Swordfish at Sunrise

Another swim meet this evening. This time we are at Sunrise Pool in Peoria.

Her swim time is usually not until after the sun goes down, thank goodness. It was only 102 degrees today. LOL! The last swim meet it was 118!

 The first event was the 100 m Individual Medley. Kara had been doing well in this event at practice.

 She started out strong, being a close 2nd in the butterfly. She stayed right with her competitor for 1st in the backstroke. Kara says that breast stroke is not her favorite. This is where she slowed a little. The last leg of the race was freestyle and she was tired. It is a long grueling race. She held on strong and placed 4th!!

Kara's second event was backstroke. She did well and placed 3rd.

Her last and final event was the 50 m butterfly. Before she went off to the starting block, she turned to me and said, "I'm gonna be first." I could see that she was determined. She got to the starting block and started. She was in the lead right from the beginning. During the last 25 m, you could see the girl in second coming up close behind her. It was so close, I actually thought that the other girl had placed 1st and Kara 2nd. 

Then they announced the rankings. "1ST PLACE - LANE 7!!" That was Kara!!! She did awesome!! She was excited and proud of herself. You could tell by her speed walk back to us to show us her ribbon.

CONGRATULATIONS KARA!!!

One more meet, possible two. Next week is the qualifying meet for the championships. If she makes it in the top 8 times for whichever event she swims, she swims in the championships. We'll keep you posted.