The second day of the Olympic Trials marks another exciting day for the FISH team. Kate Ziegler will be swimming her first, much anticipated race, the 400 m Free. She will be swimming her prelim race in Heat 10, lane 4 in the early afternoon which can be watched at nbcolympics.com. Finals will be tonight and are shown on NBC from 8:00 - 9:00 PM.
Update: 8:59 PM - Kate just finished swimming her 400 Free final and she secured her spot on the Olympic Team in a time of 4:03.92. In a very tight race, Kate needed a personal best time to finish second only to Katie Hoff. We will provide a further update when we have heard from Kate and Ray. The first FISH ever to go to the Olympics. Congratulations!
Update: 9:53 PM - We just heard from Ray and needless to say they are both very relieved and relaxed and happy at this point. A very happy coach said, "Kate swam the race exactly as planned and it worked out very well. We were not worried about time, we just wanted to make sure she came in as number one or two that is all that matters right now. That she did it in a best time was of course a fantastic way to finish her first final at trials." Ray said, "I believe Kate is one of a few female swimmers from the Washington, DC area to ever go to the Olympics." He also feels that Kate will be much more relaxed going into her next races.
Feel free to leave a comment for Kate and Ray.
Update: 8:59 PM - Kate just finished swimming her 400 Free final and she secured her spot on the Olympic Team in a time of 4:03.92. In a very tight race, Kate needed a personal best time to finish second only to Katie Hoff. We will provide a further update when we have heard from Kate and Ray. The first FISH ever to go to the Olympics. Congratulations!
Update: 9:53 PM - We just heard from Ray and needless to say they are both very relieved and relaxed and happy at this point. A very happy coach said, "Kate swam the race exactly as planned and it worked out very well. We were not worried about time, we just wanted to make sure she came in as number one or two that is all that matters right now. That she did it in a best time was of course a fantastic way to finish her first final at trials." Ray said, "I believe Kate is one of a few female swimmers from the Washington, DC area to ever go to the Olympics." He also feels that Kate will be much more relaxed going into her next races.
Feel free to leave a comment for Kate and Ray.
Hey, Familia Nelson here! As the longest reigning members of FISH (besides the Beneckis, of course!) we'd like to send our warmest felicidades to Kate, Ray & Matthew! Katie, who started swimming with Mini-Fish in 1995, said yesterday, and I quote: "Kate Ziegler proves that even regular people can become Olympians." For those of you who know young Katie Nelson, that's high praise! Kate was Katie's "buddy" at the Radford Travel Meet several years ago, & young Katie never forgot her kindness. Congrats to you OLYMPIAN FISH from Brooke, Mark, Chrissie & Katie! I'm gonna blog about you tomorrow, so tune in to http://scholastic-scribe.blogspot.com! Good luck in your other races!!
Kate = BEAST!