Improvement!

Well, the Greater Metro Conference swimming season got underway this week. My girls from West Allis had a tough challenge last night (which they all are!) against the Red Raiders of Wauwatosa East. Last year, we were defeated by a score of 115-71. It was our first dual meet and we knew that we were in for the long haul

This year, we brought a much improved team into East and gave them a little run. After two events, we were in the lead, helped by a 1-2 finish in the 200 Free! Before the diving break, we were only down by 4 points, which is an accomplishment in itself.

Then diving and the second half of the meet came. The divers are regrouping from the loss of their top two divers to graduation and injury, and the back half of our meet needs some work. This year, when the waves settled, the final score was 114-72...a one point improvement!

We CANNOT look at it this way though, as Tosa East also has a much improved team from last year. Looking at the times posted at this meet (the same place on the schedule), all times were MUCH better than the same time last year.

I am very proud of my girls! Though there is no rewards for losing a dual meet, but the over 70 personal best times and 3 individual winners is definitely movement in the right direction!