Grace Gent was nominated FISH of the month for April. Grace
is a very strong Mini FISH whose improvements have not only come from going to
the regular scheduled Mini FISH practices, but by also by attending morning
practices at Spring Hill on a regular basis.
Back in February, Grace swam at the Winter Gator Mini Meet where
she qualified for the PVS Junior Olympics. The time standards at the Junior Olympics are set for 10 and
under swimmers. Grace is only 8 years old and qualifying for this meet at the
age of eight is a tremendous accomplishment. She was racing against 9-10 year old swimmers.
For example, Grace was the only 8-year old girl in Potomac Valley Swimming to qualify for the Junior Olympics in the 50 backstroke event. In addition, Grace broke a 12-year-old FISH team record in the 50 back improving the prior record by over two seconds. Grace is looking forward to the Long Course season and the chance to break FISH LC records during the upcoming summer season. Grace will swim her NVSL meets at the Hamlet Swim Club where she started swimming when she was four years old.
Grace attends Churchill Road Elementary and is in the 3rd grade. She enjoys cooking with her mother and loves to go to ice skating camps throughout the year. Grace is an avid reader and she spends her time reading the Harry Potter books and occasionally endulges by eating her favorite food, chocolate.
Grace and her family would like to thank the FISH coaches for helping Grace develop into such a fine swimmer over the past two years.
