Can you swim in the rain?

This last weekend was a big day for the synchronized swimming teams, the Cactus Classic Meet was held at a local Jr High aquatic complex. While this is a long 2 day event, it is a chance to compete with other local teams as well as some teams from other states.

The forecast was a 30% chance of rain in the beginning. The actual weather was windy, cold and rainy...all day! Many of the parents and even some of the athletes asked when it began to rain really hard, "Are they going to cancel the meet?" Well, the answer was no, only unless there was lightning, and there was no lightning. The athletes were obviously already wet, so there was no reason to stop.

The sun would pop out intermittently, but then it would rain again, seemingly harder than it had the time before. Sidney and I were there from 6:45 am to 6:30 pm on Saturday, which made for a long day. Sidney swam early and then not until the evening, but she has to stay for the whole day. Since Sunday was optional, she opted out of that.



I think it's great when the girls get to get pumped up for their routine. They have to "knox" their hair, so it's all uniform and out of their faces. Then they put on these handcrafted suits that are meant just for that routine, with headpieces to match.



I should have tried to get a group shot of her trio and then her team, but it was pouring down rain when her team was getting ready to swim, it stopped a little during her routine though.

Check out this video of Sidney's team routine. Don't mind the cheering you hear in the background, we're just showing our support.