The Smelker Seven

Divisionals last Saturday

Our little swimming team received this email from the secretary of the swimming club last night:

"For those of you who haven't heard, the Nadadores won the divisonal meet yesterday. Girls finished in 1st place and boys in 4th for an overall 1st place finish. Mr. Dewlen tells us that he thinks it's been 20 years since the Nadadores took divisionals. Way to go!"

I am so proud of our team. We only lost to one team during the regular season and that was mostly due to the size of the other team - they had over 130 swimmers to our 80, which makes a difference when 1st through 6th places are scored for points.


Neither of my girls placed first in their races, although Hayley did take third in her freestyle and fourth in breast stroke, so I am very proud of her. I was a timer for the races, and was in the lane next to her when she was swimming her freestlye - I even had her timer cheering for her, although the timer was from another team! We swam at the brand-new facility and the best part of it is the walls come up and allow for great cross breezes, so even though it was a hot day, the heat was never unbearable inside.

Now for the rest of the summer we will sleep in (something we haven't been able to do with the swim practices) and hang out at the pool and the park. A friend of mine is moving at the end of the month and she very kindly gave me her season pass to the Majik Theater - a children's theater here in town, so we will be able to watch two different plays before the season ends. I am looking forward to that as well.

Labels: divisionals, Hayley, swim, Teagan

posted by The Smelker Seven @ 8:51 AM