Oh man Tideriders!! What a hard day and week we had!! We were all tired, too hot and probably needed more water to drink from all the sweating! Our second meet was only days after our first one- so we didn’t have much time to learn or recover from Monday. STILL we saw some big improvements and learned a lot!! OUR 8 & UNDER RELAY (FRANCESCA, HENRY, FELIX, and ZOE) competed together for the first time and got first place with a time that was 4 seconds faster than we expected!! MADDIE and CADY completed their first IM for the season- it was hard and they fought through anyways!! BELLA placed in all her events!! JACK got first place in his 25 free!! ELI finished his 25 free all by himself!! SAMSON did a whole 50 and took us all by surprise!! CAMERON took first place in her 25 free!! OLIVIA was so brave when she lost her kickboard- she even swam for a second until Coach Vikki could help her- and she still finished strong!! HENRY shaved more time off his 25 free FELIX shaved 9 seconds off his 25 free and completed his first 25 breast!! LOGAN worked hard and finished his 25 free by himself!! FRANCESCA trimmed some more time off her 25 free and shaved some more time off her 25 breast!! ZOE got first place in her 25 breast!! SOPHIA worked hard and finished her 25 free and 25 back without stopping!! CARTER placed in his 50 free and competed in 50 breast for the first time!! LIAM cut ANOTHER 15 seconds off his 50 free (THATS 33 seconds down in a week) and competed in 50 back for the first time!! AUDREY came back and cut 3 seconds off her 50 free!! YANI cut 4 seconds off her 50 free!! ALAYAH cut another 4 seconds off her 50 free (THATS 33 down in one week also) and completed her first 50 breast!! SHAWN shaved some more time off his 50 free, 1 second off his 50 back, and completed his first 50 fly of the season!! LILLY completed her first 50 breast and placed in her 50 back!! JULIA placed in her 50 breast!! LEXI completed her first 50 back!! ELIJAH cut 2 more seconds off her backstroke!! TIDERIDERS- I want to include a couple special notes because I know some of you may be disappointed- 1) I am so proud of and impressed by everyone of you! You show up every time and you work hard every day in practice and at meets 2) Your hard work has shown personal improvement in your times 3) It is very hard to finish 2 meets in one week, let alone one that is as hot and humid as this week has been and still you guys overcame all of that 4) Adapting to the extremely shallow end of that pool was an extra challenge I was not prepared for- and still no one got hurt and no one stood up Remember that you are working hard and it is showing, I can see it, your parents and teammates can see it!! So proud of how yall showed up!!