This Just In

We just got back from the Gold Swim Meet, the county finals for the summer recreation swim season.  It was held at Lehi's Legacy Center, and the Lehi folks running the show did a terrific job.  The meet ran smoothly and, all things considered, rather quick too.  And I didn't have to do a dang thing but watch my own kids--and cheer for those on our team!

The Legacy Center in Lehi has a fantastic aquatics center, and luckily today it was closed to the public throughout the meet.  This gave us the whole place to spread out and make camp then we could walk in to watch our kids' events.  Much more enjoyable then being mashed into a viewing area that isn't big enough for two teams' families--much less all eight teams in our county summer league.

The Boy got back from a week long, high adventure camp at Flaming Gorge with his scout group yesterday afternoon.  He hasn't been at practice all week.  We weren't sure how he would do--physically or emotionally--considering the lack of sleep and nutrition this past week.  But he ended up doing really well!

The Boy swam the 50 yard freestyle sprint, the Medley Relay (4x50), 100 freestyle, 50 yard breaststroke and the freestyle relay (4x50).  Unofficially--meaning that these are the times I wrote down from the unofficial poolside scoreboard--he did better than his seed times across the board.

50 yard freestyle: 32.03 seconds
200 yard Medley Relay: 2.21.11  The coach tells me they took first place!!
100 yard free: 1.11.??
50 yard breast: 38.55 On this one, he dropped 3 seconds from his previous best time.
And I didn't get their relay time....we were all relieved to be almost done by that point in the meet.  But I think they took 2nd place.

The Girl has focused in to the county record for the breaststroke in her age group since she swam faster than the record at one of our mid-season dual meets.  She has a very natural stroke and since she swam year round this year, her technique has only gotten better.  Her Individual Medley--meaning she swims 50 yards of each of the four strokes herself (as opposed to a RELAY)--has really gotten a boost since her breaststroke time has improved.  An IM can be won or lost with the breaststroke leg of that race. 

Her times were very impressive!  Unofficially, of course, here is what I recorded:
200 yard Medley Relay: 2.11.20 (County record had been 2.14.51) First place, and a new relay record!
100 yard freestyle: 1.02.74--taking a surprising 2nd place.
200 yard IM: 2.36.51--she took first in this event!
100 yard breast: 1.19.80 (Previous county record was 1.21.80) First place, and new indivual record!!
And I didn't her free-relay time either...or the just for show "Coaches' Relay"...but both of these were fun to watch!

Our team's kids--overall--did a great job today.  Genius Golfer even heard another team's coaching staff talking amongst themselves who asked "How does their (meaning, our) team just kill us every summer but not carry that momentum into the high school season?!"  Good question, really.
Alas, for our high school swim season, it is really a quest for The Girl to achieve her personal best...and enjoy the team for what it is worth.  Too much politics, personality conflicts and teenage dramatics to make it worth much more than that to her.  Luckily she sees the advantage of swimming, despite all the high school hijinks.

But what a great day today!  I was so proud of both the kids and their efforts to reach their goals!  Now, The Boy's efforts shift immediately to football.  Two-a-day practices begin Monday morning!

Ahhh, the joys of parenthood!