Helena’s Regional Results – 2017

We are super proud of the hard work Helena has put in swimming over the past year, but especially since the swim season began in September. She seems to set new personal bests every time she jumps in the pool.  In some cases she has taken more than 30 seconds off her previous best time.

This past weekend was the 2017 NE Regionals, which is a qualifying event. Impressively, Helena qualified in 7 different events. I got the privilege of getting to see Helena swim 4 of those events on Sunday, which also included a 40+ mile drive home in a nor’easter.

So how did she do you might ask? Well before I list the events and times, let me just say that she swam really hard (and really fast) and made us all super proud. We constantly tell her that it’s not about what place you come in, but that you gave your best effort (and she absolutely did!). And sometimes when you give your best effort you actually have your best results.

It’s also worth noting that on Sunday she won her heat in 3 out of her 4 events AND that only one event was not a personal best.

Saturday

• Girls 8U 50 yard free: 42.17 (place 17)
• Girls 8U 25 yard back: 21.59 (place 8)
• Girls 8U 25 your breast: 29.92 (Place 24)

Sunday

• Girls 8U 50 yard back: 49.4 (Place 9)
• Girls 8U 25 yard free: 19.26 (Place 11) *** Won Heat **
• Girls 8U 50 our breast: 1:03.66 (Place 12)  *** Won Heat **
• Girls 8U 100 yard free: 1:39.17  (Place 6) *** Won Heat **

These are tremendous improvements over last year and even over the start of the year. Couldn’t be more proud of our little swimmer!