Race: Masters swim meet
Date: February 7, 2016
Location: Franklin, PA
Sunday morning Shannan Jones-Kellam and Jamie DePastino Brandon and Daniel Pruzinsky and I went to our master's swim meet in Franklin, Pa. This is a 2-hour drive each way, and we enjoyed each other's company during the carpool. At the meet, I performed surprisingly well for my somewhat-still-sick and sleep-deprived state.
(1) My first event was the 50-yard butterfly. I swam in 33.06, which was 1.48 seconds slower than my personal best. Indeed, it was just an average swim. It felt ok, and I had a good stroke rate, but my dive was too deep. That probably cost me a second.
(2) My second event was the 25-yard freestyle. I swam it in 12.85 seconds, which broke my old record by 0.09 seconds. I even beat Gary, one of my age group competitors. He pointed that out and it made me feel good.
(3) My third event was the 50-yard backstroke. I swam it in 36.02 seconds, which beat my old record by 0.26 seconds. I had no idea I was in personal record territory, but I sure felt great during this swim. Well, actually, I didn't feel great. What I mean to say is that I worked as hard as I could...and that feels great. I kicked hard throughout, and I had a good start and turn at the wall. This swim was as perfect as I could make it, in the technical sense. At around 35 yards I felt tired and heard myself whimper. But I didn't let up. I will plan to do more whimpers during future swim meets and see if that helps my performance.
(4) My last event was the 25-yard breaststroke. I swam it in 17.43 seconds, which was 0.39 seconds slower than my personal best. I am not surprised. I'm not sure my legs were doing the kick right. It felt funny to me.
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Sunday, October 25, 2015
AMYMSA meet
Race: Masters Swim Meet
Date: October 25, 2015
Location: Greensburg, PA
Time:
Overall Rank: X out of XX
Age Group Rank: X out of X
Results: http:
50-Backstroke: I wasn't excited to be at this swim meet because I knew I was not in top condition. I didn't want to see how bad I would be. My 50-back featured a turn that sent me to the pool bottom (I tried not to push off from the bottom, but I dragged my feet). Despite this, my swim didn't turn out too bad and I snapped out of my funk.
50-Fly: This went really well. I might concentrate a little more on my turnover rate, but I completed this race without even being out of breath.
25-Free: I hardly ever do 25-yard races but I wanted something easy this meet. I came close to a personal best today.
100-IM: My fly took me to the wall fairly fast, but then I messed up my turn. I ended up on my chest and took a freestyle stroke until I remembered I was supposed to be doing backstroke. I don't know why I got confused. I had played over the event for several minutes before this race to review what I had to do. Anyway, I briefly got discouraged from my mistake, skipping a full breatstroke pull-out, but I recovered and started speeding. I gained a lot on my opponents during the freestyle at the end, but my final time was still a couple seconds too slow.
I look forward to the next meet. I've got this now.
Date: October 25, 2015
Location: Greensburg, PA
Time:
Overall Rank: X out of XX
Age Group Rank: X out of X
Results: http:
50-Backstroke: I wasn't excited to be at this swim meet because I knew I was not in top condition. I didn't want to see how bad I would be. My 50-back featured a turn that sent me to the pool bottom (I tried not to push off from the bottom, but I dragged my feet). Despite this, my swim didn't turn out too bad and I snapped out of my funk.
50-Fly: This went really well. I might concentrate a little more on my turnover rate, but I completed this race without even being out of breath.
25-Free: I hardly ever do 25-yard races but I wanted something easy this meet. I came close to a personal best today.
100-IM: My fly took me to the wall fairly fast, but then I messed up my turn. I ended up on my chest and took a freestyle stroke until I remembered I was supposed to be doing backstroke. I don't know why I got confused. I had played over the event for several minutes before this race to review what I had to do. Anyway, I briefly got discouraged from my mistake, skipping a full breatstroke pull-out, but I recovered and started speeding. I gained a lot on my opponents during the freestyle at the end, but my final time was still a couple seconds too slow.
