Friday was very exciting for me. I had the luxury of remaining dry all day. At least until the team practice that night. But until then, I got to be a spectator. Sort of. I've already taken my test to become a level 1 judge, but I wanted a bit of experience judging actual routines. Between Candy, Karen and Laurette I've gotten a really good idea how easy it's not.
But back to the swimmers.
This time we started in the 70s. There were six pairs competing. Our own Penny and Lizzi were up 5th.
They did a wonderful job. They had over a two point lead on the next closest competitor after the tech routine.
Next up were the 20s.
Jenni and Kim swam 5th.
They ended up in 5th place with a 68.834.
In the 30s, Lindsay and Shannon swam 12th.
After the techs, they scored 77.666 for 5th place.
Then we were ready for the duet free routines.
This time Penny and Lizzi started off the competition.
They scored a 63.500 which combined with their tech scores gave them an overall score of 62.167 and secured a gold medal. Great job ladies!
Back to Kim and Jenni in the 20s. They swam 9th in their age group.
They scored an impressive 73.000 which after combining with the tech score gave them an overall score of 70.917. They tied for 2nd place. Excellent job!
In the 30s, Shannon and Lindsay swam 12th again.
They earned a more than respectable score of 76.600. After all was said and done, they had an overall score of 77.133 which was the highest of any of our team scores. Way to go ladies!
After the duets, we ended up in a bit of a scramble. The teams were all scheduled to run through their routines that night with music. However, the competition went a bit long and many of the competitors had tickets to see La Reve that evening. The powers that be allowed teams who had people with tickets to swim first during the practice.
It was getting a bit chilly so the teams were eager to get through the practice for more than one reason. Afterward, we had a nice little dinner, then put on the videos of the team practice. I need to get a copy of ours. Not because we were incredible or anything. But because Ymajahi is a complete nut. You can see her dancing along to our music in the shallow end. It was hysterical! A wonderful end to a wonderful day.
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