Wednesday was our first swim meet of the season. We were so excited we arrived well over an hour early ;-). Kristen swam her first IM of the season (she had only swam ONE in her life ;-) and she (and mom and dad) were nervous! She finished THIRD overall! Her time was 1:29.73 and was the fastest Fenton swimmer! She also took third place in the 50 yard free style with a time of 32.72. ALL of the kids took time off of their strokes from last year. Her free style relay team took second!
Kate's free style relay team took second place also. She swam the first leg and set a great pace. She took sixth place overall in her back stroke and finished first in her heat!! She took fourth place in her 25 yard free style with a time of 16.97!!
Wil finished FIRST overall in his 25 yard free style with a time of 17.72 beating the next closest swimmer by a full second! His free style relay team took first place, even though they were slated to take third! Wil swam the final leg and swam away from the other swimmers. In his back stroke he took second place with a time of 24.5 and was just out touched by the Chesterfield swimmer by .3 of a second!!
Chris and I could not tell you how proud we were of all the kids. It wasn't too many summers ago that we were happy when the kids took a bit of time off their races and were finishing in the top twenty! And now we are looking at THREE swimmers finishing in the top ten and more often then not in the top 5! We are VERY excited about the next meet and can't wait to see what happens.
The meet was called at 9:30 because of lightning and the kids did NOT get to finish the rest of their races. We were all disappointed but after 5 hours in the sweltering heat, mom and dad were glad to get into the air conditioned car. Chris and I worked the bull pen for the meet, which basically means we made sure all the swimmers were lined up and ready to swim their events. So fun to watch your kids excel (and have so much fun) in a sport that neither of us know anything about! We are truly blessed!!
Whoo Hoo! Way to go guys! We are proud of you!
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