Summer swim team is over for another year. That means no more rushing out of the house to be at 9 a.m. practice. No more 7:30 a.m., Saturday morning meets. No more six hour days at the pool. No more stressing over times not beaten or tears over bad swims. But also no more face paint and team cheers. No more celebrating over good swims and seconds dropped. No more days surrounded by friends and pot luck dinners at the pool.

At least until next year.

Here are some pictures that a swim team parent passed on to us that sum up the season.

Here is Jonah waiting to swim. At 5, it’s his second year on the team and he made Divisionals this year for the 6 and unders — which is the final meet that includes the top three swimmers from each age group.

Here is Maggie after a not-so-good swim at a cold and rainy meet against North Saint Johns. At this meet, she added time but overall is one of the top six in her 11/12 age group and she’s just 11. She also made Divisionals in three events this year — including the relay team which took second place. She loves to swim but not so much on this day. There were a lot of tears.

Here’s Adam congratulating a fellow swimmer. He has a beautiful breast stroke. He had hoped to beat the pool record this year but didn’t come very close. There’s always next year! He also made Divisionals  in three events and came away with two eighth place ribbons — not too shabby for a 9 year old in the 9/10 age group.

Lilly, 9, isn’t concerned with her times when she’s finished swimming — she’s more concerned about what she can get from the snack bar. But she does pretty well for herself. She was ranked second in backstroke and third in breast among the 9/10 year olds at our pool and swam one event in Divisionals.

Chris spends every meet timing — it can be 100 degrees and he won’t mind timing the whole meet. He loves being part of the action, cheering on swimmers from both teams and organizing parent relays.

I spend meets handing out the cards which let swimmers know what events they are swimming and what heat they are in. It’s fun because I get to know a lot of the swimmers by name.

Here’s Jonah waiting for the starting gun. He finally learned how to dive in this year.

Here’s Maggie after a happy swim. She always get’s her best times at Forest Hill Swim Club in Ellicott City. She thinks their pool might be shorter.

Here’s Jonah getting ready for a lap of backstroke. At Divisionals, he took 5 seconds off his best time. I was so proud.

In this picture, Adam is asking Coach Courtney what the score is. Rollingwood Seals are in Division 1, where we swim against some tough teams including Meadowbrook — home of Michael Phelps. We have T-shirts that say “We put the fun in Division 1″ but we lost every meet this year. That’s not so much fun. At this meet against North Saint Johns we lost by just 4 points. It came down to the last relay. But our team never stopped cheering.

We love swim team because it’s the only sport the whole family can participate in together.