July 17 - Champ Meet Recap

After weeks of early mornings, sweaty Saturdays and hard work, it was time for the Championship meet series. We hosted a pasta dinner Friday night for the 8 and unders and the kids had fun chowing down, doing some Orca cheers and indulging in cookie cake. Go Orcas! 

Luke competed on Saturday and had his best time ever in the backstroke. I think his absolute favorite part of the meet was the giant snowcone at end! Julia had fun cheering for Luke and both Hannah's, while JD worked the whole meet as an official. Jillian did amazing...so amazing that she didn't nap the entire time we were there..from 9am to approx. 3.30pm. She was not fussy at all but extremely tired that night and passed out early. 

Kimi, Julia, Kennedy & Reese

Sunday was a stressful day in that we were at the swim meet all day and had to leave for vacation immediately afterwards from the pool. The car was packed up and we headed back to the pool. We have a powerhouse U8 girls this year and they were undefeated in relays throughout the regular season. However, we never swam against the big teams with the year round "star' swimmers. On paper it looked like we would be 4th in the medley and free relays. Julia's first event was the medley relay (Julia-back, Reece-breast, Kimi-fly and Kennedy-free). They got 3rd place...OMG YAY!! And then...the team in second was dq'd for a false start between legs and the girls got 2nd!!! They were beyond excited. Their last event of the meet was the free relay. Julia was the anchor had to compete against Taylor, one of the fastest U8 girls in the Houston area.

While Julia was out-touched, both Julia and Taylor chased down the girl in 2nd and passed her. It was the most exciting race, the entire natatorium was going nuts. The girls ended up third (a team in an outside lane ended up winning). So proud of the dream team! Julia also did fantastic in her individual events with personal bests in everything. She ended up 4th in free, 2nd in back and 6th in fly. 

After an exciting weekend of swimming, it was time to head to the beach. Check back later this week for beach pics!!

Jillian finally passed out Saturday, about a minute before Julia swam backstroke