My daughter was brought onto the competitive swimming squad in April 2015. This is considered long course season. I, of course, had no idea there was any type of distinction between swim races (25 meter vs. 50 meter). Usually the pool is set up with 25 meters during practices and that is the distance that my daughter was racing at CYO. During long course season the pools are set up with a 50 meter length of the swimming pool. This is long course. The Olympic Games and the World Championships are held in 50 meter pools. This distance can be challenging for any eight year old. There are less turns and the time used in gliding off the wall after a turn takes less effort compared to stroking. Swimming 50 meters takes longer than in short course. Since the team never practiced a 50 meter swim prior to the first race, the first meet was going to be about trying to get used to racing at that distance.
These were the results:
| Cadence | 50 Free | 5 | 8 9 | 5/3/15 | 2015 OR Thunderbolt Spring Ope | ||||
| Cadence | 50 Back | 7 | 8 9 | 5/3/15 | 2015 OR Thunderbolt Spring Ope | ||||
| Cadence | 100 Breast | 45 | 8 9 | 5/3/15 | 2015 OR Thunderbolt Spring Ope | ||||
| Cadence | 50 Breast | 5 | 8 9 | 5/2/15 | 2015 OR Thunderbolt Spring Ope | ||||
| Cadence | 50 Fly | 3 | 8 9 | 5/2/15 | 2015 OR Thunderbolt Spring Ope | ||||
| Cadence | 100 Free | 44 | 8 9 | 5/2/15 | 2015 OR Thunderbolt Spring Ope |
After this race I found out that this was the only opportunity to qualify for the Long Course Championships. Swimmers needed 4 "B" qualifying times from the Oregon Swimming time standards. My daughter did not get 4 "B" times. This was my first introduction to time standards.
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