Majesta's Olympic Dream

Physical Therapy :]

2009-02-15T22:12:00.015-05:00

Since I've been allowed to come back I've been doing physical therapy at Pro Physical Therapy. Thursday the 12th was actually my last day but this is a shout out to my PT Mizzo the Therapizzo. Just kidding... :]

His name is Matt Stapleton and he's super cool.

He taught me that sometimes not reaching people's expectations can be okay and that I just need to try my best. He also got my stomach REALLY strong... you can poke it if ya want... C:

Thanks SOOOOOOOO much for helping me get back in shape so I can continue pursuing my dream. :]

-Majesta <3

Matt Stapleton is the coolest / best physical therapist in the world.

Rawr

Do You Remember When.....

2009-01-19T13:34:00.002-05:00

I know I've had this up before but just thought you might like seeing it again....enjoy!

Ohnoes.

2009-01-18T15:06:00.003-05:00

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, as usual.
The thing is that I got injured so I haven't been competing.
I had a bilateral stress fracture in my lower back. I was out for a little but I recently went to the doctors and they said that one side of my back may not heal (we'll see)!
They said I can go back though, so I've been doing physical therapy and going back slowly.
I have a back brace to ensure that I'm keeping my back straight and tight.
When I do go back fully though, I don't think my routines are going to be as hard as they used to be.
I'll try my hardest and condition a lot to try to get my routines as hard as they can be.
I'll post another time soon.

-Majesta

2009-01-08T16:22:00.008-05:00

GOOD LUCK TO ALL
WHO WILL COMPETE AT THE
BARB KNOTHE MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL
JAN 9-11, 2009

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The story of Barb Knothe.....

Barb Knothe was very involved in the sport of gymnastics, first as a coach and then as a judge. She coached and taught in western PA until 1980 at which time she moved to Philadelphia and worked as a Physical Therapist at St. Agnes and Temple Hospitals and become more actively involved in judging.

Barb passed away very unexpectedly in March 2001. She was known for her light-hearted approach to life and the sport, her commitment to making every competitor proud of her accomplishments either through her words or her patented smile. She was a consumate "prankster" and loved to make people laugh.

Shortly after her passing, a memorial scholarship fund was established in her honor and a $500 stipend is awarded to a graduating senior in Barb's name. Additionally, the establishment of an annual meet in her memoriam, hosted annually by the KMC parents organization helps to fund the scholarship and to share Barb's approach to gymnastics with high caliber athletes from the tri-state area.

Hello...

2008-09-25T16:53:00.008-04:00

Haha sorry I haven't been on here in a REALLY long time... I guess you can say that I've been busy? Well I finally started school again so I'm on the night schedule.
Competition season is coming up soon but don't think I'm not ready!
Let's start on...

VAULT! Well I've been working on a few different things but I'm pretty sure that I'm going to compete with yurchenko layout. It isn't very good because I don't have a lot of time to practice it... ]:

On FLOOR I almost have all of my tumbling passes.

On BEAM I actually just about have all of my skills. I added front aerial, back handspring layout step out, ring jump back tuck (connected for a bonus) and split jump straddle jump (connected for a bonus).

BARS is coming along pretty well too! I'm not too sure which elements are going to be in my routine but right now I'm working on shoot over, stalder, blind change, and double back dismount.

I have a little work to do on all of my events but I know I'll get better!

-Majesta

More about SHOOT OVER...

2008-07-30T13:03:00.006-04:00

Well, when I have privates with Mr. Don (Donald Furrer), he teaches me different ways of learning elements, take this for example.

During my private with him, we were doing a shoot over drill. This drill below REALLY helped me with trying to get into handstand. With the other drill, I just kept landing in horizontal, but this pressured me into going to handstand. At first, I was a little nervous and wouldn't go. But at the end, I was going and Mr. Don said they were good.

Take a look at the drill,
its pretty rad.

IN THE NEWS!!!

2008-07-10T14:01:00.000-04:00

By Antonio Prado

Community News

Posted Jun 30, 2008 @ 02:06 PM

KMC Gymnastics announces state champions

KMC Gymnastics in Kennett Square, Pa. have had four all-around state champions among boys and girls and several event state champions from both compulsory and optional levels this season.

Katherine Langseber, Liam Riley, Leah Sommerville and Adam Womer were all-around Pennsylvania state champions. Event state champs include Katie Cruse on beam and Amy Margolin on floor, Level 4; Samantha Messikomer on vault, level 5; Rachel Lee on beam and Majesta Valentine on vault, level 8; Alyssa DiFrancesco and Mia DiFrancesco on beam, level 9; and Lauren Swankoski on floor, level 10. Majesta also placed second in the all around and second in vault at Regional Championships.
Lauren Swankoski placed 11th at Senior Level 10 National Championships. Event state champs for the boys include Adam Womer on floor, vault, and parallel bars; Devin Trinter on parallel bars and high bar, level 4; Liam Riley, pommel horse and high bar and Carter Lamey on the pommel horse, level 5; Matthew Bunke on the high bar, Brendan McBride on the parallel bars and Jakob Simcek on the rings, level 6; Gregory Tamargo on the rings and vault, level 7 and Brett Harris on the vault, level 9.

At the Regional Championships, Liam Riley, level 5, was floor champion and placed second all around, and Matthew Bunke, level 6, placed third on the rings.

New tricks?

2008-07-08T21:46:00.001-04:00

Yup... you heard correctly. I just wanted to give you guys an update on all of the things that I'm working on for my level nine routines. I don't have like any video's from floor and beam though, but I should have a post up by next week with those skills.

So today I want to just tell you about my bars and vault. Well on bars I'm learning quite a few skills but I'm only showing you one... SRY!

Right now I'm doing a private with Sergei ( Sergei Poukas ), I'm working on double back dismount, blind change, front giants, pak, and shoot over. Since shoot over is my newest skill, I decided to show you that. =]

On vault I'm learning two different vaults. I just recently got my front handspring front tuck.
I'm also working a bit on yurchenko but I haven't started to flip, just round-off back handspring for me! :D

I'll give you the post for beam and floor next week... PROMISE!!

