Back in Time for Classics!

Hey all! Long time no see :)

Turns out it's really hard to maintain two blogs while being in school full time, working two jobs and writing a book. Who knew? At any rate, I am going to get back to gym blogging so that I can keep up with the happenings this quad.

I'm actually pretty excited to see what goes down at Classics this weekend. For one thing, it will be interesting to see who the major players will be this year/quad (if they can last) and having some actual close competition where we actually don't know the outcome ahead of time.

I wish I could do live coverage but I'm going to a concert on Saturday night so I'll have to recap it the next day.

It's so early to say but I'll do it anyway! My favorites right now are Morgan Hurd, Victoria Nguyen and Emma Malabuyo. I'm also excited to see if Ragan Smith will have any upgrades and Ashton Locklear's return as well. Seeing Laney Madsen in elite competition at last will be cool too.

Stay tuned for a post this Sunday!

Classics and Key

• Juniors Morgan Hurd, Deanne Soza and Emma M (not going to attempt to misspell her last name:) are my favorites. Chiles too if she can get her act together in competition. 
• Aly did herself a big favor by pulling it together for the rest of her night but the bars have never been her friend and I fear she won't be put up on them in Rio if she gets there (bye to the all-around for her)
• Brenna just competing beam was a head scratcher but you know, if the girl wants to just compete and see what happens, more power to her. She obviously likes training elite and is giving Rio her best shot even if it's a long one. 
• Hardly any all-arounders did make the night a bit dull. Gabby on beam is a mess but at least she stayed on. Simone's looked good enough save a few wobbles.
• Let's talk bar workers: Ashton and Kocian looked about the same to me but the gap was pretty big scoring wise. One thing that Maddie K has going for her is that her beam set is better than Locklear's but it's still questionable. I'm not impressed with Laurie on bars at all, she looks heavy on them, sort of like Kyla at the end of her career. 
• Rachel Gowey getting second place was nice. I've been a fan of hers for awhile, maybe she'll get an alternate spot, who knows. I wish she had gotten to go to worlds back in 2014 when she was at her peak. Alas...

And Bailie Key, my new underdog to root for. Her bars looked good in PT and word is that she's training an amanar. After getting screwed over, I would really like it if she could make it onto this team. With her consistency and clean routines she certainly deserves a spot over certain others.