The swimmers are excited to perform at home and have family and friends see them at the state level. This meet will require many volunteer hours and our team is excited and preparing to host a great event.

I hope that residents of Aberdeen and surrounding areas will come watch South Dakota's best competition of swimmers and see what competitive swimming is about. People across the state are excited to compete in Aberdeen's new pool.

The time standards for this meet are much greater than the sectional meet. Emily continues to step up to achieve greater time standards which allows her more opportunities to swim with other swimmers across the country.

Unfortunately, Nikki was competing when her health was not very good yet but still put out a good race.

Emily did not swim her fastest times but qualifying for the finals is a great achievement.

In one sense, this is sad. I have many fond memories of the old pool.