Level 8 Regionals

2008-06-08T21:34:00.017-04:00

LEVEL 8 REGIONALS - 2008

Ok wow! I'm so sorry that this is really late! I guess I was getting a little lazy!

Well anyways... about Regionals, it was GREAT! I had a really awesome meet and I'm really proud of myself. When we first got there we got our leotards. They are mostly black with purple specks all over and the back is purple velvet. Then we started to warm- up.

The Pennsylvania team joined together and started there first event (which was bars).
The bars felt good and sturdy except for the fact that I kept hitting my feet on the low bar really hard. I did a pretty good routine and the judges gave me a score of 9.275 which was 15th place (haha!).

Then we had beam...(I thought) DON, DON, DON!! You remember how I always had trouble falling off?!? Well that day had to be a miracle because somehow I didn't fall off on my connection!! YAY! My routine was pretty wabbly though... teehee! Scored 9.325 and came in 3rd place. After we finished beam, my back started to bug me. It only hurt me a little but I REFUSED to stop competing.

So then was floor. This was a pain in the butt because my back was THROBBING but somehow I dealt with it. My score was a 9.45 but I got 10th place! The scores on floor were SUPER high!

Then last was vault. This had to hurt the most. The running, the pounding, the landing all hurt my back soooooo much! I tried my best and still did my regular vault
(tsuk pike) and got a 9.55 with 2nd place.

Then came all around. Everyone kept saying that I was the regional champion but something in me said that I wasn't. I knew that SOMEONE just had to beat me... which was true... heh.

I got second place all around Regional with a 37.6.
And thats my Level 8 Regionals
(my first Regionals EVER! YAY!)

P.S. Pennsylvania got first place in team... yeahh.. WE ROCK!

2008 Pennsylvania Level 8 State Championships

2008-04-19T22:17:00.007-04:00

Well yeah... this was a really good meet for me. I am really proud of myself. When we got there they took our pictures and we started warm-up. It was just Rachel and I and it felt really weird. Even though we were only missing one person, it still felt like some dramatic change occurred. We started on vault. I was really nervous to be doing tsuk pike but it turned out to be really good. When I did my vault, it felt like all the rest of the ones that I normally do, but this time Sergei said that it was really good. I did my two vaults and my score was up.......... 9.675! I got first place this this score... I'm so happy to be Pennsylvania Vault champ! Then was bars... I worried most on this event. We went on two different bars but on the first set of bars, I didn't do routine. My routine was to do a free-hip on the low bar but I just broke it up and did low bars and high bars. Then on the other bar I did like one routine and then we started competition. I did my routine fine except on my low bar, my hand slipped off. I didn't fall or anything and I just kept going. My score was a 9.1 with 15th place. Then was beam. I warmed up and I did my back walkover back tuck and stuck it twice. Then when I went for my routine....I just had to fall off! I was soooooo mad! My score was still pretty good though and I got a 8.925 with 13th place. Now for my favorite event of all, FLOOR! Instead of doing a front handspring front full, I just did a layout to save my score. I ended up getting a 9.475 with 4th place. My all around was a 37.175 and I got 4th place. THIS MEANS I MADE IT TO REGIONALS! I'm so happy that I made it. Actually our whole level 8 team made it! Good luck to all level 8's at regionals!

~Majesta

Friendship Classic

2008-04-04T00:06:00.004-04:00

Hey sorry I'm late again... Well anyways I had a meet in Pottsville, Pennsylvania called The Friendship Classic. My first event was beam. I warmed up and did all of my skills and then in competition I fell on my back walkover back tuck and my score was a 9.0 which was fourth place. Next was floor... my favorite. I did the same tumbling passes and my score was a 9.575 with third place. We rotated to vault next. I did tsuk tuck and my score was a 9.35. The tsuk tuck has a start value of 9.8 so remember that. I got second place. Last was bars... YIKES! Unfortunately I did pretty bad and got a 7.9... Yeah, I didn't place. Then we went into the auditorium and did all around. My all around was a 35.825 and I got fifth place! I got this really cool trophy that spun in circles and I have to say that really enjoyed myself. Well that was pretty much my meet.....

~Majesta

John Pancott Invitational

2008-03-18T21:53:00.008-04:00

Heyy guys I'm sorry this one is so late... It seems I forgot... oops! I don't understand either because it was one of the best meets I did all year. Our first event was bars... I think. Once again got a 9.3 with second place. I thought it was a really nice routine too! Next would be beam. Our coach, Miss Tamara was judging us on this event so I was really nervous. My routine was pretty solid except my connection which is back walkover back tuck, which I fell on. I ended up getting a 9 with fifth place. Our second to last event was floor. I was fine and stuck all of my landings... well ALMOST all of them... I got a 9.45 which gave me third place. And last but not least... vault. It was fine and I got a 9.25 with fourth place... In all around I got my first 37.0 of the year... I got first place.

pssst!

