I. On to Nationals - Minnaw-so-tuh
Her second
Senior Nationals cut came in in1000 Free, 10:00.90, at the Retriever Classic
at UMBC in mid - January. Traditionally, this has always been a very good meet
for Kate, a true test of the speed and conditioning gained from the daily doubles
during our annual training trip over winter break. Faced with 19 swims (10
events over 4 days, with finals in all of them, except for the 1000 Free), Kate
responded with 10 best times.
Kate´s
short course season ended in style, capturing the 13-14 Girl´s High Point at
the PVS Junior Olympics.
What can be
accomplished in 3 months?
Personal
Bests:
|
|
As of |
As of |
|
|
|
December,16th 2001 |
March, 10th 2002 |
|
|
100 Free |
:53.46 |
:53.11 |
PVS SC Champs |
|
200 Free |
1:53.38 |
1:53.03 |
PVS SC Champs |
|
500 Free |
4:55.90 |
4:54.33 |
Retriever Classic |
|
1000 Free |
10:05.85 |
10:00.90 |
Retriever Classic |
|
100 Back |
1:06.18 |
1:01.41 |
PVS SC Champs |
|
200 Back |
2:17.20 |
2:15.25 |
Retriever Classic |
|
100 Breast |
1:16.71 |
1:14.07 |
Retriever Classic |
|
200 Breast |
2:40.49 |
2:37.59 |
Retriever Classic |
|
100 Fly |
1:02.38 |
1:00.42 |
PVS SC Champs |
|
200 Fly |
2:15.58 |
2:09.04 |
PVS Junior Olympics |
|
200 I.M. |
2:17.08 |
2:11.37 |
PVS SC Champs |
|
400 I.M. |
4:37.72 |
4:30.14 |
PVS Junior Olympics |
On to
Nationals... Minnaw-so-tuh..as Kate would say. ...Or so we thought. Unfortunately,
something happened during Eastern Zone Sectionals.
Saturday,
March 16, 2002- Too sick with the flu to swim relays, Kate spent the last two
days of the meet trying to recover, some real `quality` time, I `m sure
Monday,
March 18, 2002 - Not given the opportunity to change our reservations to a
flight a couple days later, I met Kate at the airport, nearly passed out on the
floor, too weak to move, with chills and a fever. Somehow we made it to
Minnesota.
Tuesday,
March 19, 2002 - Even after another 24 hours to recover, and countless trips to
the drugstore we had no choice but to scratch the 800.
