Saturday, February 6, 2010

Districts 2010

The day started off with 3 periods of school. Swimming, English, and art for me. HA! easy school day. In swimming we all had to go reteach our guys how to shave [all of the guys had to shave for districts, and it was the first time in like 6 months I had shaved. Oh how I was SO excited Thursday night when I got to!! Don't ask questions, it's a swimmer thing]. Then all of varsity met in the pool area for a delicious breakfast of pancakes, smoothies, kolaches (note: did you know "kolaches" isn't a word according to the spell-checker thing???), pigs n' a blanket, fruit, bagels etc put on by the parents. It was so yummy! Then we were all set free to "chill" how we wanted to. Some watched a movie, some played Phase 10, a few got in and swam around for a little while. Jodie and I made a big banner out of butcher paper to take with us to districts. Then at 1:00 we all loaded up the bus. 19 swimmers, 4 coolers, 3 crates of food, and all our bags pretty much filled the entire bus. The bus-ride was rather quiet, all of us lounged out in whatever seats weren't filled with all our "stuff" and listened to our music. We pulled into Ranch with an hour and a half to spare before our warm ups started. Most of that time was spent hanging out with swimmers from other teams who I rarely see. It was pretty cool how our "Team YES group formed", representing 5 different schools. Then warm-ups occurred which involved RIDICULOUS-ness. You'll have to see the picture to get what I'm talking about. Then the actual swim-meet. Our 200 medley relay went okay for us. We got 9th out of 10 teams. Not too great by any standards, but it's okay. 200 IM was next for me, most def my best event. I raced against 2 Olympic Qualifier girls and 1 Junior National swimmer. Those 3 took the medal spots, but I came in 4th and dropped 2ish seconds. Once I hit the wall and saw my year round coach's face, it was all worth it. He was so proud. That moved me on to the regional meet this Friday. My next race was the 200 free relay. I anchored the relay. We got 9th again. Once again, not good, but it's all okay, I was still so stoked about my IM. My last event was 100 back. I added a second, and it wasn't all that great, but even if I wouldn't have messed up my start and had swam my best time, I still wouldn't have been a contender for podium or regionals. I walked away proud of myself for doing my best, and sticking it through the season even when the situation got tricky, and when I was on the verge of quitting.

Now one more week of tapering and early mornings. One more week and high school swim season'll be done for me. One more week :)

I'm posting some pictures of the day, enjoy! I'll try to upload my 200 IM on here as soon as I work out the video.

Some Team YES! kiddos, Ally and my best friend Renee



Sam and Connor who swim with me on Team YES with their tights on for warm ups. I was so proud of them that they shaved! And didn't terribly cut themselves! haha



My awesome bright drag suit and purple tights that I wore for warm ups!



My best friend Renee and Sam who I swim with on Team YES! It was so cool how all of the Team YES kids all supported each other throughout the entire meet even though we were all on swimming against each other. I guess we're all too used to swimming together. Not that we minded at all :)



Jodie and I with our sign that we made for Districts



Cy-Falls Varsity Swim Team 2009-2010



Cy-Falls Varsity Swim Team 2009-2010



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