We convinced Kathryn that she wanted to be on swim team this year. It took some discussion, but she ultimately decided that she would try it. Here she is at her first practice.
This is at her first swim meet. Notice the look on her face. That about sums up her feelings that first night. She cried for about 20 minutes, saying she didn't want to do it. But after her first race, she was feeling better. She just needed to figure out the bullpen (how they line up for races) and swim a race to see what it was all about.
Her Daddy is her biggest supporter. He loves to watch her swim and give her pep talks.
Here she is at another swim meet. She is holding her time card that she has to carry with her through the bull pen and give to the timer before each race.
At this swim meet, we followed the advice of some veteran swimmers and wrote her races down on her arm.
This was at All-County, her final swim meet, on July 28th.
In the end, we are very glad that she participated in swim team this year. It is a big time commitment for the whole family (night practices, 6 hour swim meets on Monday nights!). Despite that, we are happy that she learned to swim better, got great exercise, practiced overcoming fear of new things, and learned to push herself past discomfort.
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