The meet was the fifth for Lily Francis (16).

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“I didn’t swim several of my main events, including the breaststrokes and the IMs, because I will be focusing on those events in college,” Fellman said. “This meet was an opportunity to enjoy swimming a variety of other events and focus on dropping time in those. I felt like I had a good meet and I was really happy with how all my races went. My goal going into this meet was truly just to enjoy everything and soak it all in because it was my last one…I am actually heading out to Minnesota a few weeks after graduation to start training with them. I’ll be taking a summer class and training under their club program before the official college season starts. I will come home for a few weeks in August before I head back for the fall semester.”


“I was 10 years old the first time I attended this meet country wise email marketing list, and it was also my first time at any big meet,” Francis said. “I remember being scared, but the older kids helped me out and made sure I was okay. I also swam the 50 fly that year. It was my favorite event back then. I’m glad I had the chance to swim it again at the same meet so many years later. I didn’t really get any best times at this meet, but I was close in every event except for the 50s and the 100 IM, which I haven’t swum since I was 12…(Junior Olympics) are always a highlight of the season, but I think ASSC is really the one big meet each year where I get the chance to swim events I normally wouldn’t. It’s also exciting because I get to race people I don’t usually compete against, which makes it even better. I get to meet new swimmers I probably wouldn’t have talked to otherwise. This year, they added four more events for the 15-and-older age group: the 50 backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, as well as the 100 IM. As a sprinter this was very exciting, especially since the 50 freestyle is my favorite event. I swam the 50 back (9th 28.31) and fly (5th 26.87), as well as the 100 IM (3rd 1:01.37). Personally I found these events to be quite fun because they’re such short races that anyone could win, so you never really know what to expect.”

Francis also placed 1. 50 free 24.26; 5. 100 back 1:00.38; 7. 100 free 54.26; 9. 500 free 5:40.95.

“My favorite part of the meet had to be the relays,” Francis said. “Relays are special because they’re not just about you, they’re about the three other swimmers next to you, along with the coaches and teammates cheering you on. These relays felt even more meaningful because it was the last time our whole relay team would race together, since Emma is graduating. The memories from this meet are ones I hope stay with me for a very long time.