First swim meet

Eric rocked the first swim meet of the season! He competed in all four strokes. In freestyle, he went from 29.84 seconds last year to 23.93 seconds this year. He took off almost 6 seconds! He came in 10th place. I was super proud of that swim! In backstroke, he was already a silver swimmer, so he was only competing against other silver swimmers. He went from 26.67 seconds last year to 23.91 seconds this year. He came in 2nd place. In breaststroke he went from 31.71 seconds to 29.12 seconds. He came in 2nd place. His time was fast enough to qualify him as a silver swimmer in breaststroke. In butterfly, he got disqualified. But, I thought he rocked it! He got a fast enough time that he would have made silver in it if he had not gotten the DQ. With his two silver swims, he has already qualified to go the Meet of Champs in both backstroke and breaststroke. So proud of that kiddo. He works very hard. Swim teams compete against each other earning points for each 1st (5 points), 2nd (3 points), and 3rd (1 point) place. In each of the two previous years, Eric won 1 3rd place, so he earned 1 point for the team. This year, he has already earned 6 points.