It's that time of the year again ...

When this mommy starts talking about swimming ... A LOT!

Short course swim season ended back in February (races that take place in a 25Yard pool).
The girls still practiced nearly 4x a week (little ones ... 2-3x)
We did have a few "fun" meets

THEN ...

LONG COURSE season started (races that take place in a 50Meter pool).
We've had a few of those meets.
The month of May has been quite nutty, but it will slow down just a little until mid-June.

The girls have been doing AWESOME ... dropping big time from their times last summer.
This MAMA is quite proud!

The newest girl to make STATE CUTS for the long course season is my "just turned 9 year old" in the 10/U 100 and 200M freestyle. She is only 2 tenths away in her 50M free ... she'll get it. She seems to have a little bit of the hunger that daughter #2 has. They have very similar builds and stroke styles. It's really very interesting to watch.

CONGRATS to {m} ...

Comments

Kim H. said…

So exciting!!! I've loved reading all about your girls and their swimming careers! :)

And I'm sure she'll get it. You can see the fire in her eyes! :)

11:03 PM

Unknown said…

WOO HOO! Congrats to M!

I'm still learning swimming lingo. By "state cuts", do you mean she earned a B time?

When we started this sport, our state was using MN standards, not the national standards so that is what I learned. Then, last fall, MN Swimming moved to the national standards. I was lost for a while but eventually figured it out. But guess what has happened now effective 4/09? MN has abandoned the national standards ALREADY and gone back to state standards. AAAHHHH! Good grief. I give up!

10:48 AM

Tracy said…

How wonderful!!!!

1:06 PM

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