Janelle now is travelling around France with her Mom and Dad. They might even meet Julie and her Mom in some Cafe in Paris!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Janelle Finals in Photos
Janelle 1st Pass in Photos
Here are some fantastic photos of Janelle as she made her way through the day.
Special thanks are due to Trish Quinney from Edmonton who took many of these great shots.
I also owe special thanks to Brett Macaulay who took care of Janelle so well while I came home to work with everyone here. A great friend and a great coach who you can see was beside her every step. I owe him a steak dinner (at least).
March-in
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Janelle Competes!
Well Janelle got to compete today. Actually it was between 3:22 and 3:54 am our time so I was up in the middle of the night with my BlackBerry glued to my hand getting updates from Marthe and Janelle!
After Prelims here's what they sent to me.
!!!
Janelle: "Super good passes. One step both just outside of the box but good half-outs and I kept my head down in my double lay. I'm super happy! :D"
No Doubt!
Janelle is clearly a Rockstar! Follow this link and check out her passes! You just have to pick the 17-18 DMT Women from the drop down menu above the little screen and choose Janelle!
Janelle made finals for the first time at WAGs! So cool. So now she gets to show her Back Straight to Half-in Full-out Straight routine and her Double-Tuck to Half Full Tuck. The dd in the first is a little low compared to her other passes (4.6 as compared to 5.2's for the prelim passes) but her second pass in finals is just as strong (another 5.2).
She competed her finals in the evening there so the updates came in between 10:30 and noon our time so I've been able to keep up while working. Here's what Marthe and Janelle had to say:
After Finals
Marthe: "Out of box in first routine 31.9..... Second NAILED 32.9...... Mariah 1st...... Two to go but sitting at 3rd.... Something happened - Mariah is 2nd - USA is 1st..... Janelle stayed the same. Finished at fourth."
Nice!
Janelle: " Back lay half full straight was nice. Back lay was great. Half full was a little low. Landed in the box one step out. Double tuck half full tuck was amazing! Stuck in the box!! And now I'm in doping. :P haha."
I told her to try and take less than the 3 hours that Cori took for her doping testing. :-)>
We are soo proud of Janelle. Hah!
Stay Strong,
Jamie
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Cori Vid
Here is a link to the Video Brett Macaulay put together of Corissa's last day of competition.
The close-up shots of her face near the beginning are from Brett holding his camera about 6" from her face to try and distract her as she was showing routines in the front gym to prepare her for the way it was going to be when she competed. It then shows her warm-ups in the back gym, her two touches out in the competition space and, finally, her competition passes. Awards etc. follow.
Yay Corissa!
Janelle competes on Thursday so we'll be thinking of her then and I'll keep you posted on any updates I get in the days to come.
Go Janelle, Go Airdrie, Go Canada!
Stay Strong,
Jamie
Monday, November 15, 2010
WAGs!
And now.... Janelle.
Yesss.
Janelle arrived at the meet tired but excited. I was lucky enough to see her several times in the days that we were both there and she was enjoying watching the Worlds competition and ready to get on with her own part in WAGs.
Janelle has been sending me some updates as to how training is going.
In a word....
Amazing.
After Day 1 here's what she said:
"Training went really well. Both prelims with one step in the box. Back lay half full straight first try no warm up and one step in the box. Then double tuck to a mat and back lay half full tuck with one step in the box..... I'm really happy with how well it all went. I'm feeling really confident and prepared."
After Day 2:
"Training went really well today too. :D I.. produced one of each preliminary and a back lay half full straight twice and a double tuck spotter. (this was all in the training hall) Then went to the front gym and did a two touch then did both prelims landed in the box... and a double tuck to half full tuck stuck in the box. Then did back lay to half full straight with one step in the box :)"
Janelle after Training.
Janelle is competing Half-out Tuck to Double-Straight in Prelims along with a Half-out Pike to Double Pike. If she executes these well enough and continues on to finals she will do spotter Back Straight to Half-in Full-out Straight and spotter Double Tuck to Half-in Full-out Tuck.
She's going to Rock!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
World Champion!
Today was amazing.
Fantastic.
Flawless.
Cori stepped up to the plate today feeling fantastic. She has trained every day for 6 days and has completed 31 repetitions of her routines in training and competition. Today she shows Half-in Full-out Tuck to Full-out Tuck and Half-in Full-out Straight to Double Straight. She is in the middle of the pack DD-wise (these are the very best) and she will need to hit.
Hard.
She had an opportunity to warm-up in the Comp gym and nailed down one of each routine there. We made sure that she pre-experienced everything. Brett even took video of her with the camera about 6" from her face because that's where the TV cameras are when you compete.
She then went to the back gym and did another of each just to stay on top of her game. It was interesting seeing how each competitor took the pressure in their own way. Some were irritable, some silly, one was napping when we were just about to walk out. Cori was fully dressed in her suit, tracksuit, and outside jacket (she likes to remain warm to the point of sweating). She was dancing, pacing and focusing, broken up by the odd comment, question or chat.
