This past weekend 11 of our Mako swimmers went out to the university of Maryland to compete in the IMX extreme swim meet. Each of the swimmers raced the same list of events. The 11-12 year olds list started on Friday afternoon with the 500 free. On Saturday they came in and raced the 100 fly and 100 breast. They finished up their list on Sunday afternoon with the 100 back and the 200 IM. Our two 10 under girls Serena Howard and Hannah Carroll had the same list of events except their list started Saturday with the 200 free instead of the 500 free.
This was an opportunity to swim all of their 100 events and a distance free event within the same weekend. It was not a meet for the faint of heart swimmer looking for that sprint 50 event nor was it for the swimmer not wanting to swim that 100 of a stroke they do not like
On Friday afternoon our 11-12 year olds did a great job with the 500 free showing extreme toughness with all of them achieving personal best times. Overall the group of Maddie Carroll, Laura and Anna Roth, Claire Anderson, Shannon Stegmaier, Gwyn Howard, Dude Moy-Jacobs and Gerard Gibbs dropped a whopping 64 seconds⏱ in the event.
Saturday with the arrival of our 9-10 year olds we were about to be treated to some great swims in the 200 free for the 9&10 and the 100 fly and 100 breast for everyone. The Mako swimmers had 22 splashes for the day finishing with 16 lifetime bests. The swimmers brought everything we have been working on in practice into play during their races. The underwater swimming off the walls are looking awesome and it seems to me (maybe not you) that you are getting more and more comfortable being underwater.😀. The work we have been doing during practice in breaststroke is starting to pay dividends. We are getting more from are wide press to the corners, getting our arms back out quickly and at the same time getting our heads down in the correct position to slide through the water. Even those of you who do not like breaststroke are beginning to look like one.
Sunday would bring clouds and rain to our area but it was not enough to dampen the Mako swimmers spirits. The swimmers awoke knowing they had 2 events today the 100 back and the 200 IM. Again we had 22 splashes during the afternoon and finished the day with 19 lifetime best. During practice we've been working on being more aggressive around the walls (remember it's not a rest stop on the highway) and having a faster tempo throughout the race especially on that middle 50. Watching all of you put all that into your races was awesome to take on.
The 200 IM saw all the Mako swimmers finishing with lifetime best in their races. We had talked about finding that comfortable speed on that first 25 and getting air in the fly, being aggressive on the back 25 and finishing with your heart and getting home hard in the 50 free. You all were totally awesome as you put this race together in your head and then went out and delivered.
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