Summer swim 2019

It's summer in Arizona so that means it's time for swimming. The kids are all participating in the summer swim team again. Here's the results and some photos from the first few meets.

Team picture day. Sarah wasn't in the photos as the timing did not work with summer school.

Megan. The girl to the left is Isabella. Her mom and I chat a lot during swim.

A couple shots of Matthew. It was a bit hard to get a good picture because of where he was placed.

Meet 1

For the first meet, the swimmers swam against members of their team. It made for a faster meet. Sarah didn't swim as she was at Girls' Camp. Both Megan and Matthew improved their times relative to last year, sometimes by a lot!

Megan (25 yard)

Freestyle: 30.65 s

Backstroke: 29.16 s

Breaststroke: 42.37 s

Butterfly: 41.04 s

Matthew (25 yard)

Freestyle: 44.51 s

Backstroke: 45.54 s

Breaststroke: 1 min 7.45 s

Butterfly: 1 min 0.06 s

Megan diving in for her first race.

Matthew getting ready to dive in for his first race.

Megan starting backstroke. I love that the picture captured the water coming up around her.

Matthew starting backstroke. Again, the water looks amazing.

Matthew adjusting his goggles before a race.

Megan stretching before a race.

The haul. Between the two of them, they got all the colors of ribbons. Eight races, eight different ribbons. Last year, Megan's goal was to get all the colors so it was exciting that the two of them got all the colors in one meet!

Meet 2
The second meet was a home meet. Both U and Me helped out with timing which the kids really liked. Unlike the previous meet, the kids did not get all the colors of ribbons between them. However, they all got 4th on breaststroke.

Megan (25 yard)

Freestyle: 31.58 s

Backstroke: 30.17 s

Breaststroke: 40.15 s

Butterfly: 41.42 s

Matthew (25 yard)

Freestyle: 37.86 s

Backstroke: 37.31 s

Breaststroke: 47.84 s

Butterfly: 43.86 s

Sarah (50 yard)

Freestyle: 32.56 s

Backstroke: 41.85 s

Breaststroke: 48.25 s

Butterfly: 39.56 s

Matthew, Megan and Sarah in their team suits before the meet.

Matthew getting ready to dive in.

Doesn't Sarah look all professional here?

Megan swimming backstroke.

Megan swimming breaststroke.

Two shots of Matthew diving in. It's amazing how much water splashes up with just a bit of his let in the water.

Matthew swimming breaststroke. Sarah was taking the pictures and loved how his mouth puckered while he was swimming.

A few shots of Sarah swimming breaststroke.

Megan ready for butterfly.

Matthew swimming butterfly.

Sarah swimming butterfly.

Meet 3
The third meet was technically an away meet but at our pool as it was hosted by the swim team that swims there in the afternoon. Megan and Matthew were troopers. Sarah opted not to swim.

Megan (25 yard)

Freestyle: 29.03 s

Backstroke: 32 s

Breaststroke: 40.03 s

Butterfly: 42.06 s

Matthew (25 yard)

Freestyle: 36.36 s

Backstroke: 46.00 s

Breaststroke: 46.96 s

Butterfly: 41.74 s

Megan getting ready for freestyle.

Megan swimming freestyle.

Matthew, ready to swim.

Matthew swimming freestyle.

Megan ready for backstroke.

Megan swimming backstroke.

Matthew starting backstroke.

Matthew swimming backstroke.

Megan jumping in for breaststroke.

Megan swimming breaststroke. It was a close race but she kept her lead.

Matthew looking around before breaststroke.

Matthew swimming breaststroke.

Megan diving in for butterfly.

Megan swimming butterfly.

Matthew stretches before butterfly.

Matthew swimming butterfly.