2008-02-26T16:32:00.007-05:00

Heyy I just wanted to let you know...well if you've been watching my videos, I have been having quite a hard time with free-hip to handstand. We decided to take a few privates with a different coach. This time I had a private with Mr. Don. I think that he really helped me. We did this drill where he puts a mat laying against the high bar. I would put my feet on the mat and do free hip. This helps you with keeping your shoulders back when you go for free-hip. I was actually hitting a handstand and staying real tight. Below there's a video of the drill I was doing, to help explain it a little better.

~~~Majesta~~~

AQUAFINA TEAM CHALLANGE

2008-02-17T21:05:00.008-05:00

Wow did I have a big weekend! It started out on Friday night... we drove down to Connecticut, which was about three and a half hours (talk about long time!). I got settled in and started walking around with the girls from my team. We had lots of fun but I thought that at 12:30 it was time for me to go to bed. I got up at about 8:00am the next morning (Saturday) to eat breakfast, I had it with my teammate Bailey. After that we went to the meet. I got there early so I watched some of the session before me. When our competition started, I found out that I started on bars...nerve wrecking much? I ended up actually doing free-hip on high-bar (yay me!!) and my routine was pretty good, for me, (I though anyways)......My score was an 8.45...and I came in 6th place. Next was beam, I just got new beam shoes and I didn't get to try them out on the beam before this meet. Oh well! Well I stuck my routine and got a 9.425 which took 1st place. Then was floor, I liked it. I thought that I had a pretty solid routine and I got a 9.125 (surprisingly that didn't even take a place!). And finally was vault, The landing was pretty hard and it hurt my ankles but I dealt with it, my score for that was a 9.15 and I came in 3rd place. In all around I ended up getting 3rd place with a 36.15. What a big day!!

That night we ended up back at the meet for level 9 & 10 event finals. Lauren (vault & floor), Haley (beam) & Mia (beam) qualified for the finals. Lauren got second place on floor, she won a video ipod. Great job to all!!!

It's not over though!! I qualified for event finals which were held the next day. Which meant we had to stay another night.... yippee!!(not!!) I qualified on beam...DUH! Well I had a lot of time to warm up but somehow I forgot to warm up front walkover... I did it anyways... I stuck my routine but got a low score of 8.9..... :'( I thought that I should have gotten better than that but oh well! It still got me third place which was a Vera Bradley Bag. I really wanted second place so I could have gotten the video ipod but..... things happen for a reason...
Well keep checking out the blog and leave lots of comments!!! =]
I'll try to post as much as possible!!
See ya later!!

~Majesta

SPRING FLOWER BULBS FUNDRAISER

2008-02-02T22:23:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone!

Majesta is selling Spring Flower Bulbs to support our gymnastics gym. Some of the profits from the sale will be put into her account at the gym to help pay for coach's fees, meets and etc... If you are interested, they are listed below. All of the Bulbs are $5.00 each.
You could contact me via email (KristieNix@aol.com) for payment. If you are paying by check, make check payable to "KMCGAPO".
All items will arrive the first week in April. All monies and order must be received by 2/29/08.
Thanks for your support!
Maria (Majesta's Mom)

A-Two Tone Hanging Begonia Garden
(annual) Grows beautifully in shady and sheltered places. Each kit includes
6" hanging basket, hanger, bulb and special potting soil (basket may differ from style shown).
Bloom all summer and fall, 18" tall
complete kit

B-Hanging Strawberry Garden
(perennial) For indoor or patio use. Kit contains 6" hanging basket, hanger, three virus-free plants and special potting soil. Lush foliage in 10 days; fruit in sixty days.
Blooms spring and summer before fruit, 10" tall
complete kit

C--Fancy Leaf Caladium

(annual) Splendid array of red, white, pink and green foliage with color contrasted leaf edging. Perfect in pots and groups. Bulbs need warmth to start growing.
August - September bloom, 10" - 12" tall
3 bulbs

D - Crocosmia Lucifer
(annual) Searing red flowers on wiry tems make this an ideal selection for borders and cut flowers. Hummingbirds love them!
July - September bloom, 24" - 36" tall bush
8 bulbs

E-Spectacular Gladiolus

(annual) Stately blooms in dazzling multi-colord assortment.
Bloom 90 days after planting, 4' - 5' tall
14 bulbs

F-Hosta

(perennial) Shade lilies, dramatic variegated foliage with bell-shaped flowers on graceful stalks. Stunning! Low maintenance border. Hardy.
Late summer bloom, foliage in spring, 18" - 32" bush
one plant

G-New Tiger Lilies

(annual) Exotic beauties of rich colors with curled and delicately dotted petals of red, white, yellow or pink. Vigorous growth of 15 to 20 flowers on each stem
July - September bloom, 3' - 4' tall
3 bulbs

H-Everbearing Strawberry Plants

(perennial) The best available virus-free plants! Large, red juicy berries throughout summer.
Blooms spring and summer before fruit, 10" tall
10 plants

I-Stargazer Lilies

(perennial) Strikingly beautiful blooms of fuchsia color, dramatic shape and pleasing fragrance. Hardy growth, excellent cut flowers!
July - September bloom, 25" - 30" tall
2 bulbs

J-Blazing Stars

(perennial) Very attractive rosy purple spikes. The stems are covered with a grass-like foliage of dark green. They grow well in poor soil. A very desirable plant for tall borders.
August - September bloom, 4' - 5' tall
12 bulbs

K-Anemone De Caen

(annual) Graceful pink star-like flowers blooming all summer long. Ideal for pots and planters.
Bloom throughout summer, 6" - 8" tall
18 bulbs

L-Elf Lilies
(perennial) NEW dwarf (ELF) lilies, ideal for pots, planters and borders in the garden. They have colorful and fragrant characteristics. You will be bery pleased and delighted with these NEW miniatures.
July - September bloom, 16" tall

3 bulbs

M-Mini Amaryllis

(annual) Graceful pink star-like flowers blooming all summer long. Ideal for pots and planters.
Bloom throughout summer, 6" - 8" tall
18 bulbs

N-Peacock Orchids
(annual) Hold on to summer with this sweet-scented late bloomer! Elegant, creamy-white 4" flowers accented with prominent purple centers on sturdy stems.
July to October bloom, 24" - 36" tall
18 bulbs

O-Bleeding Heart
(perennial) Romantic favorite from Victorian gardens with arching branches and delicate "HEART" flowers. Extremely vigorous.
May - June bloom, 2' - 3' tall shrub
one plant

P -Camelia Begonia

(annual) An abundance of full, double blooms in rich array of colors. Excellent for containers; requires adequate moisture.
Bloom all summer into fall, 6" - 8" tall
3 bulb

Q--Daylilly Stella D'Oro

(Star of Gold; perennial) Dwarf variety produces an abundance of golden-yellow bell shaped flowers with dark green foliage. Earliest, longest-blooming of all daylilies. SPECTACULAR!
