MA participated in our swim club championships on Sunday. Each week she has been improving her times and putting in 100%. The meet was the first time she has ever really competed for herself and not for team points. Friday night club nights are more geared towards a friendly atmosphere and competing against your own personal bests. Kids swim in heats based on their PBs, doesn't matter age, boy or girl. The club championships were set up by age, split boy and girls. Because of MA's age, she could have swam in the 25m or the 50m races. Only the 50m races counted towards the overall age categories. So at the suggestion of her coach, we put her in the 50m races for all strokes and also the 100 IM.
She had never done butterfly or breast stroke at that distance before and only the Friday before did she swim her 1st 50m backstroke. The IM was also a new race to do. MA was nervous, I was nervous, but she went out there and did her best. We are very proud of her for trying something that was new and a bit scary for her. It was one of those situations where she could have swam the shorter distance and maybe ended up placing a bit higher. Sometimes in life you shouldn't take the easy way, it's OK to push yourself. It's the only way to get better!
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