Swim Meet

18 Oct - Jamie had her 4th Swim meet and did EXTREMELY well. She swam 3 individual events and had her faster time ever in all three!! She finished 2nd in the 50m Breaststroke and 1.6s faster, 3rd in 50m Freestyle and 2.8s faster and 5th in the 100m IM and 2.4s faster. Her dives are much better and she is kicking better in freestyle. Her butterfly still likes like a bad shark attack but she is improving. The other teams were Hohenfels, Weisbaden and Bamberg. Jamie needs to drop 3 seconds in her 50m free and 50m breast and 6 secs to qualify for the European Championships in Feb in Berlin. She can do it and has many more meets to improve. She is working hard but needs to improve her strength and stroke to make those final time improvements. She is having fun and James is having alot of fun timing and cheering on the kids at the meets. This was the first swim meet at the new pool here at Ramstein Airbase. It is brand new and has 8 lanes. It worked very well. her next meet is 8 Nov at Ramstein again and then 15 Nov in Stuttgart. Jamie will give a shot at long distance - she will try and swim the 400m freestyle in early Nov. Maybe the 800 freestyle????? Jamie ready to go in the while cap in the middle Jamie with her ribbons and the pool.