Our last swim meet of the GPRA season was the district meet. Swimmers who finished top three in each event qualified for state. Olivia swam the 25 free and the 25 breast, but she did not qualify to move on so we thought our summer swim season was over. About two days before the state meet we learned that one of the girls who had qualified to swim the freestyle relay at state would not be able to attend. Olivia was asked to fill in as an alternate.
The state meet was a lot of fun. The day began with a parade of participants. It kind of reminded me of the Olympic opening ceremony. Each swim organization was called and the members walked in with a sign. The teams "dressed up" in different costumes for this- we were superheros.
The preliminaries were held in the morning and the top eight teams in preliminaries advanced to the finals in the afternoon. Olivia's team almost made the cut but ended up finishing ninth by about 4 hundredths of a second. It was so close. Still we were happy to have had the opportunity to participate.
I also want to give a shout out to this little man. Owen has attended swim meets all summer. He has sat for hours out in the heat so that his sister could compete. I know it has not been fun for him, but he has not complained. He was front and center to cheer for his sissy at the state meet.
The preliminaries were held in the morning and the top eight teams in preliminaries advanced to the finals in the afternoon. Olivia's team almost made the cut but ended up finishing ninth by about 4 hundredths of a second. It was so close. Still we were happy to have had the opportunity to participate.
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