I look forward to the next meet. I've got this now.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
AMYMSA meet
Race: Masters Swim Meet
Date: January 11, 2015
Location: Grove City, PA
We had our AMYMSA Masters Swim meet today at Grove City YMCA.
I swam the 50-yard Butterfly in 32.54, which was 0.22 seconds slower than my personal best. My dive was good but my dolphin kicks getting me to the surface were weak. I am also still pausing with my arms ahead of me during each stroke, which makes it hard to maintain the proper rhythm. I took only 3 breaths during the event and did not feel at all tired at the end (does that mean I should have worked harder?). Overall, I can’t complain because my speed was still good relative to past performance, and it is fun to think about how much faster I will be when I can work out these glitches.
I swam the 25-yard Freestyle in 12.99 seconds, shaving 0.3 seconds off my previous personal best. It took me a few seconds to invent my strategy (I should do this before the race!) of kicking hard and reaching far out ahead of me to grab as much water as possible with each arm stroke.
I swam the 50-yard Backstroke in 36.32 seconds, breaking my old record by 0.22 seconds. I feel great about this race. I think my arms, legs, head, and torso were all doing what they were supposed to be doing. My only failure was at the end when I started my glide into the wall much too early and I spent (what seemed like) a full second forcing myself to the touchpad. I am confident that my swim would have been well under 36 seconds without that mistake.
The 200-yard Freestyle was the very next event. I was not tired or sore yet, but I was still winded from the 50 Back. My strategy was to conserve energy and not go too fast during the first half of the race. I usually swim my fastest at the start and then get fatigued prematurely. I found that Dan Nadler was in the lane next to me and it seemed like he was maintaining a pace about right for me. It was helpful to pretend that we were driving cars in adjacent lanes of a divided highway, and we had set our respective cruise controls to the same speed. I was content to just swim next to him until the last 50 when I planned to step on the gas pedal and beat him. It didn’t quite work that way because I think he still beat me, but that last 50 was fun because of this competition, and I had something to distract my thoughts away from physical discomfort. I paid a heavy toll when I was done. I got out of the water and immediately felt wobbly and lightheaded as I walked to my chair. I plopped down without grace and sat there for 10 minutes as I caught my breath, massaged my very heavy-feeling and painful arms, and stared into space. I had reached my physical limit. I am proud of that. I didn’t beat my personal best (I was about 2 seconds slower today), but I am content knowing I gave it everything I had.
Date: January 11, 2015
Location: Grove City, PA
We had our AMYMSA Masters Swim meet today at Grove City YMCA.
I swam the 50-yard Butterfly in 32.54, which was 0.22 seconds slower than my personal best. My dive was good but my dolphin kicks getting me to the surface were weak. I am also still pausing with my arms ahead of me during each stroke, which makes it hard to maintain the proper rhythm. I took only 3 breaths during the event and did not feel at all tired at the end (does that mean I should have worked harder?). Overall, I can’t complain because my speed was still good relative to past performance, and it is fun to think about how much faster I will be when I can work out these glitches.
I swam the 25-yard Freestyle in 12.99 seconds, shaving 0.3 seconds off my previous personal best. It took me a few seconds to invent my strategy (I should do this before the race!) of kicking hard and reaching far out ahead of me to grab as much water as possible with each arm stroke.
I swam the 50-yard Backstroke in 36.32 seconds, breaking my old record by 0.22 seconds. I feel great about this race. I think my arms, legs, head, and torso were all doing what they were supposed to be doing. My only failure was at the end when I started my glide into the wall much too early and I spent (what seemed like) a full second forcing myself to the touchpad. I am confident that my swim would have been well under 36 seconds without that mistake.
