AMYMSA Swim Meet

Race: Masters Swim Meet (scy)
Date: November 18, 2012
Location: Greensburg, Pa.
Celebrated the day with a swim meet at Greensburg YMCA. I started the meet by singing the national anthem. Lots of folks would be nervous about that, and I was. But I didn't figure I would embarrass myself any more than normal; I'm already walking around half nude in a skin-tight swimsuit! I swam in four events and had extraordinary success.

Event #1: 100-yard IM
Time: 1:16.00
Age Group Rank: 6 out of 6
In the 100-yard Individual Medley I swam it in 1:16.00, breaking my old personal best of 1:19.30. (Despite this, I was still the slowest swimmer in my gender-age group).

Event #2: 50-yard butterfly
Time: 34.00
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 5
In the 50-yard butterfly, I swam it in 34.00 seconds. This was about half a second slower than my personal best, but it felt really good.

Event #3: 25-yard freestyle
Time: 13.68
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 5
In the 25-yard freestyle, I swam it in 13.68 seconds, which beat my old best time of 13.72 seconds.

Event #4: 50-yard backstroke
Time: 36.77
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 3
Lastly, my backstroke has improved considerably--I swam the 50-yard backstroke in 36.77 seconds, which beat my old personal best by more than 4 seconds! Within the last month, my coach and I have been working on my backstroke and my IM turns, so I am so pleased to see big improvements.