The last first home meet for gymnastics seniors Krishna Goradia and Meagan Roberts took place on Wednesday, Jan. 7.

“I did better in some events than I thought I would, and then I did worse in the events that I thought I was going to do well in,” Goradia said. Roberts, on the other hand, wasn’t satisfied with her final rankings.

“I got an 8.0 on floor which is good but due to the difficulty of my floor routine and how many superiors and high superiors I have [in the routine] I feel like it should have been scored higher. It wasn’t my best,” Roberts said. Superior and high superior skills refer to the level of complexity of the moves in floor routines.

Roberts competes in all four of the events in gymnastics: beam, bars, floor and vault. For her, floor routines are the best aspect of gymnastics.

“I really like floor because if you mess up it’s easy to fix. You can’t fall off of anything and it’s really easy to make up dance,” Roberts said. Her routine this year is set to different music and one of her favorites.

“I dance to ‘Feeling Good’ by Michael Buble. It’s a really sassy song so I really get into it. I [also] really like tumbling because tumbling makes me feel like I can just tumble everything away,” Roberts said.

Goradia, on the other hand, prefers the beam.

“They’re all challenging but I think for me personally beam is the most challenging. It’s kind of fun to try and improve and compete in it and see how well I do,” Goradia said. Although she occasionally participates in all four events, last year an injury restricted her from most of the events.

“I ended up doing a lot of bars–like, that’s all I did last season–so I got a lot better at that,” Goradia said.

Goradia and Roberts were voted in as the team captains at the beginning of the season. Michael King, the gymnastics coach, feels that the two seniors are doing well with their new responsibilities.

“They have been great leaders,” King said. “I like the way they care for the other gymnasts.” Both Roberts and Goradia enjoy helping out the younger gymnasts.

“They respect me because I’m older and I’ve done this for four years but also because I’m a captain,” Roberts said. “Whenever they need help, they know they can come to me. I made a lot of the girls’ routines on floor and on beam and I help them on bars and on vault. I help them whenever I can and they know it means something because I’ve done this for four years.”

Goradia likes knowing how everything runs, however, and being there to help out the younger girls.

“I think since a lot of the girls are younger and they’re newer it’s fun to teach them and watch them improve. You can really tell when they’re more confident on beam or when they get a new skill how happy they get; it’s cute,” Goradia said. However, she mentioned that sometimes it’s hard to lead when the younger girls don’t want to listen.

Over the past years, King has watched Roberts and Goradia grow into leaders.

“They both have improved in their skills and commitment to the team,” he said. As for specific skills, King cited important qualities he sees in both of them.

“[For Roberts], her creativity, flexibility and passion to lead [stand out],” he said. “[Goradia puts in] hard work, persistence and willingness to try things for the betterment of the team.”

Roberts loves leading the gymnastics team, but her struggles are less complex than the ones Goradia referenced.

“[The hardest part will be] saying goodbye,” Roberts said.

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Meagan Roberts mid-flip.