Nationals Day 1

Day one is in the books and it was a great way to start off the meet!  Claire was the only one in action today for her optional entry in the 50 freestyle.  Her main events, the 100 and 200 breaststroke, will take place on Friday and Saturday.  But her 50 freestyle today was a great start!  She swam a personal best 25.35.  Although it wasn't the fastest time in the meet--in fact, the winning time was a blazing fast 22.80--it was a great way to get the jitters out.

Tomorrow, Claire has the day off and Karl takes on the 100 butterfly.  Karl is the top seed in the event after his Northwest Conference winning swim of 48.20.  If day one was any indicator of what's to come, it is sure to be exceptionally close in both prelims and finals.  It's going to take a great prelims swim from Karl tomorrow morning in order to be in contention in finals tomorrow night.  It's going to be an awesome morning!  I'll be posting more updates about Karl's heat and lane again tomorrow.

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