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JO's DAY 4

The Final Act of the Meet

 Some of the Mako faces


5:45 and here we go for day 4 and the last swims of the meet.  As I walked to the pool this morning it felt a little colder than when I left a few hours before.  Could that  be a sign of some sorts.

We started the first session with a very good warm up withe the 13-14 year olds with Coach Peter in one pool and the 11-12 year olds in another pool with myself.  The session started with the 400 free relay and we had 5 entered.  The men and woman had an A relay each and the 13-14 year old men also had a B relay entered.  All 20 swimmers swam some strong 100's as we got ready for the individual events.  All 5 relays posted best times.

We would start with the back stroke the older kids doing the 200 and the younger ones the 100.  We had 3 swims with Jackson posting a best time, and Julia dropping over 5 seconds.

Next up was the 100 free were we had 7 swimmers entered, posting 5 best swims (Maggie, Lauren,, Gabby, Marcelo, and Elena Summers with a Sectional cut).  The other 2 swimmers posted their entry times.  The younger swimmers got to do the 50 today and we had 7 best times ( Kent, Alex, Anthony, Peter,Emily, Allison, Jessica) out of 11 swims.  The other 4 swims were very near their best posted times.

Next to the blocks were our fliers, Marcelo in the 200 fly posting a best time.  We had six 11-12 year olds swimming the 100 fly with Anthony, Ellie M. Peter, Alexa  all swimming best times.

Our last swimmer of the evening was our Iron Lady Gabby who set a team record on Thursday in the mile would now take a shot at the 1000 free. She would end up swimming a best time by over 4 seconds to finish off the session for our older swimmers.  

We had a little time to catch our breath before the 10 and unders would arrive for the next session.  The 10 and unders had a great warm up and appeared ready to swim fast, we would soon see.  the session started off with 2 relays and each of them posted a best time. 

The individual events started with the 100 back and we had 8 entries.  Posting best times  were Justin,  Matthew,Natalie F., Siodoni, Ava, Kevin.
Next in the pool would the 50 free style swimmers of which we would have 6 splashes.  We would post 3 best times and 3 of the same times in this event.
The next event up was the 100 fly where we would swim 2 best times with Michael, and Justin.  Claire K. had a great 50 and would finish just a little off of her best time.

The last event of the session was the boys 500 free where Kevin would have a great swim dropping 17 seconds and winning his heat by half a pool.  A very good way to finish off the session.

I had a couple hours to hang out at the pool before the last session of the meet would begin, a little time to walk around upstairs and visit with the parents, but I couldn't find any Oh well.  So I went back down to the pool.

SUNDAY FINAL SWIMMERS

Justin Singletary swimming a best time in the 100 back
Elena Summers in the 100 free with about the same time as her best from the morning.
Marcelo Coray swimming a best time in the 100 free.
Alexa Cuomo swimming a best time in the 50 free.
Peter Makin swimming a best time in the 50 free, and Anthony Grimm coming close to his best time posted from the morning.
Allison Hickey and Emily Drakopoulos swimming a little off of their best times posted in the morning.
Alexa Cuomo had one more fly event setting a new record in the 100 fly that she had set in the morning.
Our last swim of the meet was Anthony Grimm in the 100 fly.  He swam a very gusty race but just ran out of gas on the last 30 yards. 

SOME FINAL THOUGHTS

I want to first thank all the parents for getting your children back and forth to the pool over the weekend for their events  and I am sure your swimmers are thankful even if they don't express it. o he
If any of you swimmers see this take some time to thank your parents.  Thank you also to any of our parents who helped on the deck this weekend in order for it to run as smooth as it did.

Next I want to thank all of our relay swimmers who made that extra effort to come out and swim.  All of our relays did a fantastic job at the meet.

All of the swimmers put forth a great effort in the pool over the long weekend, and we had no drama other than Alexa talking my ear off on Saturday night.  What she does not realize is that followed an afternoon of Kevin in the 10 and under session.  All joking aside I am so proud of ALL of you and the effort not only in the pool but also  your attitudes after swims, on the pool deck and in the team area.  It was great working with all of you this season, and you have preformed at a high level


Great Job by all   THE END

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