Race:
Masters Swim Meet (scy)
Date:
January 8, 2012
Location: Grove City, PA
Event #1: 100-yard freestyle
Time: 1:09.28
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4
Event #2: 50-yard freestyle
Time: 30.57 seconds
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4
Event #3: 50-yard breaststroke
Time: 40.50 seconds
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3
Event #4: 25-yard butterfly
Time: 15.55
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2
I did a 450-yard warm-up then waited for my first event: 100-yard freestyle.
I kicked butt. My second event was 50-yard freestyle and I again beat my
personal best. And you know what? I could have gone faster. My third event was
50-yard breaststroke and I messed up to the point that I should have been
disqualified but apparently the official didn't notice or care. Upon diving, I
got a bit of water in one of my goggle's eye sockets and this distracted me
enough that my first stroke in the water was butterfly instead of breaststroke.
It took me a while then to figure out how to start breaststroke from a butterfly
position but I made it work. I did breaststroke for the rest of the race but I
didn't push myself. I wasn't even winded at the end. My teammates were laughing
really hard when I got out of the water. Glad to be the source of some humor!
My last event was 25-yard butterfly and I beat my seed time by 0.2 seconds.
It's hard to improve by much with such a short distance. It's all in the dive.
All in all, a great day of competition.
