17 Jan - The Kaiserslautern Kingfish hosted the Division Championships today here at Ramstein. The teams in the division are Berlin, Kaiserslautern, Stuttgart and Heidelberg. Jamie swam the opening 50M in backstroke for the mixed relay. She improved 4.27s and moved up to within 2.6s of qualifying for Champs. If 2 other swimmers qualified this weekend, Jamie will swim 50M in Berlin. Jamie then swam the 100IM where she finished 4th. She swam neck and neck with a friend. Jamie fell behind after backstroke by about 6 feet then she pulled it together and caught the other girl and passed her in the last 15 feet of the freestyle. REALLY great race. She improved 1.4 s and just miss qualifying for champs by 0.38s. She is currently ranked 17th so she will most likely swim this event at Champs. Next she was the 200IM for the first time!!! She did great swimming the event in 3:45.64. That is only 5s from qualification times. She swam beside a friend and they both were neck and neck for 175m but Jamie pulled ahead in the last leg of freestyle and beat her for 4th!! Then the GREAT swim. Jamie swam the 50M breast that she qualified in last week. She was the #1 seed for the event for her age and she lived up to the challenge. She tied with a girl from Stuttart with her fastest time ever 50.41s. This means Jamie is the RHINELAND DIVISION 50M BREAST CHAMP!!!!!!!!!! Then Jamie swam lead off for the 200M relay but was slightly slower so she did not improve. Overall it was a GREAT meet and Kaiserslautern won by over 200 points!!!!
We'll find out this week how the other swimmers did at the other three divisions this weekend and we'll know what Jamie will swim at Champs. We know she will swim 50M Breast and two relays. It is possible she can swim the 50M free, 50M back, 100 IM and the 200 IM
The Official Score Sheet - Jamie #1
Jamie with her 1st Place and two 4th place Medals!!
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