THE PAGNOZZI FAMILY: FIRST SWIM MEET OF THE SEASON

We were very excited to have our 1st swim meet of the season. It was the first time Hana was swimming! It was so exciting having both of them swim.
Hana did great!! She definitely exceeded my expectations. I put her in swim to make her a strong and confident swimmer. She is good at recreational swim, but I need her to be strong. My goal was just to get her from 1 side to the other. She has definitely surprised me this meet. She is definitely keeping up. She won her heats. She is one of the younger 7 year olds. In the events (ages 7/8) she ranks in the middle. I think is awesome. In freestyle she shaved off 5.12 seconds from her seed time and in backstroke she shaved off 8.05 seconds from her seed time. Hana's backstroke is awesome. This was just the 1st meet. I'm excited what the next meets will bring for her. Go Hana!!!
Ricky is having a great start to the season. He was in 2 relays and his team won both. The 1st relay (100 yard medley) he was 1st leg and started it off with a backstroke. The 2nd relay 100 yard freestyle he was 2nd leg and did amazing. It was neck to neck and they won. So exciting. In his event swims due to his seed time he was in the fastest heats. He held his own. So proud of him. In his freestyle he shaved off .03 sec. He finished 4th in the event! His backstroke is not as strong. He keeps going towards the left side. We will work on it and figure it out. He placed 6th in the event. The last stroke he had was butterfly. He did awesome and shaved off time, but unfortunately got disqualified for not lifting his hand out of the water all the way at times =(. I was so sad bc it was an awesome race. It is a hard stroke. Everyone, but 4 people got disqualified.
At the very end there was a special race to be had. The coaches raced against each other. It was a very close race, but our coach won! Love that they did that for the kids.

It was a great 1st meet and the kids did great.