The Girls First Swim Meet

Yesterday evening the girls had their first swim meet.  They are in a small neighborhood swim team league.  There team is the Bradshaw Baracudas.  It has been an interesting time with them having swim practice at 8am every morning.  They have really gotten more comfortable in the water and it was so cool to see them compete last night and be proud of their accomplishments. 

Emma eating grapes inbetween events

Emma swam the 50 free, 100 medley relay (freestyle leg), 25 free and 25 breaststroke.  She said to us yesterday that she thought she would be able to swim her 25 free in less than a minute, that was her goal.  Last night she surprised herself and us at her speed from the start...a natural sprinter (unlike her mother).  She swam her 25 free in 45.75sec and she was very proud of her accomplishments. 

Geneva showing off for the camera

Geneva, ever the attention getter, started out with the 25 free and proceeded to jump off the blocks doing a 1/2 twist and belly flop landing facing the wall...everyone was cracking up.  She made it the entire way without hanging onto the wall (a huge accomplishment) and was super happy.  When I asked her about her start, she said, "I meant to do the twist, but not the belly flop...it was funny right?"  I got the entire thing on video and need to figure out how to load it.  She also swam the 100 free relay and the 25 backstroke. 

They both amazing for their first swim meet and we are so proud of them that they took the challenge overcame it.  They were beaming today holding their ribbons they earned and are looking forward to next week's meet.