Just a quick update here from Cleveland, Ohio at the North Americans. The prejudging rounds - both one and two piece are over and we're just back chilling out in our room (myself, Laura, Jennie and Will).

Prejudging went pretty well overall.

Class C was Neely's class, which had a whopping 35 girls in it (this is still my beef with these shows - the huge difference between class sizes - ranging from 9 to 16-20 all the way up to 35. Anyway, Neely was pulled out in the 16 or so range - 4th callout.

Class D has Lisa Peper. Lisa looked great, eclipsing last year's conditioning. In the 2-piece round (which oddly enough was before the 1-piece here), Lisa was in the 2nd callout which was the 5-9 placing. In the 1-piece round, she got bumped up to the first call out which was the 1-5 placing, so it looks like a potential placing around 5th, which is awesome for her first shot at a National show.

Class F had Jennie Hamilton. Like Lisa, easily the best Jennie to date. In the 2-piece she was the first called out in a 5 person callout and then similar in the 1-piece, so it looks like a clear top 5 for Jennie as well - again at her first crack at a national-level show.

Keep your fingers crossed. Finals are in a couple hours. Here are a few pictures after Prejudging. We didn't get many.

Here's some pics of Jennie after the prejudging

Posted Aug 30, 2008 by Erik Ledin.
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