swimming

it's hard to believe that our season is finally over.

looking back to the beginning of the year, it was hard for me to imagine the kind of success that we have all been able to experience. i expected this to just be another long year of swimming, but little did i know how much of an impact our team could make on all of us. i would like to personally thank each and everyone one of you on the team, i definitely would not have been able to make it this far without you guys. from the crappy morning practices to the team dinners and shaving parties, i would definitely say this has been the best swimming season ever.

with that said, i'd like to reflect on one incredible weekend.

friday - 200 frestyle relay, 50 freestyle, 400 medley relay
prelims went just as planned. i qualified 5th in the 50 (making my first final ever) and tied a school record in 21.35. in finals, we missed the B cut in the 200 freestyle relay by around 0.7, but shattered the school record by 2 seconds with a 1:24.81. in the 50, i got 5th again and lowered the record a tad with a 21.31. and finally, i anchored the 400 medley relay in a freaking 46.34. we got 3rd, beating out springfield. sweet.

saturday - 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle
i swam breaststroke in the morning medley relay only to get my ass kicked by both minh and rob. and then i proceeded to sprint the first 100 in my 200 freestyle, going out in a 49 and coming back dead in a 58. i was really angry at myself, but i still managed to best time with a 1:47.53 and barely make 16th. at night, i swam it smart and got 12th with a 1:45.53. yay! i also anchored our record setting 200 medley relay in a 21.12. another yay!

sunday - 100 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay
we time trialed the 200 freestyle relay to start off prelims to try to make the B cut. we swam nearly a second slower in 1:25.78, but i went just a tiny bit faster with a 21.11. shortly after, i went a 47.73 in the 100 freestyle in prelims, good enough for 14th. i wasn't too thrilled with the time, but oh well. in finals i went a little slower - 47.91, still 14th. but then i swam a 46.87 in the 400 freestyle relay to cap off the meet. made me feel a bit better about the 100 free.

overall, we came in 4th and beat wheaton by 5 points! there were some pretty amazing swims throughout the weekend, and i can easily say that everyone swam a best time in at least one of their events. congratulations to everyone for making our season so memorable, i'll definitely miss all of the fun we had this year.

and of course, since NEWMACs is done, the dessert challenge has come to an end!

yay! i can eat desserts again!