Bloom all summer long, 18" tall
one plant

R - Persian Buttercups
(perennial) Delicately flaked blooms in a wide array of colors make these sturdy stemmed beauties ideal for both planters and borders. A favorite of florists!
May - July bloom, 12" - 15" tall 9 bulbs

Parkettes Invitational

2008-02-02T14:49:00.000-05:00

OMG!!!
Well, I have to say that yesterday was a pretty rough day! It started out when we were driving there... you see, my mom thought it was at the school so we went there....wrong place!! Then we were driving around for the longest time (got directions from someone at Parkettes, they told us a wrong turn, ended up in Bethlehem). We finally got there about ten minutes before march in, I missed march in and kept warming up. We started on beam, I was the last one. I have to say just one thing about the beams, they felt awfully weird. They were like peeling and all old! Well anyway... as I started to compete on the beam, I did back walkover back tuck and fell. Then I also fell on switch leg leap... I got a beam burn all down my left leg. I ended my routine with an 8.15 and didn't place. After that, my knee hurt so I went to the person who helps you when your hurt and she gave me ice and wrapped prewrap around my knee to stop the pain. Then was floor, I was ok with this event. The floor was really springy and I liked it. I did my routine and got an 8.925 and got 6th place. Next was vault, my practices weren't really good and I got to do one tsuk before competition. In competition, I stuck one and touched the mat on the other one. I got a 9.225 with a 1st place. Last was bars, amazingly, I got a 9.1 with 5th place.
In all around I got a 35.4 with 4th place.
Well that was my meet!!

~Majesta~

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!

2008-01-30T23:36:00.000-05:00

TO ALL MY FRIENDS AT KMC
GOOD LUCK TO ALL LEVEL 8, 9, 10 AND
ELITE GYMNASTS!!

~~MAJESTA~~

TO MY AUNT JO

2008-01-28T07:49:00.000-05:00

"You Made My Day"

I appreciate your kindness
More than words can say;
The very nice thing you did for me
Really made my day!

By Joanna Fuchs

~~ MAJESTA~~

umm...??

2008-01-27T00:17:00.000-05:00

Heyy guys... sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I just keep forgetting {[(tee hee)]}... Well lately we have pretty much been doing routines. Vault is the same thing but running is hurting my knees and shins, hopefully it will go away. On bars I've been having trouble with my free-hip on high bar. I keep falling over in the wrong direction, but I'll keep working on it! On beam it really depends. I can do everything, it's just if I stick it or not. On floor I'm doing pretty well. I seem pretty prepared for my next meet on floor. Speaking of my next meet, Its at Parkettes Gymnastics . My meet is at 7:30 in the morning so we are going so spend the night before at a hotel. Miss Tamara says that we should all take this meet very seriously because it is just like a regional meet. Regional judges are going to be there and a lot of gymnasts from the area are coming too. This meet really shows us our place and how well we are. And one more thing, I would like to thank my Aunt Jo for donating money towards my dream to go to the Olympics... Thanks so much Aunt Jo!! I'm going to keep practicing and I'll be back with a few more updates... catch ya later!!

~~Majesta~~

BARB KNOTHE INVITATIONAL 2008

2008-01-13T22:01:00.001-05:00

Well the meet is over and it was a long but fun weekend...we had close to 400 gymnasts come through our gym. There were 64 Level 8 gymnasts, I competed against 15 girls that were age 12 (that's my age). I got First Place All Around with a score of 36.600!!

We started on vault. I thought I wasn't going to do so well and I was really nervous. I ended up sticking both of them though. My score for vault was a 9.125. On my bars I had a rough warm-up. I just started doing a new routine with free-hip on high bar. So in my warm-up when I was doing my free-hip, I went forward and put my foot on the high-bar. It was just a big mess up. But I did well when it came to the competition, my bar score was 9.15. Next was beam, my warm-up was normal and I was first. I fell on my back walkover back tuck but I still got a 8.975 on beam, I thought that was pretty good. Last was floor, I have to say that it was great. On both my warm-up and competition I did well, my score on floor was a 9.35. In all-around I ended up getting first place. I also got a scholarship to Gattaca Camp. It was given to all first and second place winners of all levels.

Our team got First Place for Team Award!!

Barb Knothe Invitational

2008-01-10T23:21:00.000-05:00

Hey, sorry I haven't posted in a long time, sometimes I forget. Well one of my home meets is coming up, The Barb Knothe Invitational, January 11-13. We have about 400 gymnast competing..."Good Luck to All!" On January 13, 2007 (Sunday) is when I compete. It turns out that on floor I'm not doing front handspring front full, I think it's a bit too hard for me right now but I'm sure that I'll get it soon.
I keep landing on my butt so it's just about the same routine. On beam, nothing changed to begin with, so I just have to keep up the hard work. Vault it varies from doing Tsuk pike to tsuk tuck, it really depends how I feel at the moment. Bars I'm really not sure what I am doing because I have to say that my bar routine is pretty bad. To top it off, I just got a rip today so I think it's going to be a little hard. Keep looking for posts after the meet to see some of my videos, catch ya later...

Majesta

Gymnastics is a beautiful sport...Never give it up...Keep chasing your dreams...

2007-12-30T23:30:00.000-05:00

~Majesta

"HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008"

2007-12-30T14:14:00.001-05:00

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!!

~Majesta

NEW ELEMENTS

2007-12-30T14:02:00.000-05:00

On vault I've been learning front handspring front tuck and I'm getting better at doing it! On bars I have a new routine...it's kip cast turn kip squat-on, then on high bar...it's kip cast to handstand free-hip to handstand 2 giants then layout dismount. I have also been learning toe-on toe-off on bars. On floor...I'm doing a new element in my routine...it's front handspring front full.

~Majesta

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like......

2007-12-24T11:33:00.001-05:00

CHRISTMAS!!!

My mom's a little goofy and she had a little bit too much fun the other day, getting ready for Christmas......she ELF'd us!! ALL of us!! I have to admit, it is pretty funny though. :)

Click on the pictures to see the videos.

Here's Me as an Elf!

Here's me with my mom, my sister Kristina and my brother Colton.

It might seem like my dad got off the hook because you don't see him in the elf pic......but mom didn't forget him! He got SCROOGE'd !!! LOL

Here's Dad as Mr. Scrooge.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!!!

~Majesta

Christmas City Classic

2007-12-17T15:04:00.000-05:00

