Mads' First Away Meet

Mads had her first "Away" swim meet at the Middleton-Cross Plains pool on Sunday, January 17th.

I was so relieved that she woke up feeling positive and excited about the meet.  Maybe it was this cool Yoda shirt she got the day before!

"Fast I am, Slow you are!"

Mads swam 5 events - 25 Free, 25 Back, 50 Free, 25 Fly & 100 Free Relay.

Mads and her bud - Amelia.  I don't think we could find two cuter swimmers!

Andrew and I had our "Swimming socks" on - Narwhals for me and Penguins for him!  (In the off season I'll have to see if I can find Gator socks!)

A few pictures from the meet:

Backstroke-

25 Back Heat Winner!

Preparing to dive:

FLIP TURN!

We had some time between events and had a little fun goofing with the camera!

25 Fly-

Mads relay team was a heat winner as well!

Final times - This was a 25 YARD pool so times are faster than her times in Monroe (which is a 25 METER pool)

25 Yard Freestyle:   21.91 seconds

25 Yard Backstroke:  26.35 seconds

50 Yard Freestyle - 50.44 seconds

25 Yard Butterfly - 29.95 seconds

After the meet we headed to the Hubbard Avenue Diner for lunch and PIE!  This might become one of our favorite restaurants.  :)  After our main meals, Mads ordered a Lemon and White Chocolate pie, Amelia had a classic Cherry pie and Nate had some of the guts from Andrew's Apple-Cherry Double Crust.  We all declared that Mads and Amelia had chosen the best pies of the bunch!  :)

We are super proud of Mads and how she's progressing with her swimming.  I am so proud of her for waking up with a positive attitude and choosing to have fun rather than let her anxiety get the best of her!  A big Congratulations to Amelia who placed 4th in 25 Backstroke!  :)