Ella swims great at Conference

The Mid State Conference meet took place on Thursday and Saturday at Mooresville High School. Preliminary heats were held on Thursday for seeding in the finals, which was Saturday. Top eight qualified for the finals and next eight were in the consolation. Ella was in the 100 backstroke and the 200 IM Relay and the 100 IM. Ella was seeded 4th in the backstroke and the team qualified 3rd in the relay. Ella was seeded 12th overall in the IM(this is not one of Ella's favorite races or strongest races, but she did great.), so she was seeded 4th in the consolation. So, for the finals, Ella place 3rd in the 100 backstroke. She did awesome. She knocked off over 2 seconds off her previous best time. Her time was 1:07.99. Her previous best was 1.10.34. She has been doing great and her mother and I are so proud of her. Ella also placed 2nd in the consolation round of the 100IM. She had a best time there also, but I can't remember what it was. Ella's 200 Medley relay team also placed 2nd, in which Ella led off and had her team in the lead after her awesome backstroke leg (31.72). The team placed second overall, which was awesome. It was a long day, leaving home at around noon and getting home around 9:30. I want to say Peri was quite a trooper for hanging out all that time to watch her big sister, but she didn't say too much about it (and if you believe the last part of that statement, then I have some swamp land in Florida I would like to sell you.) Peri, you did great too. Thanks for not complaining tooooooo much!