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Dropping Halo for Boarding


We stayed at a hotel in Chinatown


Irish Food




The Nutcracker at the Warner Theater






At Bible Museum










National Christmas Tree








Picking up Halo from boarding

The team had a practice over the holiday break that was full of unusual relay races. This "event" was tandem breaststroke - the person in front does the arms part of the stroke and the person in pack does the legs part. AJ is the one in the white USA swim cap.

100 Breast


200 Breast

They invited children to come up onto the stage and Anna went. She is wearing a purple jacket with a pink zipper and is just behind the podium on the right side.

It was only hairline fracture at the end of her forearm very close to her wrist, but she's in a cast for 3-4 weeks.

With this 100 Breaststroke swim, AJ got his first Junior Olympic (spring championship meet) qualifying time in the 13-14 year-old bracket (at age 13). Kids were grouped at this meet as ages 13 and up, so he was swimming against all older kids. He clocked the fastest time out of all 13 year olds at this meet in this event.

This was a team night special event for the older swimmers. The swimmers were videotaped in endless pools from multiple underwater angles, and were able to watch and have their underwater footage critiqued by coaches.