Last week Newt participated in her first swim meet. She told me that she wrote “I am scared to death!” in her diary in anticipation of the event.
Here she is right before her first event, swimming freestyle in a four-person relay:
Always dramatic, she whispered to me, “I’m absolutely terrified.” I gave her a hug and told her to do her best and that she’d never have to do this for the first time again. Once her race was over, she’d be an expert.
She took her mark and got ready…
…and took off like her hair was on fire!
I’ve never seen her swim so fast. She managed to bring her team from fourth place to a second place finish.
Here she is right after:
Victorious.
