Swim Meet #3

For the third meet of the season, our team traveled to Mt. Pleasant to Brickyard Plantation.  Thomas didn’t have his best showing in the previous meeting, so instead of competing in four events, he was competing for two events (for points) and two for exhibition.  Since Parker is in the 6 & under group, they were just swimming freestyle for exhibition, as usual.

First up was Thomas in the Mixed Medley Relay – exhibition lane.  Thomas swam the final leg of the relay, the freestyle leg.  By the time he got in the water, the points teams had already finished (or were close to it!), so it’s easy to find him in the video.  :)  He swam well.  His time was 23.90 seconds.

 

Thomas swims the final leg of exhibition mixed medley relay

Soon it was time for Parker and the 6 & under group to swim freestyle.  Here he is, three lanes from the camera:

Parker swims freestyle–38.67 time

Then it was time for Thomas.  He also swam this event just for exhibition.  He did, however, finish first in his heat.  His time was 26.15 (though I timed him at 25.87).  He is in the third lane from the camera.

Thomas swimming exhibition freestyle

After a little lull in competition for our boys, soon it was time for Thomas to swim his first “points” event of the night – breaststroke.  It’s not his favorite, but his coach has confidence in him (and his ability to stay “legal” and not disqualify).  So here he goes, he’s in the lane closest to the camera. 

Thomas swimming breaststroke

Despite his third place finish (37.22 seconds), he earned a 2nd place ribbon because the 2nd place finisher was disqualified for some reason. 

Next up was the final event of the night.  Thomas swam the third leg of the freestyle relay.  My phone ran out of room for the video before the end of the race, but you can see Thomas.  His team is in the top of the two lanes (in the middle):

Thomas in third leg of Freestyle relay

Thomas wasn’t quite the slowest leg, but it wasn’t his best time in the relays.  He always swims much faster in the relays than individually.  His time here was 24.48 seconds.  His team fell behind in the final leg and took second place.

In the end, the boys did well and so did the team.  They came SO CLOSE to winning their first meet of the season, losing by only two points.  Maybe next time…