We finished 4th at the KC invite overall and had some great performances.  Most girls - 10 of 13 - got to swim on Saturday which was way up from last year.  We won the 200 free relay by a touch (top 5 teams all within .5 of each other) and Merideth won the 50 free by half a body length.  The girls had a great time at the meet and several coaches and even some other swimmers commented on how much we look and act like a team - a huge compliment. Merideth followed up her win in the 50 with a 2nd place in the fly. Hallie was 3rd in the 50 and 6th in the 100 free.  Jenna placed 7th in the 200 free and 4th in the 100 free.  Jess Avey was 8th in the 50 and 7th in the breast.  She had probably her best meet as a Chief.  She dropped a full second in the 50 and almost 3 in the breast.  She also was on the winning 200 free relay and split 26.9 - going into the meet her best this year was 28.3.  Molly Greene placed in the 200 free and 500 free and dropped 7 seconds in the 500. Molly had another big drop in her 100 free where she broke the 1 minute barrier not once but twice in the 400 free relay.  Heidi dropped 6 seconds in her 500.  Katie Wiskur dropped almost 10 seconds in the 500.  Megan Miller had a drop in her 100 breast - almost 2 seconds.  We placed 2nd in the 400 free relay and almost went a season best time.  Megan Manes placed 15th in diving, a very strong finish (even though she almost quit the team - ha ha).  We saw the emergence of POO MAN and Jenn even had some good luck come her way (must have been the dirt).  Dixie had a good 100 back, Megan Imhof looked good in her swims and Brittany had 2 solid swims.  Caitlin continued to show improvements with good swims in the 100 free and 100 back.  Kayla looked great in the first 75 of her fly but sickness made it tough for her to finish but she was still very close to a best time. 

The girls enjoyed a great after the meet meal at Five Guys Hamburgers (did anyone have 2 burgers?) and then a big thank you to the Harmisons for treating the girls to Icee’s in Clinton.  It is fun to get to be the coach of a group of girls that has this much fun doing something that takes so much hard work and dedication.