Three Rivers Conference Championships 2018

The girls' winter swimming season (and their time with the TV Aquatics Club) is quickly winding down and coming to an end.  With only two more meets on the schedule, they competed last Saturday at Wabash for their Conference Championships.

The team was moved to a new conference this season so we weren't sure what to expect.  It's a much smaller conference than the one they were previously enrolled in, but there was still some pretty tough competition for the girls.

Thankfully the girls rose to the occasion and had a good day.

Morgan was due to swim in the morning session.  She would have two other girls from our swim team to swim against in her events that morning and she was also in the same age group as a couple of tough state competitors and even a nationally ranked breast-stroker from an area swim team.  She said that her shoulder is still really bothering her but she felt like she could still swim through the pain and get some good times. 

And she didn't disappoint.  She improved all of her times on the day and was the leader on the girls side for our team.  She even placed high enough in all of her events to be part of the medal ceremony.

Morgan's Results:

100 Yard Freestyle     1:06.71     2nd place with two second improvement

100 Yard Backstroke     1:27.98     5th place overall but personal best on season

100 Yard Breaststroke     1:29.32     3rd place 

50 Yard Freestyle     30.48     2nd place overall and personal best on season

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After taking a break for lunch, Marissa was set to swim at 1:00 in the afternoon.  She was relieved because her toughest competitor from the previous year had aged up so she wouldn't have to swim against her, but quickly disappointed that two others had joined the team and they were just as fast!  Oh well, it's always good to swim against fast competition to bring out your best, right?

She cut time once again and qualified for yet another divisional cut - and it was fun to see her also taking part in the awards ceremony.  We also found out that she missed being the "High Points Winner" for the day by just a point or two.

Marissa's Results:

50 Yard Butterfly     35.89     2nd place and a three second improvement

200 Yard IM     2:52.39     2nd place.  Cut two tenths of a second on time.  Two tenths away from divisional cut

50 Yard Breaststroke     42:28     2nd Place     5th Divisional Cut of the season

50 Yard Freestyle     30.96     3rd Place

The girls will have a weekend off from competition before competing in the Last Chance Competition in late February and Divisional Championships in March.