State Championships coming up (Swimming)!
By jennybianca
@jennybianca (12912)
Australia
May 6, 2007 1:43am CST
Some of you may be tired of my swimming discussions, so ignore this if you are. We are very excited, as we found out last night that my daughter has a very good chance of getting in the State Championships, held in January. This is a premier swimming event, & we have teams from all other Australian States, Japan & other nearby countries attend.
Only swimmers who meet the absolute minimum standard are allowed to participate.
My daughter has made the minimum standard in 50M freestyle a few times in the past few months, but she has to do this in an official meet. She has an official meet coming up in about 5 weeks, & if she achieves this minimum time & quite possibly get better, then she is in the State Chamopionships. Not only frrestyle, where she should qualify, but also butterfly & backstroke, where her times are close.
This gives my daughter something to aim for with the intense training over the next few months.
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@brendalee (6082)
• United States
6 May 07
I never get bored with hearing about the accomplishments of young people. I hope she does well as I am sure she will try hard to do her best.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
6 May 07
Same here Bren. I love to see kids of all ages striving to do their best.
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@CinderInMySoul (4717)
• United States
6 May 07
Wow! that must be exciting for sure! i imagine you are very proud of her and the hard work and dedication she is doing in order to achieve this!
im sure she will do better than the min. times needed at her official meet!
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@weemam (13372)
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6 May 07
I know how you must feel as my granddaughter used to be in the Stirling team, we used to go and watch her train and I have her on tape , she loved it and she was told she could go places but she has eczema and the chlorine was making it worse , she was in tears when she had to give it up , she had lots of creams and things but it just got too painful for her
well done your daughter you must be very proud of her and rightly so xx
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
7 May 07
Chlorine is a real problem. MY daughter doesn't have eczema (although did when she was very young), but still has problems with the chlrine. Some pools are worse than others. Once a year our team (Fleurio), go to Mildura for a training camp. Lots of swimmers had reactions to the chlorine. It got really bad for my daughter. This year when we go to Mildura, I am buying allergy tablets for her, plus now I think one can but some soap & cream to treat chlorine.
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
6 May 07
I'm wishing your daughter the best of luck in her future swim meets. I've always loved to swim but have never been a strong enough one to compete - I greatly admire those who can though.
@iamconfused (12)
• India
7 May 07
iam a diver but not a swimmer ........but i won 2 medals in district and state comp..
& i know da feeling of victory...
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
8 May 07
She has just turned 14 years. Her time for 50 metre feestyle is 34.1 seconds. You have to reach a qualifying time of 34.5 secs to enter the state championships. She is 2 secs below in butterfly, but we are reasonably confident she can make the gap in the nextr few months.
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
20 May 07
I will pass on your advice to my daughter. She is very keen to improve & improve herself.
Are you are competitive swimmer? Can you PM me if you have any further advice.
I am giving you best response.
@dana234 (2114)
• Spain
6 May 07
Certainly a great challenge for your daughter, jenny. I´ve always found the "butterfly" style extremely difficult and still haven´t mastered it.
I wish your daughter the best of luck. From what I´ve read here she must be a very determined young girl. :-)
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
6 May 07
This is great that your daughter has such a wonderful opportunity. I hope she makes it.
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@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
7 May 07
aw congrats to your daughter, wish her all the luck. and i bet you are so proud of her, i would be to if she was my daughter. i love swimming and im a fairly strong swimmer as well, you have to love the water to be able to swim like that.well thats my opinion anyway
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
7 May 07
Oh wow, thats so cool. I hope she does well. Sounds like she really likes to swim. its always nice when your child excels at things. my son was in band and always did well I was very proud of him. I know you are proud of your daughter as well.
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
6 May 07
Wowwww, your daughter must be something. It sure does need a lot of hard work and perseverance to qualify for that position. I had enrolled my girls in swimming school last summer and both of them was having a blast. They may not be a good swimmers like your daughter, but I'm happy to see them floating on their own, LOL! Congratulations and I'm sure you must be so proud of your daughter.
@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
6 May 07
Jenny,that is so wonderful! I am sure she is so excited! I will keep my fingers crossed. I don't get tired of hearing about swim meets.
