Makenzi had her first swim meet of the season today. The OST team headed to St. Johns. The excitement was high today, and Makenzi and Hope were awake at 5am. We had to be there at 8am so warm ups could start. Makenzi swam the first part of the day and she looked amazing in the water.
Her first race was a 100 yard medley relay. She was the first leg of the relay and was doing the backstroke. The next girl did the breaststroke, then next was the butterfly, and then freestyle. The relay team took 1st place. A great way to start the day!
The next race was a 50 yard freestyle. Makenzi placed 2nd in the 8 & under group. She cut 11 seconds off her personal best. When she swam this race, she looked amazing. She just glided through the water.
The third race was the 25 yard backstroke. There were 40 girls in this race and Makenzi placed 8th. Last year it took us all year to get her to qualify for 8 & under state time of 26.50 and she barely made it with 26.44. On her first try this year she got a time of 26.72. This is awesome, but now for state she has to qualify for 9/10 year old times.
The last race was another relay and the girls placed 2nd. This was a 100 yard freestyle relay so each girl did a 25 yard jot. The girls did really good.
Hope (my 11 year old niece) did very well too. She was in 3 races.
In her first race she got 23rd out of 72 girls in the 50 yard freestyle. This is an amazing accomplishment. In the 2nd race of hers she got 24th out of 36 girls. She did great. The last race was a 200 yard relay where they placed 5th. Each girl did a 50 yard jot. It was a lot of fun to watch her swim.
The everyday life that consists of triumphs and defeats. Raising three children sure lets me see lots of these...
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