Swim Meet vs. Brentwood YMCA

Carter is swimming with the F.A.S.T. Frogs this season.

F.A.S.T. stands for Franklin Area Swim Team and we practice at the Williamson County Rec Center in Franklin.  We chose F.A.S.T. because it's the team Suzy's kids swim with and I figured we could help each other out with practices and meets since we both have 2 non-swimmers to also wrangle.  You are also required to volunteer at 3 of the 5 meets which can be hard with all the other kids.

Carter has had 2 weeks of practice so far (but a few days have been cancelled because of the cold and rainy weather we've been having).  He also had swim lessons last week.  He's come a long way in those 2 weeks and improved so much.

This morning was cold and misty. It was only 60F at meet time!  Today's meet was at the Brentwood Y which uses their outdoor pool.  Luckily the water was heated because I can't imagine how much bluer Carter's lips would have been if it weren't!

Carter got his team suit today too - love the jammers!!!

Carter swam the 25-yard freestyle, 25-yard backstroke, and 100-yard freestyle relay for the 6 and under boys.

Carter's time in the freestyle was 46.38 seconds.  He placed 5th (but had the best time for his team).  I think he was super excited and trying too hard to swim fast because his form is usually a lot better.  But I'm so proud of him and think he did great!

Carter is in lane 5 in the video below (the swimmer closest to me while filming).

Carter's time in the backstroke was 40.07 seconds.  He placed 2nd (and had the best time for his team again).  He was less than 2 seconds behind the winner.  I was super impressed!!!

Carter was in lane 5 again (this time there is also a swimmer in lane 6).

In the the relay, Carter's team won (but only because the other team got DQ'd when two swimmers jumped in the pool at the same time - they were much faster).  Carter was the 4th swimmer in his relay and swam super fast (I didn't time or video that race).

Carter should get ribbons for all his finishes tomorrow.  He's so excited!  He loves his award collection :)

After the meet we went to McDonald's for ice cream.  Carter did a great job swimming and Rylan did awesome just hanging out and staying out of trouble!  (Grayson slept in the Ergo most of the meet which was perfect too!)