Sunday, June 21, 2009

How The West Was Won

WA state championships have been on, how could I have been so neglectful!? I apologise.

Results are here. I'm confused by the 'Winter Challenge' thing but I assume it was incorporated into the competition just as the Chalk Gymnastics Challenge was at the Victorian state championships. Oh, you didn't notice? That's alright, not too many did.

Yes, Lauren Mitchell's got herself a 6.8 difficulty value on beam (6.4 on Day 2) so I really hope she can work towards London with it and atone for Beijing. Her Day 2 all-around total was 105.700, compared with potential national title rival Shona Morgan's 108.835. As far as I can understand the results, Lauren was the ONLY senior female competitor so she has won the state AA title by default.

Or something.



ETA: Ohhhhkay, apparently those Winter Challenge results are NOT standing in for/incorporated into/particularly relevant to the state title component and final standings therein. Stay tuned for actual state results, I'm away until later this evening.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

The WG Winter Challenge was on the 5th June, so the results you have there are from the comp on the 5th. State Champs results not yet up :)

Anonymous said...

The Winter Challenge was used as a trial for nationals because WA State Champs were after cut off date for nationals qualification.

I like the picture of Dasha and Lauren, was that at Stuttgart World Cup in 2007?

Mez said...

Yes, it was!

Anonymous said...

Results are up for the W.A state championships.

http://www.gymnasticswa.asn.au/site/gymnastics/wa/downloads/Results/2009/State%20Championships/WA09E023/WG_Senior_state_championships_Sen.htm

Lauren had a 6.5 D score for beam so I guess not every connection was paid. 5.3 on score seems kind of low. Hopefully she adds back in an F tumble.

Anonymous said...

Please retype the website to view the routine. Thanks. Some of it was hidden.

Anonymous said...

The links are a bit messed up. Senior results are under both senior and junior and Junior results are under int 8.
Lauren pulled out a Glasgow World Cup because she was injured so maybe she doesn't have full difficulty on floor yet.

Anonymous said...

If the links get cut off you can view them by viewing the comments the other way - clicking on the title of the blog entry and then they appear underneath in full.....