No Whining Allowed

The AquaMouse had her swim meet on Saturday. She swam in the medley, did her usual butterfly. Her split time was 29, a personal best  for her.

Then she waited for her next event, the 100 butterfly. Then she found out she was disqualified! Because she did not swim the 50 free, that she did not know she was supposed to swim!

They even got rid of her time in the medley, she said the next best time was 31.

Honey and I have one question. Why do they have to disqualify a swimmer for ALL of their events if they miss one?

We feel very sad for her. All along we have been telling her, go as far as she can go, ride it as long as she can, beat your own times. And she would have. She said they had “fast” water. She might have shaved seconds off her best Fly time.

She would not have advanced to states though. Her previous best Fly time was 1.08, and she said there were girls who were 58, 59. She would not have shaved that many seconds off. But still

Oh well. That’s it for this year, and she says she is not swimming next year. Not because she got DQ’d, she has been saying it all along. She says it is too much work, and she has no life. It IS a lot of work, and her social life IS severely curtailed. But she is an asset to her team. They are a better team for her participation, even if she is not their best swimmer.

But, I am going to work on her for the rest of the year. She still doesn’t know how far she can go. She still hasn’t ridden it as far as she can. We still don’t have those end of year final times. The ones in the “fast” water.

No matter what, we are so proud of that little Pool Rat.