journal

Tuesday, December 14, 1999
Hi everyone! Welcome to my official homepage. I really hope you like it.

As you may know, I just returned from the 2000 Eastern Sectional Championships. There I placed first. I didn't skate as well as I'd hoped. In my short program I landed my double axel and triple lutz, but I fell on my Triple Axel. It was good, but I just sat down. My marks were mostly in the 5s with high of 5.5. I'll be working on it hard for Nationals in Cleveland. My spins were all very good and I was in first.

The next day was my long. I didn't skate too well. I opened with my double axel and triple lutz/triple toe combination. They were fine. Then came my Triple axel. I fell again and it was perfect. I couldn't believe I had fallen. Then I had to regroup and do triple flip. I popped it into a big single. And then instead of a triple loop, I did a double loop. I was upset with those two jumps more than anything. Then I tried to throw a triple flip in. I stepped out of it. It was really bad because I omitted much of my program to try to get the jump in. Then I finished with triple lutz and triple salchow. I'll do better at Nationals. I'm glad I didn't peak to early. Thanks again for coming to my first website!

-Johnny