Abbi had a very busy and exciting weekend. She was determined to get a qualifying time to be able to continue on to compete at State (what they are refering to as Junior Olympics). She was in 8 events total over the weekend, swimming in 4 events on Sat and 4 events on Sun. She started off with the 50Freestyle, which she got 2nd in her heat (the six that race at one time), and 8th place overall. Then onto 100 backstroke, which she got 1st in her heat, 3rd place overall. Then she swam the 100 IM (which is 25 each of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, & freestyle) and came in 1st in her heat, 3rd place overall. Then her coaches put her in a 200 Freestyle Relay Race which thier group of 4 came in 1st in thier heat, and placed 1st overall.
Then Sunday morning she got up early to do it all over again. Starting with the 50 Backstroke taking 1st in her heat, 2nd place overall. Then swimming breaststroke, then 100 Freestyle taking 3rd in her heat, 7th place overall. Then again swimming in a relay, 200 Freestyle, which her group came in 2nd place in thier heat and 2nd place overall. We are all so very proud of her. She walked away with 4 medals and 3 ribbons along with 2 State qualifying times. She will be heading up to Cedar Rapids this Saturday.
