Shireen's

2009 Gymnastic

Competition Season

Crystal Cup
January 10, 2009

Our first meet of the season was Crystal Cup - hosted by Olympus
They held the meet this year in Lehi, Utah.

It was a hard meet for Shireen. She was trying her new (very hard) bar routine
for the first time. She fell twice on bars and got an 8.15. She got an 8.65 on vault,
an 8.9 on beam and an 8.9 on floor. Her all around score was 34.600.
Well, this is a good baseline for her to improve on!!

Lady Luck
Las Vegas, NV
January 17, 2009

Hopes are high for our Las Vegas meet. The girls are getting ready!

Shireen didn't do much better this meet and still fell two times on bars but she did take 5th on Vault with an 8.95.

She took 3rd on Beam with an 8.75!! She only had an 8.7 on floor and an 8.05 on bars
with an all around score of 34.450 - worse than last meet!!

The girls had fun swimming in the nice pool and playing together!
Dave (Sydney's dad) was designated babysitter while the moms shopped and played bingo!!

Before going home, we all enjoyed the wonderful crepes at the Paris buffet!!

Surf City
Anaheim, CA
January 31, 2009

Here we are at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Anaheim, CA

Shireen really wanted to do well this meet because her Uncle Massoud, Aunt Minou,
and her cousins Eleena and Camillia were there to watch her.
Her sister Shaida took some time off of school to come but she still had to study!!

This was the first time we saw the new style of scoreboard that showes up on a screen - I loved it!!

Shireen really did well on all of her routines!!

Shireen got an 8.85 on vault (6th), a 9.05 on beam (6th),
an 8.75 on floor (we felt the floor score was low!), and the highlight of the meet
was her bar routine! She caught her tkachev and did a very good routine!
She got an 8.825 (6th) but she still needs to work on her handstands to improve that score!

She finished 5th overall and we were very happy!!

Our team took a place but I can't remember if it was second or third.
The girls were excited to get the team "trophy" surf board!!

It was the first meet her cousins ever watched. I hope they enjoyed watching their cousin!!

We're in California!! Of course we went to Disneyland!!!

We met a few teammates there too. Coach Ilia, Hayley (who just had knee surgery), Taylor and her brother.

It was a fun day and they all loved Screamin!!
The bad news is that Shireen woke up the next morning very sick with a bad case of influenza!!!

WOGA
Dallas, TX
February 14, 2009

Shireen was feeling better but still week from having the flu.

The Embassy Hotel is my favorite part of the trip. The rooms are fantastic!
The meet is held in a building that is hooked on to the Hotel. It was great!!

I was so surprised to get flowers from Ahmad for Valentine's Day!
I took them with us on the plane!

Shireen had a pretty horrible meet! Natasha didn't want her to do her tkachev on the bars
but Shireen was determined to do it. She had bars first and (luckily) she caught her tkachev
and had a pretty good routine. She got an 8.875 and took 7th on bars.
That routine must have took every ounce of energy out of Shireen because she did
really bad and looked weak on the other 3 events with the lowest point being vault (7.550)!
She ended out with a (low) 33.225 all around score!

Of course Shireen managed to have some fun at the pool with her friends!

Black Diamond
February 21, 2009

Just 5 days later and Shireen had to try and get back her energy and skills!
Gymnastics is so intense on your body that being sick can really mess you up!!
She still was weak at vault (8.5),
she did her bar routine without her tkachev and fell on her dismount (8.475),
she fell on beam (8.5),
She didn't fall on floor but still only got an 8.55
but that was good enough to (luckily) get a cute (3rd place) crystal medal.

The one highlight of the meet was that our team took first place!

Bear Country Invitational
March 13, 2009

Shireen had three weeks off and finally looked much better at this meet in Logan, Ut.
Her bars looked really awesome and she got a 9.225 taking 2nd place!!

McKenna, her teammate took first with a very close score of 9.250!
Shireen got a 9.0 on vault, an 8.6 on beam, and an 8.65 on floor which was better!
She took 6th overall with a 35.475 which was much better than the last few meets!!