Cram several thousand people under 100+ pop up tents, throw in hundreds of swimmers under the age of 10 and lots of heat and humidity and what do you get–the city swim meet!
Here’s an idea of the crowd…
And of course, you must occupy the said swimmers (wet, slimy with sunscreen, and tattooed with race, heat and lane numbers):
And when it’s finally their turn…
You have to have a great cheerleader!
I’m really proud of the Big Girl. She earned her 2nd fastest freestyle time (37.something seconds) and her fastest backstroke ever (33.37 or so…)!
I take full credit for the backstroke speed…must have been my, er, training.
I love the cheerleader…