[Fair warning folks- this one gets silly... but it looks like they are having a fun time so far!] Greetings from the mountainous fairylands of Pennsylvania! We're having a magical time, and singing lots of gobbeldeegook around the campfire. Just kidding, we actually had a seven hour bus ride, but it was okay because we made lots of cool friends like Dory who went to World Championships, Katie, one of Kyra's roommates from last year at Zones, and Brooke, who managed to overcome the fact that she's from a rival...

Exeter swim team makes a splash By STEVE CRAIG [email protected] August 09, 2011 - 2:00 AM EXETER — Exeter Swim Team is making waves all over the place. Last weekend EST used a dominating effort from its 10-under set to finish second in the Granite State Swimming Association summer championships. They did it without nine of their best swimmers. That's because today eight of ESTs top older swimmers are heading to the Eastern Zone championships at Penn State University to be held Wednesday through Saturday. And Thursday, New England 14-under...

Batch 3 (an afternoon in San Francisco) - Kyra and the Jersey Storm girls at Pier 39... - Alcatraz!!! - Coach Greg and his friend's basking in the sun... - The Golden Gate bridge - Going down Lombard St, the curviest road in the USA.

Batch 1 from Palo Alto... - Kyra swimming at warmups Sunday afternoon - A look at the two 50m pools - The diving well (There is still ANOTHER pool I couldn't get a shot of, I will get those this afternoon) - The 'shopping' tent... the most suits I've ever seen in one spot!

Batch 2! - The boys pool - The girls pool - Swimmers hospitality (free food!) - Kyra hanging with New England swimmers - The Olympic standard starting blocks!

Hello all! This is Kyra! I am having such a great time in California! The weather is cold in the morning and night but as soon as the sun finds it's way around the clouds, everything warms right up. This morning, Kelsi and I got up and left for the pool at 6:15. We both warmed up in the competition pool which just so happens to be salt water! The pool was not very crowded in the morning because the meet didn't start until 9am but knowing Greg, we had...

In an amazing weekend of racing, EST finished 2nd in the GSSA Championships by just 104.5 points behind Bedford Swim Team. Led by an AMAZING 10-under session, Exeter swimmers were all over the scoring sheet- winning individual races, placing 4 of the top 5 in some events, winning relays, relays going 1st and 3rd... it was spectacular to watch. Even more exciting was the enthusiasm and excitement in the final few events as we were battling Bedford toe-to-toe till the very last event. The kids were hooting and hollering all...

Hello from Palo Alto! Kyra arrived on Saturday and I followed her today and we aresafe and sound in sunny/beautiful Palo Alto California. TheStanford campus is breathtaking, and the aquatics facility isleaving me speechless. I'm truly in awe- we'll post some picturestomorrow! Two 50 meter pools end-to-end, with a 25 yard pool andsome warm down area on top of that just behind the long coursepools, and seating all over the place- a truly spectacular venue. Kyra warmed up this afternoon with about 200-300 other athletesjust getting into town, and there...

EST swimmers RIPPED it up tonight! We had 9 individual races, and all 9 swims dropped time from prelims! Kyra Sarazen is your New England champion in the 200 backstroke! We also had a bunch of team records set, including the 13-14 girls 400m Free Relay that finished 4th overall!

Sunday night at 14-unders was perhaps the best night of swimming EST has had this year- and we've had some doozies this year! For the 2nd night in a row, we had 90% best times, and scored more points than we were seeded to. That was not the highlight of the night. The 13-14 boys 400 free relay team of Kellen Gray, Zach Bishop, CJ Patterson and Sam Hodgman finished in Nee England. That was not the highlight of the night. CJ Patterson had a wildly busy and successful night,...