The two buddies posed with signs others had made for them.

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“Probably going to the meets,” Jones said when asked what she likes about swimming. “It is really fun with Emma helping. She helps you get to your places and she is really nice…I haven’t swam against her, I probably can’t beat her…My favorite swim is probably freestyle.”


“Well, this is one of her first meets,” Fellman said. “And I remember what it was like when I was this age, so it’s like seeing how much fun she is having it is just so special to be a part of that and help her.”

When Fellman was eight she, too, had a buddy.

“Dessa Gerger was one of my first buddies, so I country wise email marketing listremember how fun and exciting that was,” she said.

Fellman was focusing this meet on having fun, including racing in some events she normally does not, such as the 100 back, which she won in 1:01.32 over teammates Lucia Chapell (18), Annabelle Woodruff (14), Katya Foy (14) and Cora Soboleff (13) among others.

“That was more of just like an off-event race,” Fellman said. “Kind of just having fun before my last meet of my GSC career coming up. So this was just a fun swim to do.”

Asked what she would miss the most about GSC after their final meet in Anchorage, Fellman said, “The family…it is so special.”

Adding to the family atmosphere Sunday was an impromptu conga line led by younger GSC swimmers that grew to stretch across eight pool lanes, and at one point danced up into the grandstands and before events, as swimmers were led to the starting blocks they passed through handshake lines and the younger swimmers danced along to songs such as “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen.