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Once again, I am weeks behind on meets, which makes for a lengthy post, but one that the kids will love later:-)
ACAC, a 50-m pool, is never fun for the 8 and unders----swimming to noodles at the 25-m mark is just odd, and times are ridiculously recorded. But Margaret and Matthew plowed through noodle as Emily watched on---so fun to have her in town for a meet!
Oh, that little bum! Just wanna squeeze it:-)
It was an extra interesting meet with a lightening delay resulting in re-swimming a 10-point event that ended up with different results, 2 swimmers in one lane for a dead-heat 15-18-year-old race, a Little Man swimming the 7-8 50-free...
Matthew's 25-free....where is everyone else??
Commanding Finish - so awkward swimming into a teenager-lined rope!
Meg's 7-8 Medley Relay (after swimming the 9-10, too).
Although he can do a flip turn, Matthew has some fine-tuning to do. So JJ gave him the opportunity to swim the 50 Free (and 7-8 event) in the 50-m pool. Just look how he stacked up against some recently turned 9-yr-olds!
Love him on on the block! Ready to smoke 25-free!
Martin and Sarah Katz have become good friends on the lax field (Michael is coaching their 2nd) and at the pool. So sweet when Grandaddy, Ollie North, comes to meets:-)
Complimented by a former collegiate swimmer on his "turnover" in breast stroke.
Meg's fly
Andrew's breast....bottom of the age group year.
Still fluttering at the end of the breast kick----there's a reason 6 yr olds don't swim it.
Margaret's breast win finish.
Daddy made it, JUST in time!
You think his comfortable in his "next race" chair?
Matthew's 8-second free win. Unreal. (He's in lane 4, already finished and on the wall.)
Backstroke finish---where is everyone else?
Middle of the meet, with NOTHING else going on (they have 16 events between them!), Matthew decides he has waiting long enough for his first tooth to come out. (After four attempts, "we" finally listened to Mom that it just wasn't quite time yet!)
When your birthday falls on a meet for the second year in a row, cake and singing are in order:-)
Margaret is poised to beat the pool record for 8 and under fly. JJ set her up for success perfectly, swimming her exhibition so that she'd only focus on her stroke instead of the other swimmers. Lightening didn't work in our favor, nor did her goggles breaking on her dive and sinking to the bottom of the pool. So to finish 0.03 off the record....well, we only have two home meets left and the record must be set in our pool since our pool is slightly longer than regulation. Praying for no lighting or wardrobe malfunctions the next two weeks, against our toughest competition!
It's been a great season so far, but so incredibly hard to believe how fast it always, always goes. People complain about meets lasting 6:00-10:30 (don't forget warm-ups b/w 4:00-6:00!), but when you have three swimmers in 16 events, it FLIES by and just hope you don't miss any of their races.
Once again, I am weeks behind on meets, which makes for a lengthy post, but one that the kids will love later:-)
Oh, that little bum! Just wanna squeeze it:-)
It was an extra interesting meet with a lightening delay resulting in re-swimming a 10-point event that ended up with different results, 2 swimmers in one lane for a dead-heat 15-18-year-old race, a Little Man swimming the 7-8 50-free...
Commanding Finish - so awkward swimming into a teenager-lined rope!
Meg's 7-8 Medley Relay (after swimming the 9-10, too).
Although he can do a flip turn, Matthew has some fine-tuning to do. So JJ gave him the opportunity to swim the 50 Free (and 7-8 event) in the 50-m pool. Just look how he stacked up against some recently turned 9-yr-olds!
Love him on on the block! Ready to smoke 25-free!
Martin and Sarah Katz have become good friends on the lax field (Michael is coaching their 2nd) and at the pool. So sweet when Grandaddy, Ollie North, comes to meets:-)
Complimented by a former collegiate swimmer on his "turnover" in breast stroke.
Meg's fly
Andrew's breast....bottom of the age group year.
Still fluttering at the end of the breast kick----there's a reason 6 yr olds don't swim it.
Margaret's breast win finish.
Daddy made it, JUST in time!
You think his comfortable in his "next race" chair?
Matthew's 8-second free win. Unreal. (He's in lane 4, already finished and on the wall.)
Backstroke finish---where is everyone else?
Middle of the meet, with NOTHING else going on (they have 16 events between them!), Matthew decides he has waiting long enough for his first tooth to come out. (After four attempts, "we" finally listened to Mom that it just wasn't quite time yet!)
When your birthday falls on a meet for the second year in a row, cake and singing are in order:-)
Margaret is poised to beat the pool record for 8 and under fly. JJ set her up for success perfectly, swimming her exhibition so that she'd only focus on her stroke instead of the other swimmers. Lightening didn't work in our favor, nor did her goggles breaking on her dive and sinking to the bottom of the pool. So to finish 0.03 off the record....well, we only have two home meets left and the record must be set in our pool since our pool is slightly longer than regulation. Praying for no lighting or wardrobe malfunctions the next two weeks, against our toughest competition!
It's been a great season so far, but so incredibly hard to believe how fast it always, always goes. People complain about meets lasting 6:00-10:30 (don't forget warm-ups b/w 4:00-6:00!), but when you have three swimmers in 16 events, it FLIES by and just hope you don't miss any of their races.
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