Steph had two swim meets this week. One was an easy win. The other was more challenging. The meet on Thursday was pretty incredible. THREE records were broken! That doesn't happen every day. It was fun to see our girls reach a goal that they have been working toward for so many years.
Steph swims a race called the Individual Medley. Each swimmer swims four laps, each with a different stroke. It is fun to see which swimmer excels in which stroke. The strokes are...butterfly, breast, backstroke, and freestyle (which is technically any stroke they choose). To most people, freestyle means something they know as the front crawl. Anyway, I love watching it because each lap is very interesting to watch. It is a difficult race for swimmers because you need to be good at all the strokes to win races. Steph got her personal best for the IM on Thursday. (Although I'm quite sure I will get into trouble for posting these...) I managed to get pics of her doing each of the strokes. (Sorry Steph. I couldn't help myself!) Good job!! We're proud of you!
Because the opposing team was so good, the meet was very exciting. Our girls had to swim their very best. In spite of losing, I think that they did just that! The individual breaststroke race is toward the end of the meet. As the swimmer gets to the end of the pool, her teammates bend down and literally cheer in her face (or scare her to death!) to encourage her on. You can tell that it is intense by the look on their faces. It was a historic night for the CI Girls Swim/Dive team. GO BLUE!!
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