Swim Meet

We had a swim meet this Saturday.  Eric did a great job.  

I love the above picture because Eric still looks tiny.  He isn't.  By any means.  But the angle of this picture tricks my mommy eye, and therefore makes me happy.  

We enjoyed being all together at the meet.  

His first event was the 50 yard backstroke.  He had a slow start, his foot slipped on the wall.  He usually starts very well.  But even with that, he STILL took time off.  Awesomeness!  He took .35 seconds off with a new best time of 38.74.

So very proud of that kiddo.  He works so hard at this sport.  

He then did a 100 yard backstroke.  He did well in that.  He didn't get his best time.  He added 0.63 to his time to finish with 1:22.30.  

Next was 50 yard breaststroke.  Swam this one quite a bit slower than his previous best, but still swam very hard.  He added 2.96 to this for a time of 51.21.  

Then he did a 200 yard IM.  This is where you do each stroke.  This is his very first time competing in this event.  In fact, he had to swim with 15-18 year olds because it wasn't offered for his age.  He wanted to try this event, and I am so proud of him!  He did great.  He executed each stroke and turn properly and finished with a time of 3:19.25.  

See the fellas around Eric.  Yep.  These are the boys he was racing.  Some of the boys on the blocks (in the next heat) clapped for Eric when he finished.  I think they were impressed with this little guy hanging with all the big ones.  So, so proud of him.  Last year at this same meet, he did a 200  Free.  It just about took him down.  He struggled so much with that.  This 200 IM didn't seem to bother him at all.  He rocked it!  He didn't even seem that tired when he got finished.  

We went to Shoney's after the meet and got some dinner and hot fudge cake for our hard working guy.