Conference Champs!

Anna taking a break with a twizzler

Last night we officially wrapped up our swim season. Such a busy weekend and Saturday was our conference meet. I packed a ton of food and even purchased a pop up tent. Last year we didn’t go to conference because I was racing up in Door County. This year I was absolutely committed to making sure the kids got to experience this. The morning started off SO rough. I don’t want to remember the details so I will just leave it out. Anyhow, we made it to the meet on time and set up our area and our new little tent. It was sort of like a camping/picnicking type thing since the pool was indoors, but we all had to hang out outside because there wasn’t enough room. Anna’s first race was the 200 medley relay and she was supposed to swim backstroke. She had just gotten moved up to the A relay and this was really her first time doing backstroke this year, so I was concerned for her. No problem—she did just GREAT. Anna also swam the 100 IM, and 50 fly also doing very well. David’s 50 free sent me through the roof. He cranked his arms so hard and won his heat! Ended up 7th in his age division. I was so excited for him and might have lost my voice during that race. Johnny is Mr. Social at swim team. I am glad for him to have a place where he feels he has tons of buddies, but sometimes I wondered if he even cared about his swims. Once I saw him go back outside JUST before his race and I had to leap and run to grab him. The officials even held the start. ugh. But he did have an awesome 50 free and I KNOW he really enjoyed the experience as a whole. David had strong races in all his events, the 50 back and the 50 fly. Unfortunately on the 50 fly he forgot which stroke he was swimming and did one freestyle pull therefore disqualifying himself, but a great effort! So proud of him. The loudest things got was for Anna’s 200 free relay. Anna swam third and had a solid swim, they were behind and their last girl was cranking, caught up and JUST out touched the other girl for second place. It was so fun to watch and such a great race. The best part of the whole thing was that their team WON THE CONFERENCE! The kids are so excited and I am so glad that we were a part of it. Last night was the banquet where everyone got awards and ribbons. I hoped that the satisfaction of this accomplishment paired with all of the work it took to get there really stays with them. Next year we get to move up to A Conference!