Sum Up (A Continuation...)

Sorry I cut off so quickly last time. Since swimming is over (finally! :,(...), I went out with some of the swim girls. It was fabulous, except I didn't get in until 4:30 this morning. At least I didn't wake up with a headache...that's something at least. I'm not sure if we're doing it again tonight or not- not everybody could have fun like we did last night.

So, my 50 free. I was first alternate. Someone in my heat false started, so we had to get out and do it again. It was kind of hard because I didn't have enough time to fix my breathing before the restart.

I split a 26-high on the 200 free relay. The 400 medley at prelims was good because my 100 breaststroke time finally came down to a 1:16. Then, later that night I split a 1:14, which was postively thrilling. I was disappointed on my 100 breast on Friday because I swam a 1:16 both times, and I really really wanted that 1:14 again. But, I made the championship heat for finals, so that was awesome anyway. My second turn was horrid though, so I lost all of my momentum going into the second 50.

Prelims for my 200 breast were terrible. I couldn't breathe at all, and my lungs felt like they were on a hook that was weighed down to the bottom of the pool. I gained a second on my seed time. Somehow, I made the consols heat for finals though. I was seeded 11th, and I moved up to 10th 'cause I dropped six (six!) seconds from prelims. That's not really any great shake, but I was really nervous that I would choke...

So. My goal for next year is to make the championship heat for my 200 breaststroke. Now that I have it on record, well, it's a lot easier to actually keep it in mind.

So that's the meet.

(Actually, I've omitted the 400 free relay. But I don't really want to talk about my end of it...Darci and Anya and Ainslee all swam incredibly though!)