From Carolyn's Point of View: Swim Team

As you can see I don't do my posts in order, but oh well.
One of my favorite things to do is swim. I have never been one to just lounge It was my first meet so I was very nervous. But I got fourth in the freestyle and back stroke. And second place in the 200 free relay.

Over time I won every ribbon except 5th place. Yes that means that in one of my races I got last place. But I had been doing volleyball all week so my body was tired.

One practice really stands out to me now. It was July 3rd. It was nice and cloudy which was fun. It also rained during warmups. Cloudy days always make me happy. So after a difficult 20 minutes. Coach Kelly said that we were going to do 4 100 IMs. An IM is a 25 butterfly, 25 backstroke, 25 breaststroke then a 25 freestyle in that order. They are very diifiucult. She said that we had to to them fast normally I would have been upset because that is a long way to swim. But it was a cloudy day and I was happy. On the 4th one I gave it my all and worked as hard as I could to keep going. When I got back I was out of breath. But I was proud of myself. Then you know what she said?! She said "Changed my mind your going to do another one" But we did it. At the end I felt great. Even though I just swam a 400 at about 85% effort!!

My last meet we were swimming a 50 backstroke, 100IM and a 50 butterfly. AT that point I didn't have any 1st place ribbons. I thought I had no chance of getting a blue ribbon.. But I was placed in the 3rd heat and that gave me hope. I got second in the 100IM, second in the 50 backstroke. My parents said that one was super close. Then I got 1ST PLACE in the 50 butterfly. I was super excied.

Pictures from all season.