Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals is a week-long “pipeline” opportunity for young athletes aspiring to qualify for the US Paralympic team. Sarah Kate competed in swimming.
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How Sarah Kate Became a State Record Holder, Part 2
This post is the second in a two-part series. If you haven’t yet, I encourage you to read Part 1 here. Nine members of the St. Michael Catholic swim team qualified for state, which was held on Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1 in the Martin Aquatics Center at Auburn University, and I drove up… Read More
How Sarah Kate Became a State Record Holder, Part 1
Back in September, Sarah Kate’s high school, St. Michael Catholic, hosted a swim meet for all of the Catholic schools in the northern gulf coast region. Coach Cathy was there to assist with the timing system and she told us that Alabama now allows para-swimmers to attempt to qualify and swim at the state swim and… Read More
The 2018 All-About-Nathan Post: Swim Team, First Communion, and All the Rest
After a reader left a comment on my last post inquiring about Nathan, I realized that it’s been over a year since I’ve shared what’s been going on with him. I did post about AbleNOW accounts back in February, which was related to Nathan, but it doesn’t really count. I haven’t been writing much this… Read More
Just Keep Swimming, Mommas!
Ever since June I’ve had “Write swimming post” on my To Do list, but every time I sat down to actually do it, I decided to wait until after X or Y or Z event which was coming up soon (and, if I’m being honest, I’ve struggled with my writing in the months since my… Read More
The Over-the-Top Swim Mom Was Me
A couple of weeks ago, my Timehop app showed me what happened six years ago – Sarah Kate’s very first swim meet. We watched the video of her swimming the 25 yard backstroke as a family, and Mr. Andi’s description of it was spot on. It looked like controlled drowning. Fast forward six years and the difference… Read More