The 200-yard Freestyle was the very next event. I was not tired or sore yet, but I was still winded from the 50 Back. My strategy was to conserve energy and not go too fast during the first half of the race. I usually swim my fastest at the start and then get fatigued prematurely. I found that Dan Nadler was in the lane next to me and it seemed like he was maintaining a pace about right for me. It was helpful to pretend that we were driving cars in adjacent lanes of a divided highway, and we had set our respective cruise controls to the same speed. I was content to just swim next to him until the last 50 when I planned to step on the gas pedal and beat him. It didn’t quite work that way because I think he still beat me, but that last 50 was fun because of this competition, and I had something to distract my thoughts away from physical discomfort. I paid a heavy toll when I was done. I got out of the water and immediately felt wobbly and lightheaded as I walked to my chair. I plopped down without grace and sat there for 10 minutes as I caught my breath, massaged my very heavy-feeling and painful arms, and stared into space. I had reached my physical limit. I am proud of that. I didn’t beat my personal best (I was about 2 seconds slower today), but I am content knowing I gave it everything I had.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
AMYMSA Swim Meet
Race:
Masters Swim Meet, scy
Date: March 3, 2013
Location: Indiana, Pa.
I had a good swim meet at Indiana University but not not exemplary. I swam the 400 IM, 50 backstroke, 25 freestyle, and 50 butterfly.
Event #1: 400 Individual Medley
Time: 6:46.44
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3
My seed time was 6:45.00 so I feel pretty good about my swim. I had never swam the 400 IM at a meet so there was some extra excitement and nerves going into the race. I felt my right oblique muscle tense up and my left toe cramp as I watched the heat of swimmers ahead of me. Oh boy, I thought, I hope I'll be OK. There is always some inner drama when I am competing! The swim itself was OK but not great. My butterfly segment felt easy until I swallowed water at yard 20 and spent the remaining 70 yards trying to clear my airway. I know this description makes it sound serious, but it wasn't. I've swallowed water lots of times and it's never pleasant but I swim through it. Still, it always distracts for the rest of the race. My backstroke turns were terrible, and by the time I was doing breaststroke I felt weak in the arms (but strangely, not very tired). My breaststroke turns and pull-outs were half-hearted. I even did an open turn during the freestyle segment. In sum, I swam this to get it done. Even so, I swam this faster than I ever did in practice.
Event #2: 50 Backstroke
Time: 38.28
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2
My time was about 2 seconds slower than my best time. That's not a good swim! But I only feel that way in hindsight. It felt good in the water. I think the problem was my start. The official was running the heats super fast and I felt rushed. The start tone surprised me, so I got a late start. In my head I like to "play a tape" of me swimming each race before I actually do it. It's an imaging thing that helps me prepare. I didn't have the chance to do that with this event.
Event #3: 25 Freestyle
Time: 13.29
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3
This was actually my best event of the day because I set a personal best. I was a little angry that I hadn't met my goals in the previous two events, so I plunged through this with every ounce of desire.
Event #4: 50 Butterfly
Time: 34.00
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4
This might be my favorite event in swimming but I felt tired by this point. My stroke was good but not especially strong. My arms didn't pull as much water as I know they are capable of. I think I took three breaths, an improvement from the five I took last time. My turn was late and too close to the wall. And speaking of the wall, I have finally figured out why my turns are so bad at swim meets in comparison to practices at my home pool. My home pool's walls are of a different design and in "away" pools I get disoriented about where to put my hands during breaststroke, butterfly, and IM turns. That doesn't explain my poor backstroke turns, though. I'm just bad with estimating my position as I approach.
Date: March 3, 2013
Location: Indiana, Pa.
I had a good swim meet at Indiana University but not not exemplary. I swam the 400 IM, 50 backstroke, 25 freestyle, and 50 butterfly.
