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| Timers--mostly parents--check their watches. |
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| Doug and Beth Doughty talked my grandgirl Maddie into swimming for the team. |
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| A mama captures her kid in action. |
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| Annette Patterson congratulates her daughter, Emma, on a strong swim. |
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| Boys dive into action. |
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| Children soar through the pool in the butterfly. |
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| More timers, including my daughter-in-law Kara, right. |
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| Part of the crowd surrounding the pool. It was tight as a sardine can all morning. |
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| Grandgirl Maddie takes a few minutes to think before her final swim. |
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| Top Houndog swimmer Annette Patterson had shoulder surgery this week. Here her daughter Libby helps adjust her ice pack. |
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| My son and his mother share a, uh, moment(?). |
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| Madeline swims into colorful water in the 50 meter freestyle. |
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| An excellent turn helped Maddie to a win in the 50 meter freestyle. |
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| Mads has her instructions from Coach Andy Huray (rear). |
The Hunting Hills Hounddogs (Maddie's team) rallied from a 700 point deficit going into Saturday afternoon to win the top-level title by 348 points over Stone Gate. Here are the final standings:
1, Hunting Hills 17,358.5;
2, Stonegate 17,010;
3, Read Mountain 14,018.5;
4, Our Lady of Nazareth 11,470.5;
5, Forest Hills 8,500.5;
6, Olympic Park 7,693;
7, Spring Run 7,128;
8, Elks Lodge 6,773;
9, Hidden Valley 6,420.5;
10, Ashley Plantation 6,105.5;
11, Vinton Swimming 5,681.5;
12, Roanoke Country Club 5,256.5;
13, Castle Rock 4,839;
14, Limestone Park 1,128
This was a special event for the Smiths this year (see previous post) because of Madeline's triumphs, but I saw an awful lot of happy faces, a few tears and a huge amount of excitement in the two sessions I attended. I also saw a lot of kids slowly growing up and that was a heck of a lot of fun--especially when one of them was my favorite grandkid.
Go Mads! Make 'em eat your bubbles.
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