Swim Meet Success!

Our second swim meet yesterday was a total success! I'm very proud of all our swimmers who came - I think we had around 80 at the meet! Despite a warm pool, I heard about lots of personal bests and I saw FAST swimming. :)

Some shout outs to swimmers who did awesome yesterday: thank you SO MUCH to Tanner, Maya, Brandon, Bradden, Ben, and everyone else who was willing to swim two legs of a relay so that their relays didn't have to be canceled! It was so fun to watch our swimmers step up to the challenge! I was also excited to hear about swimmers swimming their personal bests - Hannah Baggs took off 18 seconds on her 50 butterfly from her time last summer!

Also, I know for many swimmers, this was their first ever swim meet. First of all, thanks for showing up! It can be intimidating to think about competing when it's something you've never done before, but all our new swimmers did a great job yesterday and (hopefully!) had fun too. Three new swimmers that not only swam their events but were also willing to swim in relays were Rachel and Mimi Miller and Daphne. Thanks girls!

Just a reminder to all swimmers and parents that if a swimmer needs to leave the meet early, it is VERY important to tell coaches before the meet (if possible) or as soon as you know, because we often place swimmers in the freestyle relays, which are the final events of the meet, and when swimmers leave, it often means other swimmers don't get to swim their last event.

A couple announcements! Tuesday is our TEAM PICTURE DAY! Our team photos will be taken by Clayton Smith, one of our very own Sellwood parents, and you can either purchase them by writing a check to Clayton on Tuesday or you can order them online. Prices differ by size, but a 4x6 is only $2! This is much, much cheaper than the photos we have taken in previous years (which averaged around $13), and Clayton will also be taking pictures of our practice (including totally awesome underwater photos) that are available for purchase online.

Swimmers! Bring your team shirt on Tuesday for photos! Everyone needs to be there by 7:55, so we are ready to go at 8! (If you don't have a team shirt still, I will dig up extras. And, we will be getting the appropriate-sized shirts - not adult extra larges - before the next meet and will hand them out ASAP).

Thanks for your hard work, everyone! Oh, and GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP at the meet! And credit to my mom for taking photos. :)