Event #1: 400 Individual Medley
Time: 6:46.44
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3
My seed time was 6:45.00 so I feel pretty good about my swim. I had never swam the 400 IM at a meet so there was some extra excitement and nerves going into the race. I felt my right oblique muscle tense up and my left toe cramp as I watched the heat of swimmers ahead of me. Oh boy, I thought, I hope I'll be OK. There is always some inner drama when I am competing! The swim itself was OK but not great. My butterfly segment felt easy until I swallowed water at yard 20 and spent the remaining 70 yards trying to clear my airway. I know this description makes it sound serious, but it wasn't. I've swallowed water lots of times and it's never pleasant but I swim through it. Still, it always distracts for the rest of the race. My backstroke turns were terrible, and by the time I was doing breaststroke I felt weak in the arms (but strangely, not very tired). My breaststroke turns and pull-outs were half-hearted. I even did an open turn during the freestyle segment. In sum, I swam this to get it done. Even so, I swam this faster than I ever did in practice.
Event #2: 50 Backstroke
Time: 38.28
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2
My time was about 2 seconds slower than my best time. That's not a good swim! But I only feel that way in hindsight. It felt good in the water. I think the problem was my start. The official was running the heats super fast and I felt rushed. The start tone surprised me, so I got a late start. In my head I like to "play a tape" of me swimming each race before I actually do it. It's an imaging thing that helps me prepare. I didn't have the chance to do that with this event.
Event #3: 25 Freestyle
Time: 13.29
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3
This was actually my best event of the day because I set a personal best. I was a little angry that I hadn't met my goals in the previous two events, so I plunged through this with every ounce of desire.
Event #4: 50 Butterfly
Time: 34.00
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4
This might be my favorite event in swimming but I felt tired by this point. My stroke was good but not especially strong. My arms didn't pull as much water as I know they are capable of. I think I took three breaths, an improvement from the five I took last time. My turn was late and too close to the wall. And speaking of the wall, I have finally figured out why my turns are so bad at swim meets in comparison to practices at my home pool. My home pool's walls are of a different design and in "away" pools I get disoriented about where to put my hands during breaststroke, butterfly, and IM turns. That doesn't explain my poor backstroke turns, though. I'm just bad with estimating my position as I approach.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
AMYMSA Swim Meet
Race:
Masters Swim Meet (scy)
Date: November 18, 2012
Location: Greensburg, Pa.
Celebrated the day with a swim meet at Greensburg YMCA. I started the meet by singing the national anthem. Lots of folks would be nervous about that, and I was. But I didn't figure I would embarrass myself any more than normal; I'm already walking around half nude in a skin-tight swimsuit! I swam in four events and had extraordinary success.
Event #1: 100-yard IM
Time: 1:16.00
Age Group Rank: 6 out of 6
In the 100-yard Individual Medley I swam it in 1:16.00, breaking my old personal best of 1:19.30. (Despite this, I was still the slowest swimmer in my gender-age group).
Event #2: 50-yard butterfly
Time: 34.00
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 5
In the 50-yard butterfly, I swam it in 34.00 seconds. This was about half a second slower than my personal best, but it felt really good.
Event #3: 25-yard freestyle
Time: 13.68
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 5
In the 25-yard freestyle, I swam it in 13.68 seconds, which beat my old best time of 13.72 seconds.
Event #4: 50-yard backstroke
Time: 36.77
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 3
Lastly, my backstroke has improved considerably--I swam the 50-yard backstroke in 36.77 seconds, which beat my old personal best by more than 4 seconds! Within the last month, my coach and I have been working on my backstroke and my IM turns, so I am so pleased to see big improvements.
Date: November 18, 2012
Location: Greensburg, Pa.
Celebrated the day with a swim meet at Greensburg YMCA. I started the meet by singing the national anthem. Lots of folks would be nervous about that, and I was. But I didn't figure I would embarrass myself any more than normal; I'm already walking around half nude in a skin-tight swimsuit! I swam in four events and had extraordinary success.
Event #1: 100-yard IM
Time: 1:16.00
Age Group Rank: 6 out of 6
In the 100-yard Individual Medley I swam it in 1:16.00, breaking my old personal best of 1:19.30. (Despite this, I was still the slowest swimmer in my gender-age group).
