Swim Team 2011

This year the girls decided to join a summer swim team.  They started the year with a very small amount of swimming background.  I wasn't completely sure they would love getting up every morning and heading to the pool to swim laps for an hour but they LOVED IT.  Their swimming has improved dramatically.  They loved swimming and they loved the swim meets the best I think.  They would really like to swim year-round.  We will have to see how far the water will take these two fish!

 Gini posing for a photo while she waits in the bull pin for her next race.

Swimmer Take your mark...this photo was taken before Gini learned to dive so at this point she just jumps in and starts swimming.

 Nina with one of her swimming buddies.

 Neither of the girls knew how to dive at the beginning of the season but by the end they were both diving and going off the blocks too.

Breaststroke has been Gini's best stroke since she started swimming this summer.  She is super fast!

This is Nina swimming Freestyle.  At the end of the season she could hold her breath for 8-10 strokes and she learned side breathing too!  She even asked her coach to let her swim a Individual Medley.  If you aren't sure what that entails, it is one length of the pool for each stroke (Fly, Back, Breast, Free).  That's right 4 laps!  After that she ended up swimming an IM in every meet and did great.