The day started quite spirited with both teams sporting some really nice “costumes”. (see pictures below). The White team entertained with a wonderful dance….
Sad faces appeared when I told them it was time to set up the lane lines and get ready to swim. Once we set everything up we had a really nice warm up and the stands began to fill up. Lots of family and friends, along with the women’s soccer team, supporting the teams.
We had one of our Alum’s show up with her racing suit on, Carole Kepler, and Mary Ewanich (our intern assistant for the semester) raced as well. They started by sharing duties on the medley relay. Ended up racing the 100 back and the 50 free … the team was very supportive of the Alum’s races.
There are 9 events offered and this year we had 4 new meet records!! Amanda Palmer broke 2 of her own records (100 fly, 200im) and Britt Rehrig broke the 100 breaststroke record (with an unofficial PSAC time & good enough for 3rd on our all time top 5 performances list). The 4th record was the White team’s 200 free relay of Sam Durham, Becky Fountaine, Amanda Palmer & Brittany Williams.
It was a really fun, exciting way to kick off the season. I am really excited for our first opportunity to race another team. In just about a month we will head to Canton OH, to race Univ of Findlay, Malone College and Urbana College. It is going to be an awesome opportunity to race in the same pool as the NCAA national championships!
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