Most events had 30 kids entered! Because of that, we knew it would be competitive. Most of Ryan's events had three heats, with ten kids in each heat. They determine the heats by the kids' best times in the events in prior meets. Ryan's times were good enough that he was in the last heat of all four of his events. But most of the kids in his heat had faster times. We knew he would likely place in the top ten in every event (out of 30) due to his times, but we realized that he would likely not be in the top 3 and medal.
Ryan and I talked about it. I told him that the most important thing to me was not that he won any medals (1st through 2rd place) or even any ribbons (4th through 10th place), but that he beat his own times in each event. HE DID!!! He beat his own times by about 2 seconds in all four of his events. He was so proud! So was I!
Here are the results for...
Backstroke...
Freestyle...
Backstroke...
Butterfly...
Here is the start of his backstroke...
And his freestyle...
Since it was a home meet, each parent was responsible for either working as a timer for 2 hours or working in the concession stand for 2 hours. I signed up for the last two hours of the meet, but it ended early, so I had a short service time. :)
However, I had to watch Ryan's best event (Butterfly) from the concessions booth. It was actually a better view than our seats! Here are a few pictures of his Butterfly event...
That is so AWESOME!!!! Go RYAN!
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