March Layout!

Sorry I never got a new layout up for last month... but March is up! I hope you like it. :]

Updates Ahoy

I know, I know. I'm sorry. I actually have a weekend off though, so I'm catching up tonight baybay!

- Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple of days, you know that Jordyn Wieber won the ScamCup. Many are saying that it should've gone to Bridget Sloan; I personally haven't had the chance to watch it yet so I can't really say. What do you think?

- You can now see the full book of Nastia's shoot with Max Azria - the rest of the pictures are fantastic! I highly recommend looking at them if you get time. http://maxazria.com/spring2009 (click on Collection, then Image Book).

- Nastia, Shawn, and Jonathan are all three nominated for the AAU Sullivan Award! You can vote for any of the three at usatoday.com. The winner will be announced on April 15th.

- The Gymnix International is this weekend in Quebec - for our senior girls, set to compete are Mattie Larson (yay, Mattie's back!) and Samantha Shapiro. Also, Danell Levya and Tim McNeill are set to compete for the men. The US of A is also sending a junior team, including Kamerin Moore, Jordyn Wieber, Hallie Mossett, and Sabrina Vega. Good luck to all! :]

- Shawn is set to make her dancing debut this coming Monday at 8pm! Be sure to watch Dancing With The Stars on ABC and vote for Shawn!

Phew. Lot's of typing there. I'll try and keep up now - the worst of my meet season is over! I have one regular meet next weekend, then sectionals in about a month (and states a month after that, as long as I make it!). So we should be good from here on out. Hehe! :]

Oh Nast...

Hey Nastia, nice drape! -_-

Our favorite AA champ was a part of the Red Dress show. I'm pretty sure Carly was in this same show in 'o5.... however, I'm 99% sure that Carly didn't wear the tablecloth we used for Christmas dinner.

new layout coming ASAP... I just haven't had the time to make it yet. I have WPIAL's tomorrow (for high school gymnastics... it's like a sectional championship for all the schools in western PA) and then I've got tri-state team championships on Sunday. Lots of pressure meets this weekend, so wish me luck! :S

Shawn To Put On Her Dancing Shoes

Shawn just joined the cast of Dancing With the Stars.


What the hell, Shawn? XD


Listen, this is gonna be cool, and I have a feeling that she'll do really well! But what about "I'd love to compete in 2012!"? I'm assuming this means no nationals/possibly worlds this year.

In any case, good luck Shawn! :]

Revisiting Izbasa's Olympic FX

I wound up watching this routine again today, and was reminded of what a great routine it really is. The landings are incredible, the dance is decent, and it connects with the crowd.

And I love her music! :]

Hong Heads to WOGA

Couldn't have seen this one coming from a mile away! Here's the article from IG;

World gold medalist Ivana Hong will make the move to Plano, Texas-based WOGA to train under Valeri Liukin as soon as her right ankle heals enough to resume training, she told Inside Gymnastics earlier this week.

In the past few months, Hong, who turned 16 in December, has sampled several clubs across the U.S., but settled on the WOGA, home of the last two Olympic all-around champions, after a successful trial run in early January.

“You know, four years ago when we were looking for a gym it was GAGE and WOGA, and it was really close between them,” Hong revealed. “[This time,] I tried some other gyms too and [picked] WOGA [because of] their training schedule and Valeri is just a wonderful coach, and Nastia is there—we all know each other so well. I just thought that was a really good fit.”

After Hong moves to Texas she plans to live, at least at first, with another WOGA gym family, so that her oldest sister, Isabelle, a high school senior, can graduate with her class in Blue Springs, Mo. Whether her mother and younger siblings join her in Texas at some point is yet to be determined. “Right now we’re not too sure where everyone is going to be,” Hong said of her close-knit family, which will soon be spread over three states.

Hong, an alternate for the 2008 Games, plans to make the move to Texas “in the next month or two,” perhaps following the February National Team training camp, or even sooner if she gets the all clear from her doctors.
“We’re planning on it soon, because I have to start training—actual training,” Hong said of her timeline.

Hong said she first fractured her tibia in December 2007 but a premature return to the gym as part of her efforts to make the U.S. Beijing Olympic team, kept the injury from ever healing fully and, by the time Hong competed at last summer’s U.S. Championships and Trials, she says she was in constant pain.

Now, Hong is working with doctors to make sure she’s fully healed before getting back in the gym. Surgery was scheduled last October, but later canceled when the injury finally began to respond to treatment, which includes daily electric stimulation. (A scan in mid-January revealed the fracture was still there, but healing.)

Olympyn!

Hey Chells, you spelled it wrong!

Just kidding.

Chellsie "makes her status as an Olympian official" (thank you, USAG) with her fabby-poo new license plate.

Cute pic, so I thought I would share.