Desperate measures

All year long we had been pushing ourselves to our full potential, worked very hard, had some minor and major injuries, learned new skills, and had to always stay strong and confident in ourselves and in our teammates. It had been our final, and most important competition, and it was our time to show everyone what we have worked so hard for all season long. It was U.S Finals. The practice before the competition was extremely difficult and many incidents happened. The worst incident was when a girl broke her wrist while tumbling. The team had to quickly find a replacement for the girl with the broken wrist, and teach the new girl the whole routine, including stunts. Fortunately, she had learned quickly, and was eligible to compete. Finally, it was competition day and we were warming up our routine in the back. While in the back the worst possible thing happened; one of the bases had broken her noise which led to a concussion, and she was not able to compete. We were very desperate to find a last minute replacement. Luckily, one of the other teams had seen what happened and offered to fill in for the injured base. The team was very relieved, and we were able to compete. After competing we knew that we did not perform as planned, but we still did good and did not end up in last place. It had been a very emotional time, but we all came together and showed our love for the sport.