Monday night was the first swim meet of the summer. We were the away team swimming against Oakwood Country Club. As we arrived at the pool, the recently clearing skies turned pretty dark. Just as I unpacked our chairs and took kids to the bathroom, the rains came. Fabulous! Now our chairs were soaked, but the camera made it to the car safely. The rains passed and the kids warmed up. The meet started at 6. Hunter swam his very first event EVER, the 50M Freestyle. I don't have any photos of the event since the camera was now tucked safely in the car. Hunter swam the first 25 meters no problem. At the turn, he got water in his mouth and he stood up in his lane to catch his breath. Well, that disqualified him in the event, but he swam his little heart out.
My job at the meet was to round up 10 and under swimmers to get to the blocks in time for their event. I was just rounding up the kids for event #30 (Garrett's 25 meter freestyle debut) and event #32 (Hunter's 25 meter freestyle) when the next storm came up out of nowhere! We got drenched. We waited. According to the league rules, we have to wait 90 minutes before calling the meet and rescheduling. After consulting with weather radar maps, it was clear that the storms were settling in for the long haul. So, we came home after only 25 events completed. Tonight, we will finish the rest of the meet. The forecast is for clear skies today, so we should be able to swim and I should be able to get some pictures to mark the event!
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