Event #2: 50-yard butterfly
Time: 34.00
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 5
In the 50-yard butterfly, I swam it in 34.00 seconds. This was about half a second slower than my personal best, but it felt really good.
Event #3: 25-yard freestyle
Time: 13.68
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 5
In the 25-yard freestyle, I swam it in 13.68 seconds, which beat my old best time of 13.72 seconds.
Event #4: 50-yard backstroke
Time: 36.77
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 3
Lastly, my backstroke has improved considerably--I swam the 50-yard backstroke in 36.77 seconds, which beat my old personal best by more than 4 seconds! Within the last month, my coach and I have been working on my backstroke and my IM turns, so I am so pleased to see big improvements.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
AMYMSA Swim Meet
Race:
Masters Swim Meet (scy)
Date: February 19, 2012
Location: Cranberry, PA
Had another great swim meet yesterday. I did 4 events.
(1) 100-yard IM in 1:19.30. This broke my old record by 2 seconds. I attempted to do the fly-back turn the way my coach taught me, but i think I failed in that endeavor. So it wasn't pretty but what I did still worked. I came in 5th out of 6 in my gender-age group. That's actually an improvement--this may be the first time I ever beat someone in my group!
(2) 50-yard butterfly in 34.84 seconds. This again broke my old record by 2 seconds. A third-place win (out of 3). My friend Dan said I looked good but held my head up. I'll work on that.
(3) 25-yard freestyle in 13.91 seconds. I did not beat my personal best this time. I was off by two tenths of a second. A third place win (out of 3). This was despite the fact that I had just cut my toe and the bleeding had stopped only a minute before I climbed to the starting block. I thought maybe I'd have to scratch, but no one around me seemed to care that I was swimming with a bloody toe.
(4) My best race was my last. I swam the 200-yard freestyle in 2:38.86 (3rd out of 3). This beat my old record from October 2011 by 14 seconds. I destroyed the other swimmers in my heat. I finished so much before them that I wondered if I had counted laps wrong. When I was done I realized I wasn't even breathing hard. I could have swum harder!
Date: February 19, 2012
Location: Cranberry, PA
Had another great swim meet yesterday. I did 4 events.
(1) 100-yard IM in 1:19.30. This broke my old record by 2 seconds. I attempted to do the fly-back turn the way my coach taught me, but i think I failed in that endeavor. So it wasn't pretty but what I did still worked. I came in 5th out of 6 in my gender-age group. That's actually an improvement--this may be the first time I ever beat someone in my group!
(2) 50-yard butterfly in 34.84 seconds. This again broke my old record by 2 seconds. A third-place win (out of 3). My friend Dan said I looked good but held my head up. I'll work on that.
(3) 25-yard freestyle in 13.91 seconds. I did not beat my personal best this time. I was off by two tenths of a second. A third place win (out of 3). This was despite the fact that I had just cut my toe and the bleeding had stopped only a minute before I climbed to the starting block. I thought maybe I'd have to scratch, but no one around me seemed to care that I was swimming with a bloody toe.
(4) My best race was my last. I swam the 200-yard freestyle in 2:38.86 (3rd out of 3). This beat my old record from October 2011 by 14 seconds. I destroyed the other swimmers in my heat. I finished so much before them that I wondered if I had counted laps wrong. When I was done I realized I wasn't even breathing hard. I could have swum harder!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
AMYMSA Swim Meet
Race:
Masters Swim Meet (scy)
Date: February 5, 2012
Location: Clearfield, PA
My meet yesterday was at the Clearfield YMCA. It’s a brand new pool. I did 4 events and set personal bests in all of them:
1. 100 IM = 1:19.64 is about 2 seconds better than when I did the event in October. Somebody on my team told me I flutter-kicked between backstroke and breaststroke. I said “yes, that sounds like something I would do!” I’m within 6 seconds of my best friend, so I know I’ll beat him at some point. Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4.
