotting easier!

2. Video System! This is probably the most helpful piece of technology. It is on delay so you can watch every turn after your done. It is so helpful.

3. Pit bar and pit vault. So the pit bar is a single high bar over the pit. It helps with the fear aspect and also is needed for new dismounts. The pit vault is just so helpful when you need to work upgraded vaults. For both of these you can put in mats but still have a safe situation!

4. Locker room! This is amazing!! Each gymnast has a locker with a nice big mirror in it that also has cubby holes in it and hooks and shelves and everything! I love it.

I cannot wait to workout here!!!!!!!

ASU to come...

2008-10-28T20:32:00.000-07:00

Before I ramble on about today... I'm going to the ASU gymnastics center for gym tomorrow! I am so excited. Mainly because they have amazing equipment.

Okay today was an overall good day I guess. We started on bars, and since it's a tuesday we d[like our usual 4!] but yeah I worked double layouts and stalder shoots. Then on floor I had to rearrange my passes[which was really hard] so instead of going, double pike, triple full, front full, 2.5 I go triple full, double pike, front layout front pike, 2.5. It was really different but i got through it and my coach Lisa was happy. On beam I had a troubled day.. grr. I'm not too happy about it because i didn't get much accomplished. I really don't feel like talking about it but series was NOT good and dismounts were horrible! I am really upset.

Vault was the usual, pikes and layouts. BTW i am a horrible vaulter.. hah! maybe i could become a bars, beam and floor specialist. Yeah that sounds good right now...

oh yeahh

2008-10-27T21:22:00.000-07:00

If you need to ask any questions just email me [: claire.hom@gmail.com

sound good??
and oh yeah

Im really nice [:

Obama Slogan Magical?

2008-10-27T20:17:00.000-07:00

Okay, well right now I am super excited because Andrea who blogs on LBL Gymnastics,
actually looked at this blog! I was super excited. And she told me it would be a good idea to blog about my struggles and high points of being a level 10 gymnast. So this will be the first post around that topic.

. Well i have recently been struggling with some hip flexer issues and my elbow. I've been doing some physical therapy and stuff like that. And I haven't exactly been telling my head coach about this...[shh don't tell] Just mainly because right now she is making a film of my skills and stuff to send to Karoylis Camp[like junior team] in November. So I just didn't want to stop everything because of my injuries and stuff. Don't worry after camp ill tone it down a bit before competition season.

Well to explain the title today on beam we had 6 MADE full sets. Yeah I wasn't looking forward to that but my friend alegra[she was on the beam beside me] and before all of our routines we did a high five and said YES WE CAN! well yes i could and i made every single routine, which made me really happy because my monday beam coach neela nelson[national judge!!! she is such a good coach and is the reason why i love beam] is going to choose one of the kids from our group to give an olympic pin!!!! i am so excited! i really want it, but i have to work for it.

And just to clear this up, I'm not one of those people who are like oh i absolutely love beam, just to make them look "fearless" I admit to being scared a lot but i get over it because i know my coach wouldn't make me do it if i wasn't ready.

[:

Claire

Assingments

2008-10-26T19:08:00.000-07:00

old news.

Pan Ams. [this is the training squad and the final 4 will be announced nov. 16ish]Jana Bieger[wow], Rebecca Bross[duh], Mackenzie Caquatto[yay, Olivia Courtney[not so sure, Corrie Lothrop[yay!]Bridget Sloan[extremely happy]Cassie Whitcomb[i dont know her too well]

Top Gym. Kamerin Moore and Jordyn Wieber, that would be so cute if they went together.

IAGC. Cassie Whitcomb[i want her to go to this one not pan ams], and Amanda Jetter[heck yes]

GossipGirl

2008-10-26T19:05:00.000-07:00

Is one of my favorite shows!

Now NASTIA is making an apperance!

Im so excited for this episode!!

fo sho

Umm

2008-10-26T18:32:00.000-07:00

I didn't even tell you guys what gymnasts are my favorite!!

in order.

1. Samantha Peszek, I'm not sure why I like her so much she just seems very real and hard-working. as you can see in her fluff piece No Glam Just Sam she is just like a normal teenager. I also love her mom, she is just so supportive.

2. Shayla Worley. I have always been a sucker for originality. Especially on beam. Even tho she fell a lot on her arabian she was amazing. I was so sad when i read her interview[which i cannot locate at the moment] when she was in tears after her broken leg. How the interviewer asked what are you going to do now, she said "I dont know". Poor girl, i still love her though.

3. Shawn. Shawn Johnson is just amazing! I love everything but her full-in dismount, which i dont know why but i never seemed to like. But she took on all the media and training and went to school as well. Go shawn.

4. Nastia. Liukin. I love her lines. And she is a fighter! I really felt for her in 2007 but she fought her way back to the top. I love you nastia! and anyway she totally deserved to win.

5. Mattie Larson. Her gymnastics is just beautiful! Her triple is amazing and she always had her bright smile! I really hope she goes into the next quad, she could do amazing things.

Oh Briley!

2008-10-26T18:23:00.000-07:00

This girl is just amazing. Briley Casanova

she has really good form.

i wish i could do a full... those would be the days.

anyway be sure to check her out because she is quite amazing

Gymdogs

2008-10-26T18:17:00.000-07:00

What does everyone think about their slogan All in for 10??

I personally would have preferred Defend for Ten as He Kexin=14 wrote.

Also it looks like A Train is having fun, journal

ps. A Train is Amber Trani.

Mattie!

2008-10-26T18:14:00.000-07:00

Larson!!!
I love this girl, she is so cute [that weird to say because shes older than me but whatever]

I love how she said she had fun in the selection process![im not denying she had fun but its nice to know it was a good experience for her]

My friends

2008-10-26T18:01:00.000-07:00

are awesome to say the least

Well this is a montage I made that stars: Kayla! Stefani! Arianna! and Me!

Stefani is the best of course.

sorry about sucky sound

check out the awesome blog Why I don't like Elfi Schlegel

she wrote about me

thats pretty cool.

anyone know when the world cup is?

First Post

2008-10-26T17:56:00.000-07:00

This is the first post. Yay!

Just so you know: im a gymnast

so enjoy the blog and visit the youtube channel: www.youtube.com/clairebear70859

also, gym-style.com/clairehom