I have to say that I am really of myself. I did really good this meet. It was in a small gym in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The meet was actually held at a school. The KMC level eight team started on floor, I was last. I did every tumbling pass with my legs together and they were pretty nice. My score was a 9.4.
Next was bars, this is the one event that I didn't do too well on. I got an 8.3 because of a lot of things. I stopped at my cast turn and bend my arms on my giants and I'm pretty sure that I bent my legs too.
We went to beam next, on my warm up I didn't stick any of my connections. But on my meet I did a solid 9.425 routine.
Our last event was vault, the landings were kind of hard because they didn't have an extra mat to land on. I stuck my warm ups and my competition vaults and got a 9.3.
The good thing is that Mrs. Tamara said that if I get a 9.2 or higher, I can start learning front handspring front tuck!! YAY... Oh yeah, and if you add up all those scores, my all around turned out to be 36.525.....

~Majesta

w00t!

2007-12-10T23:04:00.000-05:00

Ok well I'd like to thank
my Aunt Jo and her husband to be for donating to my webpage!!!!

Well on beam we did ten routines and I stuck four.. tee hee!! But when Tamara judged me I got a 9.45! yay! I was so happy after the crappy beam that I had. The downfall of today was that my back is hurting bad. Yes, it still hurts. It kept stopping me from doing good on floor. By the end of practice I thought I was going to die, it hurt really bad. But... I don't know......

~Majayyyy!

Just wanted to let you know...

2007-12-06T22:11:00.000-05:00

That today on vault I did pretty good! Sergei had me doing front handspring over about a three feet foam thingy. I was making every one that I tried. I'm so happy

because maybe soon I can start to learn front handspring front tuck!! yay!

jesterzzzz

Yurchenko Meet

2007-12-04T22:49:00.000-05:00

Well one thing that I can say is that I did horrible. My all around was a 34.425 or something like that. We started on Bars. In my low bar I kept hitting my feet on the ground after cast turn as usual. Then on high bar I just couldn't get a hang of it and kept hitting my feet. So in my meet I hit my feet after cast turn and bent my legs... A LOT!! I ended up getting a 8.275. Then the rotation took us to beam. As we were warming up, I only stuck about one or two of my connections. Also, while I was trying to do my mount, my foot slipped and I hit my knee on the beam. It hurt really bad. In the meet I fell on my connection (back walkover back tuck) and also on my switch leg leap. My score was horrible with an 8.3. Next was one of my best events, floor. I did real good. No major mess ups took place. Just a little of the usual ones like bent legs, unpointed toes. My score was 9.2. Last was vault. In warm up I only stuck one or two of them, I was nervous. I wasn't exactly sure what I was planning on doing. The first one I did tsuk tuck. I fell on my butt so Sergei told me to do tsuk pike. I did it and stuck it but the score was still pretty bad with a 8.65. Well I guess you could consider this as a good thing. Its my first 34 ever! And I just checked, I came in 19th place, go me!! OOPS...I just checked again 12/18/07 and I came in 10th place. I guess that everyone is destined to have at least one bad meet!!

~Majesta

Meet Tomorrow!

2007-11-30T21:44:00.000-05:00

2007 Yurchenko Invitational

November 30 - December 2, 2007

Tonight was a fun night. I got to practice with team one again. We started on vault. Out of three vaults I stuck two ( I was vaulting on #6). Not too bad. Then we went to bars. I did one low bar and one high bar. Then I did one routine. I did pretty well on that. Next was beam. I didn't even warm up my back walkover back tuck but in my routine I stuck it. Then floor. We just warmed up our tumbling passes and then we were done. Today was a short practice. Afterwards we went to the Chinese buffet. I had a really great time. We laughed and talked a lot. We even saw someone we knew there. If I ever get the chance again, I'm definitely going! What a great time we had...

~Jesterz

Turkey Time!

2007-11-22T20:12:00.000-05:00

Fall Frenzy My First Meet - Level 8

2007-11-12T15:16:00.000-05:00

Saturday, November 11, 2007 was my first meet in level eight. It was pretty fun considering some of the mess ups I did. All the optionals competed together. Level seven started on bars and levels eight, nine, and ten started on vault. I was third competing. I decided I was going to go for a tsuk pike and I ended up falling on my butt. I went again doing tsuk tuck and my score was an 8.825. Next event was bars. I did pretty good except when I was going down after my cast turn my legs hit the floor, my score on this event was an 8.525. Next was beam, my best event. I stuck my routine and it was really solid. I ended up getting a score of a 9.4. Last event was floor, I did pretty ok but I could of done much better, my score was a 9.175. According to my dad I didn't try my best. My all-around was second place with a score of 35.975. My bars and beam got me second place and my floor and vault got me third.
A cool thing is that Shannon Miller
and Sean Golden visited our gym on the day of our meet. They talked to us and we got some autographs. A cool thing that she did was...she autographed.......
our competition beam
and took a team picture with us. I got a couple pictures of them also. A funny thing also happened when we were waiting for scores. The coaches had a handstand contest, Sergei put in a good effort but he didn't win.

Well, that was my meet!

Post a comment and tell me what you think or send to Kristienix@aol.com

~Majesta Valentine

PIT TIME!!!

2007-11-04T20:47:00.000-05:00

Thursday... we had vault, beam, and bars. On vault of course I did tsuk. They were horrible. I don't know why I'm doing so bad on vault, I keep falling on my butt. On beam we did routines, Mrs. Tamara judged me and I got a 9.45 and I didn't fall. On bars we were supposed to do routines but once again I chickened out. I keep stopping...when I get to the high-bar and I won't go for the high-bar. Friday...we had Beam and floor. On beam we did routines once again(this is getting boring... I know... just hold in...) and we just did five this time. On floor we did routines and it was really good, I wasn't tired or anything. Saturday we had vault, floor and bars. This was a little mixed up because Mrs. Tamara had to leave early so we didn't get to do what we usually do. On vault I did tsuks and still kept falling on my butt. Floor I did good and on Bars all everyone did was low-bar the whole hour. That night there was a at the gym, I went to it. We cleaned out the whole pit and added new cubes. There aren't enough cubes so we can't go in the pit. That night we played fun games like chicken in the pen house, , handstand & headstand contests and more. We took some pictures and my friends and I stayed up until like 3:30. But really it was like 4:30 because it was daylight savings time so we had 2:00 AM twice. It was really fun and I had a real great time.