2. 50 Fly = 35.45 is about 2 seconds faster than my personal best. The swim went well, but my ending was terrible—I hit the wall at midstroke so that was a little awkward and probably added a second to my time. Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3.
3. 25 Free = 13.72 is about 0.3 sec faster than my personal best. Of course there is a lot of measurement error with such a short event combined with human stop-watch operators. I remember breathing a few times, and this shouldn’t be necessary so I know that’s one way to improve. I got first place in my gender-age group for this event because no one else did it. Age Group Rank: 1 out of 1.
4. 50 Back = 41.16 is considerably less than the seed time of 47.0 that I submitted, but that was simply a guess because I had never done this event before. I think my start was reasonably good for someone who hasn’t had much practice. I don’t know if my hands and head landed in the right spot, but it felt fine. I really flew on the first 25 and despite paying attention to the flags I flipped over far too late to do a flipturn at the wall so I did an open turn. On my way back, my friend said my hips/torso was undulating side-to-side too much. I sometimes (often?) do this in freestyle, too, and I’m not sure whether this is fatigue or just too much [wild] enthusiasm during a race. Speaking of wild enthusiasm, at the end of the 50 yards I somehow ended up in the corner of the lane and missed touching the pad, so I think I might have been a second or two faster than indicated. Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2.
I’ve now acquired 100 points over 6 meets this season. I’m still the slowest member of my gender-age group but I’m having a blast.
Date: February 5, 2012
Location: Clearfield, PA
My meet yesterday was at the Clearfield YMCA. It’s a brand new pool. I did 4 events and set personal bests in all of them:
1. 100 IM = 1:19.64 is about 2 seconds better than when I did the event in October. Somebody on my team told me I flutter-kicked between backstroke and breaststroke. I said “yes, that sounds like something I would do!” I’m within 6 seconds of my best friend, so I know I’ll beat him at some point. Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4.
2. 50 Fly = 35.45 is about 2 seconds faster than my personal best. The swim went well, but my ending was terrible—I hit the wall at midstroke so that was a little awkward and probably added a second to my time. Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3.
3. 25 Free = 13.72 is about 0.3 sec faster than my personal best. Of course there is a lot of measurement error with such a short event combined with human stop-watch operators. I remember breathing a few times, and this shouldn’t be necessary so I know that’s one way to improve. I got first place in my gender-age group for this event because no one else did it. Age Group Rank: 1 out of 1.
4. 50 Back = 41.16 is considerably less than the seed time of 47.0 that I submitted, but that was simply a guess because I had never done this event before. I think my start was reasonably good for someone who hasn’t had much practice. I don’t know if my hands and head landed in the right spot, but it felt fine. I really flew on the first 25 and despite paying attention to the flags I flipped over far too late to do a flipturn at the wall so I did an open turn. On my way back, my friend said my hips/torso was undulating side-to-side too much. I sometimes (often?) do this in freestyle, too, and I’m not sure whether this is fatigue or just too much [wild] enthusiasm during a race. Speaking of wild enthusiasm, at the end of the 50 yards I somehow ended up in the corner of the lane and missed touching the pad, so I think I might have been a second or two faster than indicated. Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2.
I’ve now acquired 100 points over 6 meets this season. I’m still the slowest member of my gender-age group but I’m having a blast.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
AMYMSA Swim Meet
Race:
Masters Swim Meet (scy)
Date: November 6, 2011
Location: Erie, PA
Event #1: 100-yard freestyle
Time: 1:09.00
Age Group Rank: 6 out of 6
Event #2: 50-yard freestyle
Time: 30.85 seconds
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4
Event #3: 50-yard breaststroke
Time: 39.41
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2
Event #4: 25-yard butterfly
Time: 15.80 seconds
Age Group Rank: 1 out of 1
Third swim meet of the season went well. I did a 450 warm up and then competed in the 100-free, 50-free, 50-breast, and 25-fly. I beat my seed time in 3/4 events. Great day. Now to bed!
