Swim Team 2009

The swimming season is upon us! We should have known that by putting Paige in the water when she was a newborn baby that she would grow up to love swimming! You might remember reading about her being on the swim team last summer and sporadically throughout the winter...but this year she is really ready to GO!

Lifetime Lightning is expanding the team this season to 100 swimmers. Most of the inaugural team from last summer is returning, but Coach John has added 3 assistant coaches and expanded practice hours to accomodate the bigger team. Paige made some good friends on the team last year but was suprised to see her old pal Emma show up for tryouts this summer! Emma and Paige took gymnastics together when they were 2 and 3 and were in dance together when they were 3,4 and 5. They haven't seen each other in over a year, since Paige's 6th birthday party... so it was a pleasant surprise to see her and her parents again!

Paige was eager to get fitted for her suit and warm ups, but even more to get in the water again with her team.

Until school gets out, Paige is practicing Monday-Thursday from 5-6pm. When she is done with school she can practice Monday-Friday from 9-1030 and in the afternoon if she likes.

Her first meet was hosted at Lifetime Fitness and was against Stroh Ranch. They have 250 swimmers and are by far the largest team we will swim against this season! The meet was chaotic and crowded, and of course we lost... but Paige swam great!! She swam in 5 events (which is the max) for this meet. 2 relays, the 25 meter freestyle, 25 meter backstroke, and 50 meter freestyle. Her times were as follows: 25M Free - 30 seconds even. 25M Back - 32.06 seconds. 50M Free - 1:18.81 . Not bad for her first meet!!!