1st Summer Swim Meet (at Cabot)

Oh the summer swim meets have begun. It's a quick season of 6 meets (5 regular and then the Meet of Champions), so bear with me as I post about them. We love watching our kids swim and improve their skills.

This first meet found Kate and Jordan taking the ACT and James away at LeadAR. So, I packed up the remaining kiddos and off we went. We had a good time despite the cold air conditioning in the gym besides the pool where we were to hang out when it wasn't our events. It was a great start to the season.

Spencer on his mark for the 25 yard kickboard event.
Go!
Spencer with his head in the water.

Zack diving in on his 25 yard freestyle.

Kammie slipped on deck right as they started the race. The picture is blurry, but it shows that she fell into the pool with a big splash as the others dove in. [She is accustomed to starting off of blocks in year round swimming and the deck was wet and obviously slippery.] She was able to make up great time and pass all but one of her competitors despite the bad start.
Kam's 50 yard freestyle (with pink goggles).
Kam again...

Zack on deck before 25 yard backstroke.
Spencer on deck for 25 yard backstroke.
Spencer and Zack were in the same heat. Spencer is in lane 1 (top of the picture or farthest away). Zack is in lane 4 or the middle of the picture (out in front).


Zack on his mark for the 100 IM.
Dive in...
Zack on the backstroke portion...
Zack breaststroke...
Zack under the water on breaststroke...

We made it through and had a great time. We stopped and got McD's $1 menu items for lunch and then got gas at the Kroger there because it was quite a bit cheaper than here in Maumelle and headed for home.

Results
Spencer 25 yard Kickboard 46.81 7th place
25 yard Backstroke 54.75 5th place

Zack 25 yard Freestyle 17.30 1st place-5 points (Gold)
25 yard Backstroke 22.58 1st place-5 points (Gold)
100 yard Freestyle Relay 2nd place
25 Breaststroke 1st place-5 points (Bronze division with a Sivler time)
100 yard IM 1:43.59 1st place-5 points (Gold) *He set a new Maumelle Marlins record with this time.
Kammie 50 yard Freestyle 34.75 2nd place-3 points (Gold)
50 yard Backstroke 39.72 1st place-5 points (Silver division with a Gold time)
100 yard Freestyle Relay 1st place-7 points
50 yard Breaststroke 3rd place-1 point (Bronze division with a Silver time)
50 Butterfly 39.25 1st place-5 points (Silver division with a Gold time)

As a recap, there are three time divisions: Gold, Silver and Bronze. You start out in the bronze area and once you reach a certain time you move up to Silver and then Gold time standards. Once you reach those levels you compete at that level, even if you have a slower time than before. This was the first meet of the season, so they were able to improve their times from last year without problem. To qualify for the Meet of Champs, you must earn a Silver or Gold time. Thus both Kammie and Zack qualified.