Swim Meet in Lisle

Last night we had a swim meet in Lisle at the Sea Lion Aquatic Park. It's right by where Ruth lives (like walking distance), so she walked over to meet up with us. The weather was not good, though. It was chilly and overcast and the kids were freezing! Plus, the meet itself was really chaotic... there weren't actual heat sheets until a few minutes before the start time so everyone was scrambling to make sure the kids had their lanes/heats written on their arms. I think we were also down a few swim team coaches, so not as many people to wrangle the kids!

A couple girls were missing, so Morgan ended up doing a relay at the beginning that she wasn't signed up for. She did the backstroke in the 100 yard medley. Then, Avery and Morgan were in the same events after that. We had the 50 yard butterfly and the 100 yard freestyle. Then, they were supposed to do a 100 yard freestyle relay together with two other girls. But, they ended up scratching all the relays at the end of the meet because the meet was running long and the temperature really dropped after the sun started going down.

The girls were happy Grandma Ruth could come watch for a bit!

So many kids trying to warm up at the same time!

Finally got their lane assignments.

Morgan getting ready to swim the backstroke in her impromptu relay.

Trying to keep warm between races!

Avery's in lane 1 and Morgan's in lane 3... ready for the butterfly!

I even grabbed our super warm soccer blanket from the car for the girls to bundle up with!

While Morgan was waiting for the 100 yard freestyle race behind the blocks, she fell super hard on the pavement! There were so many kids there and it was chaotic (it was hard to know what race they were on because the announcer wasn't super loud, so tons of kids were waiting because they didn't know how long it was until their race). Morgan was trying to walk to me so I could give her the sweatshirt to wear while she waited and she tripped over another girl. Morgan landed on her knees, hip and elbow really hard. One of the lifeguards immediately sprinted over to us to check on her. She gave us a couple ice packs and put some band-aids on Morgan's knees.

Of course, Morgan was really sore right after this and her race was up next... the 100 yard free, which is a LONG race. She couldn't decide if she wanted to do it or not, but in the end toughed it out and finished the race!

Since that was their last race of the meet, we took off after that. The girls came home and took warm showers and ate dinner before crashing hard for the night! They were exhausted! And Morgan is sporting a few new bruises! :(