Check out the pictures below...you can leave a comment to say how your sleepover went!!!!

" KMC Pit Cleaning Sleepover"

Please post a comment and tell everyone how the sleepover was for you!!!

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2007-11-01T22:53:00.000-04:00

Monday we had beam and floor. On beam I stuck two routines out of five. That's pretty good because I only do connection on one beam and I did routines on that beam twice. On floor we did the regular thing. We warmed up our tumbling passes and did routines. I did the regular But this time I did one and a half on my last tumbling pass. It wasn't the best ever but at least I didn't fall on it. Tuesday we had bars and vault. Bars we did our routines as usual. I finished my two routines and started working more on cast turn. On vault we did tsuks. I stuck most of them but they weren't good. Then on Thursday (today) we had vault beam and bars. On vault we did tsuks again but they weren't that good. I fell on my butt most of the times. Then on beam I didn't sick any routines. I stuck some of my connections but not my routines. On bars I only did one routine because I broke my arm..... JUST KIDDING!! I just didn't do very good on my other low bars so I didn't go to high bar. Oh yeah and I have a question for you. On Saturday our gym is having a sleepover, should I go?? I can't decide. Just comment telling me what you think.

~Majesta Valentine

Sleep Over!!

2007-10-28T12:19:00.000-04:00

Thursday we had vault, beam, and bars. On vault we set up a drill thing. We put the rezi behind the vault and then added a cheese mat. We did drills for tsuk like standing on the cheese after you finished. Then on beam we did routines. I actually stuck a routine!! :) Only one though, the others I fell on. Then we had bars. On bars we did kip cast free-hip and kip cast turns. Sergei wasn't in a very good mood . On Friday I practiced with team one again. We did floor and beam . On floor we warmed up our tumbling and did routines. I did pretty good. The people on the team only counted four mistakes. Then on beam I worked on round-off double back into the pit. It's getting better but I keep landing on my face. I also did two back handsprings. I stuck five out of five. Then came Saturday. We did vault, bars, and dance. On vault I did tsuk pike with a real mat down. I stuck it. On bars we worked on high bar which is kip cast to handstand, two giants and dismount. Sergei said I wasn't doing them right. I also worked on free-hip. Dance we did our regular stuff. That night my friend Sam (from the gym) came shopping with us and helped me pick out my Halloween costume. She slept over and I had a really great time, tootles!!

~Majesta Valentine

Candy!!!

2007-10-23T22:53:00.000-04:00

Monday we did the same old thing and did beam and floor. On beam all I got to do was routines because Mrs. Tamara wanted us to stick three routines. I only stuck two by the time beam was over. I kept falling on either back walkover back tuck or front handspring. Then we went to floor. We armed up our tumbling passes (round-off back whip back tuck, front handspring front layout, and round-off back handspring one and a half). We did routines and I was second. I did pretty good but Sergei was upset with some of the people on our team so we got a talk. Then on Tuesday (today) we did bars and vault. On bars Sergei spotted us for kip cast to handstand and then we did cast turns. We then went to vault with Mrs. Tamara. I did tsuk and she made us put another eight inch mat on top of the first one. She said if I landed two that I would get candy. I did and so then I got smarties. Then we did conditioning, run, and then we went home.

~Majesta

Thank you very much for all your support and donations!!!

Wreath Fundraising:
Pam
Nancy

Boo!

2007-10-21T21:53:00.002-04:00

On Friday I practiced with team one. I had a great time. We did tumbling and beam. Floor we did the same old things. We warmed up the tumbling passes in our routine. Mine are whip back tuck, Front handspring front full, and round-off back whip back tuck. Then we did routines. I did ok. I stuck all of my passes. then on beam I worked on round-off double back into the pit from the beam.
The reason I practiced with team one is because I wanted to go to teen skating with my friends. We skated and we danced to a whole bunch of songs.
Then on Saturday some of team one practiced with us. This is because one of our gymnasts is almost elite so she went to the clinic. Sergei wasn't there so the coaches asked compulsory to practice together and optional to practice together. So we did tumbling first. We did the same thing. We warmed up our tumbling passes and did our routines. Then we went to vault. On here I did a couple front handsprings. Then I started the tsuk. I did tsuk pike and thats about it. Then we did a half an hour of tumble track and a half an hour of beam. On tumble track I worked on front handspring front full because its still not perfected. Then on beam I worked on round-off double back again into the pit.
That night me and my friends went to The Bates Motel.
It was really scary. We went through The Bates Motel first. A lot of people popped up and once I fell, LOL.Then we went through the corn maze. It wasn't really a maze because they led you through the way. Things popped up in this one too. At the very end of the maze Jason came out with a chain saw. The chain saw hit the back of my leg but it didn't have the chain on it. Still I screamed and ran for my life out of that corn maze. Last was the hayride. We waited for two hours but I think it was worth the wait. We rode through and again things popped up. We went through little scenes like one was a chop shop.
There were body parts and one of the people had a chain saw. It really scared me.

One scene was a gas station and the gas station lit on fire.
My favorite though was when somebody jumped out of a grave. I had a really good time.

HeHe!!

2007-10-18T22:52:00.001-04:00

Well, this blog is for Tuesday and today. Tuesday we had bars and vault. On bars we started routines. I did one and fell on the rest of them. You see, I have this little problem with routines and it takes me a little while to do them. That's all we did for bars. On vault I did some front handsprings, then I started tsuk pike. They were pretty good and I was landing on my feet a lot. Today we had vault, beam, and bars. On vault I had a pretty slow run. I just wasn't into vaulting today. I did front handsprings and then tsuk pikes. I also stuck almost all of the ones I tried to land. Then on beam we did routines. We had to go on both new and new new. Those are the names our team made up for the main beams. I don't like new very much because with my beam shoes I slide alot. So on one beam I would do my back walkover back tuck connection and on new I wouldn't. I only stuck one back walkover back tuck on high beam. Then we went to bars. We did routines again. I think I'm getting over my fear because I did two routines and even though my legs were a little bent, I still did it and didn't cry! Then we did conditioning and went home.

