Practice always took place at the Mason outdoor pool and although none of us were excited to have to be at the pool every morning at 8:15 with Sage's practice not ending until almost noon, there were far worse places to be spending every morning of my summer, like in my house...cleaning! Here is Sage and Ty at the first practice!!! The water looks deceivingly inviting...thankfully by the end of the warm summer season it was.
Swim Meet time!!! Sage was a bit nervous before her first meet but she did awesome, meaning she didn't sink and gave it her best! haha! Here she is taking a dive off the block during warm ups!
Of course one of the best parts of swim team is hanging out with your friends. Here is Sage with a couple of her bff's, Cameron and Rylee!
Tri County Swim Championship at Miami University is a big deal! This is what the kids prep for all season. I could kick myself for not video taping Sage's first championship event ever! I was just so nervous for her and was therefore just focused on her. Her first event was the freestyle and I had just been telling my friends how bummed I was that she was in a heat where she was seeded as the slowest swimmer of the eight. Wrongly, I assumed that this wouldn't be good for her self esteem because she'd probably end the heat in a similar way and be bummed for the rest of the meet. Well we all watched as sweet Sage swam in lane eight (the outer lanes are always the lanes with the slowest swimmers for that heat). Ty had told her to do five strokes before taking a breath, something she was needing to work on but whether she'd listen to him was a mystery. Well, she clearly had listened and it paid off. She darted ahead of every swimmer in that pool and we were all screaming in disbelief! She earned herself a first place ribbon for that heat but most importantly a significant boost in her self esteem. It was so awesome! There were 93 swimmers in this event. Sage was seeded at 72, granted she was a first year swimmer but she ended up leaving in 30th, taking almost six seconds off her time! Now that's an improvement. Couldn't have started the meet any better!!! Here is just a random photo I took from one of her other events. She did well in both her breast and back too with improvements in both but the highlight was her freestyle!
Of course the season wasn't all about Sage...there are a couple other swimmers in the family! Here is a photo of Ty getting first place in his heat for breast stroke at one of the meets! He would later go on to drop another six seconds during Championships moving himself from being seeded 34 out of 56 up to 19th. Both him and Connor improved in all their times during Championships which was great with Ty taking home a first place heat winner for his breast stroke!
Here are the boys during Championships with a couple of their buddies, Steven and Joseph!
Here are the kiddos with Gavin and Cameron on day 2, which was the day the girls swam! As you can see Sage is proudly holding up her first place heat winner ribbon!
The season wouldn't be complete without the "Sweet Endings" swim party recognizing the team, the swimmers, and all their accomplishments!
Well Done Team Roddy!
1 comment:
That is great. What a good way to spend the summer. My boys are still just learning to swim. That is great that Sage can compete.
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