I attended 2 days of the Sport Fair Winter Classic Swim meet at George Mason University this weekend to watch Jenna compete in her "championship meet." I rarely go to these events because they are very time consuming. This meet was somewhat different in that Jenna's events were just in the morning session each day. Maureen went Friday morning as I had to work. Jenna started the weekend off great by dropping almost 2 seconds off her 50 breaststroke time going a 37.55. That was her only event of the day so the two of them had a nice lunch and then came home around 1pm.
Saturday we were up early and out the door at 6:30am. Warm ups began at 7:30 and the meet began at 8:40. Jenna's first event of the day was the 50 freestyle. She had another nice swim and for the first time went sub 30 and came in at 29.77. Next she took off almost 3 seconds in the 100 breaststroke going 122.60. Her last event of the day was the 50 backstroke, where she again dropped some time coming in at 36.22.
We spent he night at the Marriott hotel at Fair Oaks mall. Maureen and I did some shopping at the mall that afternoon. We had a nice team dinner that evening but the ride to the restaurant was difficult because of a faulty navigator.
Sunday we arrived at the pool and Jenna's first race was the difficult 200IM. The first leg is always difficult and this time was no different. After the butterfly leg Jenna needed to pick it up in order to get back in the race. She did a decent job and wound up finishing with a similar time of 2:46. After that race was the 100 free. In my opinion this was her best race of the weekend. She dropped 2 seconds of her time and came in at 1:05.66. The time was one of the faster times and enabled her to swim the girls 13-14 400 free relay later that morning. Click Here to see that race. That was one of her goals for the entire season and I think she surprised herself by reaching it in December. Her event of the weekend was the 200 breaststroke. She had another nice swim her continuing the trend of dropping time and dropped a full 6 seconds finishing with a 3:04.22.
It was an enjoyable time watching her swim so good this weekend. All the hard work she has put in with FGAC is paying off for her.
Congratulations Jenna. Keep up the great work.
2 comments:
Congratulations to Jenna on doing so well at the meet. She works really hard and it is great seeing it pay off. Grandma
Thanks Mother for taking the time to read what I post. Your probably one of the few.
Love, John
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