Wreath Fundraising:
Tammy Stevens
Mr. Potter
Phyllis

Thank you very much for all your support and donations!!!

~Majesta

Hi!!

2007-10-15T22:52:00.000-04:00

Hey, on Saturday we had vault, bars, and dance. On vault, Sergei had me do that pike thing again, and it didn't really work out. I kept landing on my butt. On bars, we did the usual. We started out with free-hips. Some of mine were to handstand but still weren't that good. Then I did cast turns. It was kind of like a drill because after we turned, we were supposed to land on the big block that was right behind it. I did pretty good on them. Then in dance we did the regular stuff that I don't know the names of but oh well. I know that we did floor routines without tumbling though. Mrs. Tamara judged us on our presentation. Instead of doing number judging, I got graded a "B". On Monday (today) we had beam and floor. We did stations today. I started out doing back handspring jump up. Then I went to do back handspring back tuck, I only stuck one out of many, then I did four routines. I fell on back walkover back tuck on every one and I fell on back handspring once, then I worked on side ariel. On floor I did front layouts, back whips and fulls. We did routines and I thought I did pretty good. Then we conditioned and went home.

~Majesta

Friday

2007-10-12T22:29:00.000-04:00

Today I had a private plus regular practice. In my private I was working on straddle giants on regular bars. I did really good on them. Then we went to tumbling. I did back whip back tuck/layout/full. The tucks and layouts were pretty good except the fulls were pretty bad. That's all I did in my private. Then was regular practice. Only four girls showed up on our team and two are injured . We had beam and floor. On beam I did five routines, stuck one. Mrs. Tamara judged me and she said I got 8.8 with a fall. Do the math it would be 9.3 without a fall. Then I worked on back handspring back tuck with a pad. I didn't do very well on them because my back handsprings are pretty bad. Then we had floor, only me and another girl, Sam, were there because the other two were injured. We did front handspring front layouts. They were good. Then we did back whip back tucks. I was good on them because I have already done back whip back full on floor. Then we conditioned and went home!!

~Majesta

Thursday

2007-10-11T22:15:00.000-04:00

Tonight was a four hour night. We had vault, beam and bars. On vault I was doing tsuk pike, I don't know why though. I had a pretty good night on vault. Then we went to beam, I worked on my connections and did three routines. One of them I stuck but the other two I fell on back walkover back tuck. I stuck three back walkovers the whole night. Then we went to bars. We started on giants and on every single one, I hit my feet. Sergei sent me to staps because he thinks its time for me to learn straddle giants. I actually had a hard time with them. That's what I did for the rest of bars. Something funny to give you a good laugh is that yesterday I fell off a chair. I was standing on it and it started tipping and then I fell. I hurt my wrist so today in practice I had to wear wrist supports (if I was allowed). Well hope ya have a good night, bye!!

~Majesta

Tuesday!!

2007-10-09T22:28:00.001-04:00

Tonight we had bars and vault. On bars Sergei had me do kip cast to handstand, two giants and dismount on regular bars. After I did that, I pretty much worked on kip cast free-hip to handstand. Every time I tried to connect it all together, I didn't do free-hip to handstand. When I did free-hip alone though, I would do it all the way up. Then we had vault with Mrs. Tamara. I did a couple front handsprings and then started to tsuk. I did tsuk layout and stuck it so Mrs. Tamara said that I would compete that. I'm so happy that I can finally do something on the vault that I can compete with. We left at 8:30 so I only got about forty-five minutes on vault. So I conditioned for about ten minutes and went home.

Majesta Valentine

Monday

2007-10-08T15:53:00.000-04:00

Sorry that I keep missing days, it's just really hard for me to get a hang of it. Well on Saturday we had Vault, Bars and dance. On vault I didn't get to flip again because we had put the drill thing there again. The drill thing is that we get the rezi and out that behind the vault. Then we get a cheese or sometimes just another eight inch mat and we vault onto that. I did pretty well on that. Then we had bars. I did kip cast free-hip and also kip cast turn. Sergei wanted us to start working on our routines so I did giant dismount on the regular bars. Then we went to dance. I don't really know any of the names but I know that we did dance... lol. I'm not the best in dance so I really don't know what they are talking about. Many thanks to all that purchased wreaths for my fundraising! Also, thanks to Misty & Marc for a Web Donation!

Web Donation:
Misty & Marc

Wreath Fundraising:
Miss Kathy
Mark Denver
Lisa Fuscellaro
Aunt Jo and Steve
Nicole Alexander

Christmas Wreath Fundraiser

2007-10-07T20:27:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone!

Majesta is selling Christmas Wreaths to support our gymnastics gym. Some of the profits from the sale will be put into her account at the gym to help pay for coach's fees, meets and etc... The parent organization chose 3 different wreath because we have to order them in bulk of 100. If you are interested in any other, they are listed below also but they are direct delivery to you and are more expensive.

If you are interested you could contact me via email (KristieNix@aol.com) for payment options.

Thanks for your support!
Maria (Majesta's Mom)

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These wreaths will be sent to me and I will deliver to you:

Price $20.00
Each 22" mixed evergreen wreath package includes:
An aromatic combination of noble fir, incense cedar and berried juniper
Pre-tied red velvet water repellent bow in separate bag
Natural pine cones in separate, moisture-proof bag
Simple decorating instructions with illustrations
Easy-to-handle, plastic carrying bag

Price: $17.00

Each door swag package includes:
Fresh Pacific Northwest evergreens, noble fir, cedar and pine
Approximately 22" wide by 30" long
Pre-tied red velvet water repellent bow in separate bag
Natural and snowy pine cones in separate, moisture-proof bag
Easy-to-handle, plastic carrying bag

Price: $19.00 ea.
(2 garlands shown in picture)
Each garland package includes:
Ten-feet of gorgeous garland
Fragrant fresh-cut western cedar
Easy-to-handle, plastic carrying bag
( Note: 2 garlands pictured )

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These wreaths will be sent directly to you :

Price: $35.50

Each 22" mixed evergreen gift wreath includes:
Noble fir, incense cedar and berried juniper
Deluxe, pre-tied plaid bow
Attached natural pine cones
Poly-bag wrapping to retain moisture
Guaranteed fresh delivery within the first two weeks after Thanksgiving
Personalized gift message

Price: $30.00
Each gift centerpiece includes:
