Well, it's 8:30 pm and we just got home from day 1 of Ponderosa Invitationals. Talk about a long day. We got there at about 6:30 this morning. I went through some stats and figured that about the top 5% of swimmers in the Gulf Coast swim here. The girls were in very good company. Today the girls swam freestyle and backstroke. They swim prelims and finals here, so the top 16 swim again in the evening. We were pleasantly surprised when Regan made finals and ended up 10th overall. Not bad out of about 50 swimmers. Maddy finished 23rd I think. Neither girl swam their best time, but neither did a lot of people they were swimming against. Not sure where they finished in backstroke, but it was solidly in the top 2/3 at least. We head back tomorrow, at about 7 am this time. Girls swim fly, breast, Maddy does IM, and both swim a relay. It will be a long day. Maddy's best chance for making finals is in breast, but she has some serious competition. She'll have to swim a personal best to make it. To let you know how fast kids are getting, 2 years ago, Maddy breaststroke time would have gotten her 3rd at this meet. Yikes..... little Phelps' everywhere!
