Kamryn had her first swim meet at Clovis East on Oct. 4th. She did GREAT, but she was a bit nervous. We actually were too when we saw the dark clouds and showed up to a windy, COLD and rainy pool! We were totally unprepared for what we were in for. We saw families (who were lifers) roll up with tents, chairs, parkas, umbrellas, coolers and blankets. We showed up with....Kamryn. Luckily the pool was heated, and pretty soon, she jumped in to do warmups. The pool is 25 meter lengths. In practice they warm up with 2 laps (there and back). She warmed up with about 10 laps. She was exhausted and her legs and arms were shaking!
She did really well, competing in the 25m freestyle and the 25m backstroke. She came in 5th place in the freestyle, and unfortunately she turned on her stomach with the backstroke and was disqualified....all in the learning.
We were very proud of her and I think she enjoyed it. It was interesting seeing her go through the nerves and yet, being determined enough and focused to go through with it anyways. She's a real trooper. Way to go Kamryn! (but next time I'm bringing a hot thermos!)
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