Cedar, noble fir, pine and berried juniper
Natural and snowy pine cones
Arranged in an oasis block and bowl
Guaranteed fresh delivery within the first two weeks after Thanksgiving
Personalized gift message

Price: $32.00
Each gift door swag includes:
Fresh Pacific Northwest evergreens, noble fir, cedar and pine
Approximately 22" wide by 30" long
Pre-tied red velvet water repellent bow
Attached natural and snowy pine cones
Guaranteed fresh delivery within the first two weeks after Thanksgiving
Personalized gift message

Price: $28.00
Each cone gift basket package includes:
Festive assortment of large, medium and small natural and snowy pine cones
Large handmade wicker basket
Delivery within the first two weeks after Thanksgiving
Personalized gift message

Price: $38.00
Each 28" noble fir gift wreath package includes:
Our largest, most dramatic noble fir wreath
Pre-tied red velvet, water repellent bow
Snowy pine cones attached
Guaranteed fresh delivery within the first two weeks after Thanksgiving
Personalized gift message

Price: $39.00
Each gift garland includes:
Two stunning ten-foot garlands made of fragrant, fresh-cut western cedar
Guaranteed fresh delivery within the first two weeks after Thanksgiving
Personalized gift message

Price: $67.00
Complete holiday gift package includes:
One 22" Mixed Evergreen Wreath with plaid bow and attached natural pine cones
Two stunning ten-foot garlands
Guaranteed fresh delivery within the first two weeks after Thanksgiving
Personalized gift message

Thursday & Friday (sorry I missed yesterday!)

2007-10-05T21:49:00.000-04:00

Hey guys sorry that I didn't post last night. I was kind of busy. Well anyway, last night we had vault, beam, and bars. Vault was ok, but I didn't get to flip because we were doing this drill thing. On beam I was still working with my back walkover back tuck which is still pretty bad. In my routine I didn't stick and of my connections. Then on bars I did kip cast free-hip to handstand again. That was pretty good, I guess I got better. Then I did kip cast turn which was also pretty good. Then I went to pit bar and did a couple pak's into the pit. The next day (which is today) we had beam and floor. On beam I had the same problem, I didn't stick any of my connections in my routines. After I did three routines, Mrs. Tamara had me work on two back handsprings. I had the mat that makes the beam wider so it wasn't that hard.Then we had floor. I started out with front layout. They were good so Sergei told me to try front handspring front layout front tuck, so I did. I stuck the two that I tried and then I went to front full. I didn't do very well on them. Next I did back whips. I only did a couple of them and then started back layout. I did two of those and fulls. Then I went to one and a half. They were prett y good. Time for routines on floor! I was third. My tumbling passes were 1) round-off back handspring one and a half 2) front layout and 3) round-off back handspring back full. My routine was pretty good except for the part when I did one and a half. The only problem was that I didn't know what to do because I usually land the other way, so I just turned around. Everybody thought that was funny. In conditioning we had a competition (our team won!!). Well that's pretty much it, Bye!
Majesta Valentine

Wednesday

2007-10-03T22:24:00.000-04:00

Tonight I didn't have gymnastics. Instead, when I got home, I went on the computer. Then my mom and I walked around the corner asking for people to buy wreaths. It's a fundraiser for my gym. A couple people donated and then we went home. We took a trip to my moms friend's house to ask her. Of course she donated. That's pretty much my day when I have gym off.

Majesta Valentine

Tuesday

2007-10-02T23:14:00.001-04:00

Today I also had gym from 6-9. We did warm-up as usual and started on bars. Sergei had us do kip cast free hip. I noticed that it wasn't very good so that's going to be added to the "need to work on list." Then after doing a few of them, we went to pit bar where we did dismounts. I wanted to put a mat in the pit but one of my teammates had injured her foot and was doing bars so we couldn't. I did lots of double backs and they were pretty good. He said they were good except I need more control. We then went to vault. I did front handsprings for warm up, then I started tsuk. I landed about four on the mat but the others weren't that good. Maybe I'll do better next time. Then we conditioned and went home. Another donation!!! One of my bestfriend's dad donated money to me. Thank you Mr. Bayalis!

New Web donations-
Mr. Bayalis

October 1, 2007

2007-10-01T22:33:00.000-04:00

Well today I had practice from 6-9. We started our warm-up and did everything from simple jumps to casts on the bars. Then we started beam so I put on my beam shoes (new accessory) and went over. Our coach, Mrs. Tamara, went to a thing called congress on Friday and Saturday so she was telling us about it. She was showing us the proper forms and dance for the beam. We did our walks and she started us on our connections. Since my connection is back walkover back tuck that's what I did. I did a couple and on one, I was landing my back tuck but one of my feet missed the beam. I fell but I was ok. Then I did it again, this time I landed sideways and kind of hurt my ankle, but it wasn't major. Then we went on to floor. I did lots of front layouts and then our coach, Sergei, told us to do back tumbling. I did two back layouts, two back fulls, then I started working on one and a half. I landed most of them and did pretty good on them. Then we conditioned and went home. ALSO, today my mom sent my website to all of my teachers. They all said something positive to me. When I got home my mom was checking her e-mail. One of my teachers, Mrs. Carlson, had donated money to help our family financially in my gymnastics. I'm so grateful. Well that was pretty much my day. Have a good one!!

Majesta Valentine

P.S.
Thanks to all who donated!!!

Web donations-
Aunt Jo
Mrs. Carlson

Business card advertising donations-
Mid- Atlantic Consultants, LLC- Aunt Jo
InnovativEnergy- Joseph and Bev Kozlowski
Grandmom, Mom, Dad, Kristina, Colton, Reeger, Chris, and Kyle

Hi everybody

2007-09-30T18:43:00.000-04:00

September 30, 2007 (happy birthday mom!!)

Hey, as you can see, my name is Majesta Valentine. I'm currently going into level eight from a great season on level seven at KMC Gymnastics. I don't just like gymnastics though. I like to swim, ride bikes, and go on the computer. In this post and many others, I'll tell you guys all about my accomplishment in gymnastics. I'm trying to master many skills at this time. On bars I need my cast turn and my double back dismount. I'm also working ahead and learning pak salto. On floor all I need is a back whip back full. On beam I need my connection which is back walkover back tuck. And on vault I just need to stick the landing for tsuk on an eight inch mat. Hopefully I'll get my competing elements in time for my first competition at KMC's Fall Frenzy. Wish me luck!
Sincerely,

Majesta Valentine