This past weekend we had an outstanding effort from the senior prep, gold and blue groups. You all showed up to not only to swim but also to race and that’s what it’s all about. From the moment the first one of you jumped in for warmups on Friday morning until the last one got out on Sunday evening our efforts were outstanding.
For the most part you ran through your warmups and cool downs with with focus and got it ✅. There were a lot of you who learned how to swim a preliminary and final meet. What do I mean? When seeded high in the event you understood that it was not so important to swim fast in the morning, only fast enough to get a good seed coming back at night. Some of us had to put out our best effort in the preliminaries just to get back to finals, and that’s 👌. It’s part of this long process and you do what you have to! The results really showed and I am guessing here but I believe MAKOS was better represented at final than any other team, and oh by the way you came to race turning in an abundance of personal bests.
Remember our talks about the process and how important it is. We know that you are looking for instant results with every swim and that would be great, but honestly it’s not goin to happen as you age. The sooner that we can get you to grasp that concept the easier the process becomes. While we do care about your times, there are so many other things on our checklist that we are concerned with. The most important item we like to check off is this; Are you getting better at the things we are working on in practice? Items range from our walls, our fish 🐟 kicks, our stroke mechanics, our race strategy, our breathing, and yes our attitudes. Our job is to teach ou how to swim, train and race so that you are ready for that next level. That’s the level (H.S.) is where you really get to have fun and see some of your best swimming. It’s all about the process.
MY OWN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE MEET
* I wish I could get $1.00 for every cap that I put on
* The almost ♥️ attack I had on Saturday night during the girls 13-14 free to see 6 swimmers in the pool and Kendyl and Jackie standing on the blocks 👀 at each other. First thought was they do what they do best “socializing “
*. During the 9-10 session during the 50 fly. A boy forgot his heat and lane, proceeded to dive in the warmup pool swim fly to where I was, get out asked his heat and lane. After straightening it out he dove back in and swam a fast fly to the other end. First thought this race may not go well!
*. Graham asking me to count for him in his 500 free. No problem but it will cost you$1.00 for every number. He was 😯 shocked but I did say he might get it cheaper by asking Peter. All he got was a 😂 laugh with that.
*. Saturday was green! And no Rebecca it was not Shrek!
* Helping Cally count for big brother George.
* How is it that where ever I hide for some quite there is a group that can always find me!
THANKSGIVING MESSAGE
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the athletes for the hard work and dedication that they have put into the season up to this point. We understand and appreciate all the sacrifices that you have made over the last three months and believe that at the end you will look back, not with regret but with a sense of accomplishment. Thank you for the simple thing of showing up and being yourself.
Thank you to all the parents who have made sacrifices as well, from getting them to where they are suppose to be and also for raising a great group of kids. Thank you for entrusting us with the most important thing in your lives. Kids don’t take it for granted because it’s the hardest job that they will ever do.
HAPPY 😃 THANKSGIVING
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