Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Abby's First Swim Meet

One of the things Abby has been looking forward to most this summer was being on a swim team here in Provo. After two days being here and one practice, she had her first meet.

She has never been on a swim team before, and in her words she was "freaking out." She didn't know what to expect and hadn't even had a real practice yet.

But she was AWESOME!!

She swam the backstroke and took second place:

She swam the breaststroke and not only took first place but received an "A Time" which I was told that if she was on a year round competitive team would have qualified her for state!

And she swam in a freestyle relay, her team taking first place:

Just look at that long body (those other girls she's standing by are 8 years old too!)

WAY TO GO ABBY!

She was so proud of herself. I was so proud of her and happy for her. She loved the fact that we were there cheering her on. It was so great for her to have such a sense of accomplishment. Driving back home afterwards she said, "I finally have a sport!"

1 comment:

alisha said...

Hooray for Abby! I'm so happy she was finally able to do swim team - and that she "finally has a sport." :) What an awesome first meet - I'm excited to see what she does after she actually practices.