Date: November 6, 2011
Location: Erie, PA
Event #1: 100-yard freestyle
Time: 1:09.00
Age Group Rank: 6 out of 6
Event #2: 50-yard freestyle
Time: 30.85 seconds
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4
Event #3: 50-yard breaststroke
Time: 39.41
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2
Event #4: 25-yard butterfly
Time: 15.80 seconds
Age Group Rank: 1 out of 1
Third swim meet of the season went well. I did a 450 warm up and then competed in the 100-free, 50-free, 50-breast, and 25-fly. I beat my seed time in 3/4 events. Great day. Now to bed!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
AMYMSA Swim Meet
Race:
AMYMSA (scy)
Date: October 11, 2011
Location: Jamestown, NY
No photos
Master's Swim Meet. I did a 300-yard warmup and then participated in the following events:
A) 100 IM = 1:33.25 (this was rather disasterous, as my goggles fell off, my turn between backstroke and breaststroke was lousy, and then I got so out of synch that I had to stop in the middle of breaststroke and catch my breath.) Given all these issues, I am amazed that my final time was only 5 seconds off my personal best, so I look forward to pulverizing my personal best later in the season. Age Group Rank: 5 out of 5
B) 50 Butterfly = 0:38.42. I beat my seed time of 39 seconds so I'm happy with this. I know I can go faster, though. I was simply being cautious after the problems I had with the IM earlier in the day.
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3
C) 25 Freestyle = 0:14.12. I beat my personal best of 15.31 from earlier in the year, so this is awesome. My extra speed probably came from a new technique my coach showed me a couple months ago.
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2
D) 200 freestyle = 2:57.00. I kicked butt. Perviously my personal best was 3:12.15, so I have improved a whopping 15 seconds since 1/9/2011. People actually clapped for me. I'm not even sure why; I wasn't the fastest swimmer in the event, but I was the fastest of my heat...by a lot.
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2
Date: October 11, 2011
Location: Jamestown, NY
No photos
Master's Swim Meet. I did a 300-yard warmup and then participated in the following events:
A) 100 IM = 1:33.25 (this was rather disasterous, as my goggles fell off, my turn between backstroke and breaststroke was lousy, and then I got so out of synch that I had to stop in the middle of breaststroke and catch my breath.) Given all these issues, I am amazed that my final time was only 5 seconds off my personal best, so I look forward to pulverizing my personal best later in the season. Age Group Rank: 5 out of 5
B) 50 Butterfly = 0:38.42. I beat my seed time of 39 seconds so I'm happy with this. I know I can go faster, though. I was simply being cautious after the problems I had with the IM earlier in the day.
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3
C) 25 Freestyle = 0:14.12. I beat my personal best of 15.31 from earlier in the year, so this is awesome. My extra speed probably came from a new technique my coach showed me a couple months ago.
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2
D) 200 freestyle = 2:57.00. I kicked butt. Perviously my personal best was 3:12.15, so I have improved a whopping 15 seconds since 1/9/2011. People actually clapped for me. I'm not even sure why; I wasn't the fastest swimmer in the event, but I was the fastest of my heat...by a lot.
Age Group Rank: 2 out of 2
Saturday, March 5, 2011
AMYMSA Swim Meet
Race: Masters Swim Meet (scy)
Date: March 5, 2011
Location: Sewickley, PA
Event #1: 25-yard Breaststroke
Time: 18.53 seconds
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4
Event #2: 25-yard Freestyle
Time: 15.31 seconds
Age Group Rank: 6 out of 6
Event #3: 100-yard Individual Medley
Time: 1:28.26
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3
Date: March 5, 2011
Location: Sewickley, PA
Event #1: 25-yard Breaststroke
Time: 18.53 seconds
Age Group Rank: 4 out of 4
Event #2: 25-yard Freestyle
Time: 15.31 seconds
Age Group Rank: 6 out of 6
Event #3: 100-yard Individual Medley
Time: 1:28.26
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3
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