After missing the first two swim meets due to vacation, we were finally able to attend the home meet last night.  Girl's relays didn't kick a lot of butt but it was obvious her times were going to improve greatly over last year.  In her individual events, between last July and this event she went from 33.00s to 26.74 in her 25 butterfly and from 36.99 to 22.25 in her 25 free.  This, and the ribbons that come with these times, is the encouragement she needs to keep practicing and working on her starts on the blocks and coming into the wall hard.  I can't believe my kid swims butterfly and hates breaststroke.