Swim Meet #6…. First Place!

Last night was an awesome meet! We swam against the only other country club in the league. The rest are dedicated swim clubs and attract WAY more swimmers and, in general, much better swimmers than we have. Usually our 40 or so swimmers are swimming against clubs with 100+. Last night was much more evenly matched and the score was actually tied halfway through. Exciting stuff! :)   The other team ended up winning, but not by a landslide. :)

Anyway, exciting stuff. Ben got a legit (no one DQed) FIRST PLACE in backstroke!  Then he got second with on one DQing in fly.  Man was he excited.

Simon swam really well too! He won his heat and then he swam fly and actually would have taken 2nd place except he only touched the wall with one hand. He was SO angry all the way home. :( I felt sorry for him… but… rules are rules and that's the only way to learn.

Simon started this trend last night. He calls them "Power Gauntlets". Even the older boys caught onto it and started running around with cups on their wrists. LOL. I'm sure the concessions people were thrilled. 

Coach Doug kept wandering around writing random things on the kids with sharpies…. he got Ben during relays…. the result is below…. cracked me up!

Boom Shaka Laka….
Also, please note, off in the distance waiting to swim…. the guy in the far right lane. He was as big as Michael Phelps and he swam in the relay against a kid Ben's size. I swear, the guy swam the length of the pool in ten strokes. RIDICULOUS!