I just started back swimming about six months ago and about two months ago signed up for USMS because there was a Masters swim meet at my pool and I thought it would be a fun goal to eventually compete.
I am seriously thinking about signing up for my first swim meet (Colonial Zone SCY Championships) in April but I am afraid that 1)I will finish dead last in every event I do - I have gotten A LOT faster but I don't I am at race speed yet and 2)The people from my swim club might be irritated that I didn't scored well enough in my races to earn them any club points. I also don't think I will be doing any relays because I think I will hurt the team's chances in placing well. I don't know anyone else in the local swim club (VMST) I signed up for.
Right now, I think I want to do the 50 free, 50 back, and 100 back. Should I really wait to do my first swim meet or should I just do this first one for the experience? I don't want people to snicker at my times.
Great post, Ande! :applaud: I agree with Ande and every other poster before me. I was a newbie, one year ago today- exactly! :bliss:My first meet was a big one at the end of March, shortly after joining. It had been 31 years since I had last competed, so I didn't have much of a clue, to say the least. Everyone I talked to at the meet was so helpful and encouraging; even one of the meet volunteers from a competing club was cheering me on! I even swam a relay (thanks, Rob Copeland!) and had a blast doing it. Rob was a ringer on the relay, but the two of us gals were slow at backstroke and breaststroke (me). But, nobody cared; we were giving each other high-5's and cheering each other on.
Whatever you do, take the leap and swim at this meet! I'm still thankful I did! I even went to Nationals as a newbie and (almost) came in dead-last in my age group. NOBODY CARED!
Good luck!
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Great post, Ande! :applaud: I agree with Ande and every other poster before me. I was a newbie, one year ago today- exactly! :bliss:My first meet was a big one at the end of March, shortly after joining. It had been 31 years since I had last competed, so I didn't have much of a clue, to say the least. Everyone I talked to at the meet was so helpful and encouraging; even one of the meet volunteers from a competing club was cheering me on! I even swam a relay (thanks, Rob Copeland!) and had a blast doing it. Rob was a ringer on the relay, but the two of us gals were slow at backstroke and breaststroke (me). But, nobody cared; we were giving each other high-5's and cheering each other on.
Whatever you do, take the leap and swim at this meet! I'm still thankful I did! I even went to Nationals as a newbie and (almost) came in dead-last in my age group. NOBODY CARED!
Good luck!
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