The start of a new season

Of swimming of course! On Sunday, we had our first meet. It went really well, at least as far as I'm concerned. Mummy was going to take me, but then, at the last minute she remembered that her car was at the spa. No problem, I managed to hitch a ride with Elena, at 9:30 from Pantalla, so promptly at 9:00 I drove off on my motorino.
When we got to Bastia, where we were having the meet, we immediately met up with some of our teammates, and decided to go change. In the changing room, we happened to pass by… our science teacher. Two of her nephews are on the team, and she also has some younger kids who swim on a different team. I love having connections outside of school.
We've redesigned our swimsuits and shirts so that they are completely nondescript; a grey T-shirt, a black swimsuit with an orange logo on the chest, and an orange swim cap. Oh well- at least the swimsuits aren't see-through.
The warm up was a complete disaster like it always is, and they had decided to switch around the order of events- all the girls went in one chunk for each event then all the boys. I did very well. I brought home three medals- one for each race; although to be fair one of them was chance and the medal for the relay was not due to my particular merit. But I DID earn the third place medal for IM.
It was really fun.
Ciao,
Florence

Samuele Biscotti and Lorenzo Rancini.
Lorenzo Rancini didn't actually win this medal, but he received it because Alessandro, who won it, had disappeared.

Medals for the IM

One of the younger relay teams- the 14-15 group: Veronica, Lorenzo, Sofia and Federico.

Elena, getting her medal for breaststroke 

Medals for backstroke.
I have a stripe across my belly because I naturally fold my arms, so that happens all the time at the meets. It is even more noticeable with the light grey shirt.