Diving In

 Abby had her first swim meet this past Wednesday.  It was very exciting!

 National Anthem

 She swam the 25 meter freestyle and the 25 meter backstroke.

 Abby is the middle swimmer sitting down to the left of the coach in the green shirt.

 In these pics, she is swimming in the third lane below the deck.  She was second to finish in her heat for the backstroke and placed 8 out of 6 heats.  She placed 13th in the freestyle.    We've missed many practices due to our trip, the weather and Vacation Bible School, so I was relieved after she swam and liked it so much.  After her first event, the first thing she said was, "When is my next race?"  She definitely enjoys competing.

 Abby was very proud of her first ribbon.  When she returned to the stands with it, Caroline said, "Abby, you are a real swimmer now!"  Caroline was a real trooper during the meet.  She didn't complain once and we were there for three hours.  Four more meets to go!