A certain 10 year old girl who lives in my house decided to 'show up' for her first 2009 short course swim meet this morning.We started the morning with 50 yard freestyle - she dropped 4.5 seconds from her fastest time and won the heat. Next up was 50 yard backstroke, taking off a whopping 9 seconds from her fastest time. Third, the fan favorite, was her 50 yard breaststroke, where she dropped 5.5 seconds and again won the heat. This was her best race today - at the end of the first length, she was 4th coming off of the wall on her flip turn. I was very nervous, biting my nails, standing next to Coach Herb, yelling at her to get going. Coach Herb calmly says in my ear, "she's about to turn it on." Her coaching kicked in, and turn it on she did. She ended up winning the heat by two body lengths. It was pretty sweet. Her final heat winner of the day was her 100 yard freestyle, where she went from a 1:40:31 to a 1:29:99. She was pretty pumped up! Way to go Gray Gray!
2 comments:
WOW, Gracie. What an amazing day of swimming. Keep up the great work. We join your family with great pride in your accomplishments! We love you. Nana and Papa
WHOO HOO GRAY GRAY!!! I am so PROUD OF YOU!!! You are an amazing swimmer. Way to TURN IT ON!! :D We love you and MISS YOU VERY VERY MUCH!
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