Emily has been swimming with Trenton Swim Club (TSC) for almost three years now. It has been an incredible journey for us, and for those of you that has followed her with us.
Emily's coach, Nick, has been the high school coach at a local school (Southgate Anderson). He recently became the head coach at the high school Emily will be attending in a few years ( Gibralter Carlson). He coaches both teams, TSC and the high school team, actively and has been great for Emily. When I told him, last night, that Emily would be on his team if he stuck it out long enough the look on his face was priceless! He was very excited to know that! While he was coaching the team last night, he seemed to pay a little bit more attention to Emily's flip turns and starts. He was on her about a lot of little things, which I was happy to see. It's almost like he realizes that he needs to correct things now so that she can be at the top of her game in high school. As we left the pool he looked at me and said..."so, I can pretty much count on a State Championship in a few years huh?". I laughed and said "maybe, you never know!".
I think this could be the start of a great relationship between her and Nick! Hopefully he will take her where she needs to go, and push her in the way she needs pushed.
I am attaching three videos of her most recent meet. There weren't a lot of kids at this one, since it was put together pretty fast and with not a lot of notice. Never the less, she swam amazing! While viewing these videos it's hard to believe she is swimming against kids that are almost two years older then her! Crazy!! :)
No, not crazy....FUN!
Enjoy these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVrgw06dtL4 50 breaststroke in medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhlxiqYUc2E 50 Fly (notice how perfect her stroke looks.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7OccsHWAFY 50 freestyle (working on her flip turns)
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