Sage Swim Meet in Merritt

Last Saturday (June 16th) we drove down to Merritt to see Sage in her first swim meet since she has started with the Princeton Swim Club.

GGMa came along for the day and GGPA stayed at home.

Well, it was quite the experience. Swim Meets and Swim Clubs have their own little culture going on. From the different Clubs set up under team tents, to how they get ready for the various swimming heats, etc.

Sage did very well for her first time. She freaked out a little bit in her first event when she saw the that the pool got deeper where the bottom tiles changed color, but she finished her first race and won a prize and a ribbon.

Of course Tamara and Kevin were involved with helping out with getting kids ready for their next event and timing races. So, this gave us a chance to take Conrad for a walk downtown and give him a bit of a break and find a treat.

You have to appreciate the fact that Princeton has a shorter outdoor pool and their swim club has only been active for about one month. Where Clubs like Kamloops and Kelowna swim year round in full size pools.

For lunch we headed back to where Kevin, Tamara, Sage and Conrad were camped for the weekend. We got to see their new trailer that they recently bought and enjoyed a picnic lunch with them.

After lunch it was back to the pool for Sage’s final race which was a Medley. There were four teams in this heat the the Princeton group almost got third place. In the end it was great to see everyone and to spend a bit of time with them.