Emily had her first swim meet of the summer.
I'm not sure who was more nervous and excited - me or her. OK, it was probably me.
Our team, and the team we were swimming against are both really big, so they split the teams into 2 groups - faster kids & others who are not as strong, and had 2 meets. She is on the better team, which made me happy, but also anxious because it meant she'd be swimming against their better kids. PLUS, they put her in the first heat of each event - which is for the fastest swimmers. I wanted to give her a pep talk, or reminders but bit my tongue and said "Have fun, do your best" so I didn't stress her out.
We had to be there at 8:30am for warm ups, the meet started at 9 - but diving goes first, so it was 10am by the time they got started.
After warm ups.
I'm not sure who was more nervous and excited - me or her. OK, it was probably me.
Our team, and the team we were swimming against are both really big, so they split the teams into 2 groups - faster kids & others who are not as strong, and had 2 meets. She is on the better team, which made me happy, but also anxious because it meant she'd be swimming against their better kids. PLUS, they put her in the first heat of each event - which is for the fastest swimmers. I wanted to give her a pep talk, or reminders but bit my tongue and said "Have fun, do your best" so I didn't stress her out.
We had to be there at 8:30am for warm ups, the meet started at 9 - but diving goes first, so it was 10am by the time they got started.
After warm ups.
A little nervous.
Pep talk from coach Kevin (in the blue on the left.)Emy is in the striped towel towards the right.
Listening intently (because she's Em and such a good girl.)
More nerves.
I missed Emily's first race (freestyle, and her best stroke,) because I was timing. What was I thinking when I signed up to be a volunteer at the first meet!! I'm not sure what she got, or her time and either is she! It started to seriously rain as the meet ended, so everyone took off & they said they'll give out the ribbons later. I talked to her coach, who said she placed in each one - he just couldn't remember which. They do write their times on the ribbons, which is good, as she has set herself some time goals for the summer.I grabbed someone to time for me for the other races, so I could get some pictures.
Breaststroke was next.
Ready ...
GO!
Good kick & glide.
A nice two handed touch.
Well done babe!Next was butterfly.
Then the relay. Emily swam first.
They won!This was the only result I saw - the others were all so close, that as I looked up from the camera, everyone was at the end of the pool already!
Our team won the meet too, which was nice, especially for the first meet.
Done! (for the day.)
Whoa, what a swim!
- "Scuttle." (The Little Mermaid)
3 comments:
Well done, Emily! You did brilliantly.
Awesome, as you say over there!
That's so great. I'm proud of her and so impressed she can do the butterfly.
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