Raymond swim meet

Today Alyssa competed at the Raymond swim meet. We used Rob's iPad to get some videos of her swimming. She came in 2nd in almost all her races behind Payten Strong, our team's fastest swimmer. Alyssa's times were a little slower than those she posted at the Cardston swim meet, but she still did great. The Cardston team didn't come to this meet, so there was less competition that was close to Alyssa's level and maybe that affected her mentally on some level.

I was really happy to see how well our whole swim team did. Our little kids have improved amazingly, and we had a strong showing in most all events!

This is the 13/14 girls 50 m freestyle. Alyssa is in lane 5. She starts out neck and neck with her friend Payten who pulls ahead in the 2nd length. Alyssa comes in 2nd. Her time, 39 seconds.

This is the 50 m breaststroke. Alyssa is lane 5 again. She's the last one to come up from her underwater pull at the start of the race. She finishes again behind her friend, Payten. She ends up having a very close finish with another girl from our club, Jenna. From here it looks like Jenna touches first, but Alyssa touched lower than Jenna, so I think you would have had to be at the end to know for sure. We haven't gotten the ribbons yet to know what the official result was. If she finished 3rd, that would be her only 3rd place finish, with seconds in back, free, long free and individual medley.

This is the girls 13/14 50 m backstroke. Alyssa came in 2nd. She is in lane 3. Her time 47 seconds.