Ponderosa!

Ponderosa (the end of the season invitational) was extra exciting this year because both girls made a final! I love how they run this meet, they have hype music playing in between heats, and they call out the kids names and which team they are from before they race. It's really exciting! Adilyn had a fantastic backstroke race the first day of the meet, and she finished with her best time ever as well as with the 4th fastest qualifying time. Kacy missed the backstroke finals by just two places,. She was very disappointed because she did not have a very good race at all, and that was her best chance to make finals. Adilyn ended up having an awesome backstroke final race, and she finished 3rd overall dropping even more time. We were so proud of her for stepping up during that high pressure situation!
The next day, we went back for a couple more races. Neither one of the girls really thought they were going to make finals for these races because they weren't their best - but you just never know. Adilyn did well on her butterfly, but not good enough for finals. Then, it was Kacy's turn for fly. She was in a pretty early heat, but when that girl started, she was literally flying!!! She blew everyone in her heat away, and got her best time ever by more than 3 seconds. We still weren't sure if she was going to make finals with that time or not, but she did!!! The picture of her below is when she heard her name called out for the finals. I was so happy for her after her disappointment of the backstroke race from the first day! We also had a medley relay with four of the swimmers from Heatherwood, so that was really fun to watch as well. Overall, it was a great meet for everyone!