She marched out and did her two touches. She looked great. In control but fierce.
Maybe even ferocious.
Entirely in the moment.
She was great in her first routine and so were all the top girls. The American did not have the DD to compete but the rest were on target.
Because Corissa was first after prelims she will compete last. By the time it is her turn again the wind is against her. The British girls have both zeroed their 2nd pass (one cleared the mini on a straight jump and the other hit the side pads) and Sylvia from Portugal has done a beautiful Half-Full Straight mount (the same one Cori is about to do and the biggest DD mount that any woman has ever done) that was far too long and she crashed, hard, on the back of her head. She is uninjured but out of the game. Despite these three athletes off the board the other 4 have all hit. Corissa must drop her pass into the box with no errors. She has been doing this all week. She just needs to do it one more time.
Brilliant and the rest is history.
Brett took video and created a movie of Cori's warm-up, touches, competition, and awards.
Enjoy and see you all this week.
Stay Strong,
Jamie
Friday, November 12, 2010
Highs and Lows
Yesterday was a day of the highest highs and the lowest lows.
But first... We went for a walk.
Metz has been held by both France and Germany over the years and has seen a lot of fighting. Evidence is everywhere. In Canada I think we sometimes boil down European battles to those in World Wars 1 and 2 (both of which were largely fought on French soil) but it has gone on for centuries. I wonder if we're now in their longest stretch of uninterrupted peace? The towers housed artillery batteries. The arch celebrates the various times Metz was liberated from the Germans. The cement ping-pong table in the park nearby celebrates how life goes on and ping pong endures.... (??!!)
I'm trying to imagine how hard it would be to play ping-pong in any sort of wind.
Brett and I also found a sweet playground on our walk. I will be sure to post some photos or bring them home. It had spinny ride things but it also had a sort of hand operated pump organ. Very cool. We got a little lost and then headed to the gym for lunch.
It was now time for the DMT Women to warm-up and compete.
There were three flights and our girls were spread out across all three. Kim Evans was in the first, Gillian and Corissa in the second, and Julie in the third.
Kim warmed up in the back gym with Trish, Brett, and I. Then Trish took her out into the Comp Hall. The strategy was to try and nail down the Half-out Tuck to Full-out Straight and Half-out Pike to Full-out Tuck that are her two highest DD routines. These gave her the best scoring potential here at her first World Championships. She did great and hit both routines. In the box, clean and solid. Brett and I were in the Training Hall with Gillian and Cori but could see the results on a TV screen as they came up and heard all about it after.
Gillian and Cori warmed up with both Brett and I. I then took the two of them out into the Comp Hall. Gillian had the same routines and same strategy as Kim. She had just warmed up two of the nicest passes I had ever seen her do and her head seemed to be in just the right place. Her HOT FOS was good and her landing was just outside the box. Her HOP FOT was stronger and landed in the box with a step. Cori was absolutely on her game and did her Half-out Pike to Full-out Straight and Half-out Tuck to Double Full-out Straight beautifully. These routines were amongst the highest in prelims. She did the first routine about as well as she possibly could have (a dead stick in the box!). Her 2nd routine she rushed just a little but it was still very nice and enough to put her in a strong spot for Finals.
Meanwhile Julie warmed up in the Training Hall with Brett and was dead-on. One of each of her passes done very well. Great set-up and ready to rock.
Julie came out into the Competition Hall where I was waiting. She looked calm and ready. She took her two touch and was set to go. Our strategy with Julie was to take it easy on the first pass with a Half-out Tuck to Full-in Full-out Tuck and then rock a much higher difficulty Half-out Pike to Double Full-out Straight. This would leave her with the highest DD finals routines of the meet to do in Finals and a great shot at a personal best there. She did a great job of her HOT FFT but went a little long in her HOP for her second pass. Unsure of just how long she was she subbed a Double Tuck. Unfortunately the subbed second routine combined with the deliberately low first pass just wasn't enough to contend at this level. Her week was suddenly over and we were both a little stunned.
In the end Corissa was 1st into finals with both passes scoring higher than any others and awith a fight to come. Several of the girls looked great. The two Russians Goncharenko and Balandina are very strong and former World Champion Sylvia Saiote looks better than ever. South African Bianca Budler has come out of nowhere with huge, clean, routines and her best saved for Finals. The America McKenna Kurz is brand new and we had no idea what she would show, Adeva Bryant from GBR had improved immensely since last seen so could be a threat and Canadian turned GBR competitor Robyn Osborne had a chance as well.
She would need to be strong.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Camo Ninja!
As mentioned here are some of Trish's amazing photos of the DMT Ninja crew in camouflage mode!
Team Photo with Tandoori the Chicken
Off to breakfast!
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