For the girls the best part about a far away swim meet is the hotel and its pool and hot tub! Donovan did pretty well he qualified for the 50 free, the 100 free and the 200 back. The 50 free his time was a 25.10 he decreased by .71 from his last time and this time last year he had a 33.93 what an awesome improvement. The 100 free was the same way his time was a 55.64 he decreased his time by .20 and last year at this time had a 1:01.75. The 200 back there is a story to tell. First the place is so crowded that there is nowhere to sit even if you arrive a little early. So Papa, Dad and Donovan woke up super early. I think they were there 4 hours before the event started. They were able to save seats and they were prime or so they thought. The day before the boy's swimming was right down below the seats that they had saved. However they switched sides and were swimming clear at the other end and you could not see from the seats that were saved. Now us girls thought it would be nice of us to bring the men some breakfast in letting us sleep in and saving us seats at the event. Well, Donovan woofed down a egg sandwich that I lost my marbles and forgot that he does not like eggs as well as a large OJ and he started to feel sick right before his 200 back. Lucky for him there was a garbage can close by! If you get what I mean. Then he raced came in dead last increased his time by 4.82 seconds from his qulifying time and got a 2:18.59. He had to revisit the can right after the race. Note to self it is better to swim on an empty stomach than to put something heavy in the belly at Junior Olympics. However that is still an improvement over last years time of 2:35.42. If he keeps improving every year as much as he has this year who knows what this sport will do for him!?!
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