Caroline competed in four events each day. Saturday, she swam in the 50 meter freestyle, 50 m butterfly, 100 m backstroke, and the 50 m backstroke leg of the medley relay. She was competing in the 10 and under age group, so most of the girls were older than her; however, Caroline held her own against those big swimmers! I was very impressed with how her butterfly looked - her back and shoulders are SO muscular and strong, and she is really starting to get the rhythm of the stroke. Unfortunately, after all the hard work of making to the end of the 50 meters, she got there, and touched the wall with only one hand instead of the required two hand touch. After all of that great work on the butterfly, she was disqualified at the very end. She ended up getting a ribbon for her 100 m backstroke for placing 4th, which was awesome! She swam the two laps in about 2 minutes, 3 seconds.
On Sunday, Caroline swam the 100 m freestyle, 50 m breaststroke, 50 m backstroke, and the second leg of a 200 m freestyle relay. She finally made the breaststroke all the way without getting disqualified! That was a first for her, as the stroke and kick has always been very difficult for her to perfect, yet she did it for an entire 50 meters! When she swam the 50 m backstroke, she did incredible! She was actually in the lead for about halfway, and it was SO close all the way to the end. She came second in her heat, again with kids her age and mostly older. The coolest part is that she was only one second away from qualifying for the State time in that stroke. That is actually a huge deal for a 7-year-old to achieve for a 10 and under age group. We are SO proud of our little backstroker!
Toothless grin just after finishing her fabulous 50 meter backstroke
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