The Next Gold Medal Winner is….

Yesterday, a Houston native that got her start in swimming at the Houston Swim Club won a gold medal in the Rio Olympics! Simone Manuel surprised everyone and perhaps even herself by winning the gold medal in the Women’s 4x100m relay race. It was a surprise to us as well to learn she learned to swim here at the same place we’ve been taking Ivy for 4 years now. Houston Swim Club does a fantastic job of teaching kids – even babies – how to swim. Ivy is now a ‘stingray’ and learning the freestyle (or frontcrawl) swim.

Today, just as we arrive at the pool for class, Abc13 News arrives too. They are here to talk about Simone Manuel and her start in swimming at the club. Ivy didn’t get interviewed, but she was in the background in a couple of shots. For whatever reason, Abc13 did not put the video on-line, however the transcript of the video is here.