If you are a frequent reader of our blog, you might remember that Faith built a new pool that a little over a year ago. The pool was designed to be a competition pool and so in January of this year, the first ever Faith Academy Swim Team began. Will and Emily both love to swim and have been like little fish since they were young, so they were quite excited to join. They can now be found after school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays swimming laps. They both really love it. The school hoped to have 10 or so kids come out for the team. They thought they would have 2 or 3 lanes designated for swim team and the rest of the pool for community swim. The response though has been huge, more than they could have hoped for, and continues to grow. The swim team now commandeers the whole pool from 2-3:30 and there is very little room to spare--even for all of the swimmers. There are about 15 participants in the middle school alone. The elementary group is even larger.
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So today the kids (and of course Allan and I) headed off across town to Brent International School for their first swim meet. They really enjoyed it. Emily likes to say, "I didn't lose a single race." That's just her optimistic way of saying she never came in last place. Having only been practicing for a couple months, even our fastest swimmers were not in the top 5 or 6 of any event. It was a good experience and I look forward to seeing how much they improve at the next meet on April 21.
We have become quite the athletic family lately with swimming and tennis. I have now joined the ranks of the hip FTP (Future Tennis Players) at Faith. I am taking tennis lessons with the 2 other moms we went with to Boracay. Soon Em and I will have to have a mother/daughter match up. I just need to practice a bit more so I'm not stomped too badly.
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So today the kids (and of course Allan and I) headed off across town to Brent International School for their first swim meet. They really enjoyed it. Emily likes to say, "I didn't lose a single race." That's just her optimistic way of saying she never came in last place. Having only been practicing for a couple months, even our fastest swimmers were not in the top 5 or 6 of any event. It was a good experience and I look forward to seeing how much they improve at the next meet on April 21.We have become quite the athletic family lately with swimming and tennis. I have now joined the ranks of the hip FTP (Future Tennis Players) at Faith. I am taking tennis lessons with the 2 other moms we went with to Boracay. Soon Em and I will have to have a mother/daughter match up. I just need to practice a bit more so I'm not stomped too badly.
Below are some picture taken at the meet today against some of the other international schools and Filipino swim clubs. The pool was covered so some of the pictures are a little dark.
Go Swimming Vanguards from FASC!
(Faith Academy Swim Club)
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Emily getting ready to swim the breast stroke
Em's neck n neck on the first length.
She's in the closest left lane.
Close to the finish line
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Will on the blocks
Will swimming his favorite stroke: Breaststroke
Will touches the wall in the Freestyle
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