Emily's Last Swim Meet
Emily's last swim meet of the summer swim season is tomorrow night at Highcroft. This will be her last opportunity to get another place ribbon, as she is once again participating in the main event for 6 and under girls backstroke.
It's unfortunate that she's missed 3 of her team's 6 meets. She missed the third meet because she was at camp, the fourth meet she was sick, and the 5th meet she had a nasty case of swimmer's ear. Tonight will be her first practice in a week, so hopefully she'll be ready for the meet tomorrow.
Considering that Emily could barely swim in February when we started her in the swim lessons at the YMCA, she's pretty good. She participated in the main event for freestyle in the first two meets, and even now she's still one of the top 3 in her age group in the backstroke.
The weekend before last, she participated in the SWIM meet (Southern Wake Invitational Meet) and took 15th place in backstroke - good enough to earn points for our team. There were about 50 6-and-under girls in that event, so we were quite proud of her.
She really enjoys swimming, so we're planning to enroll her in the YMCA's junior competitor program this fall and winter. It's really just glorified swim lessons, more like a twice-a-week stroke clinic rather than full-blown swim team. She's not ready for year round competition - and neither are we!
BTW, there are some pictures of the first swim meet of the year here.