Regional championship swim meet

It's been a busy few days for our family.  We had a 3 day Regional Championship swim meet Fri-Sun this weekend.  I officiated every session and the kids swam very, very well. 

Val got 1st in the medley relay (her team had a JO qualifying time), 1st in the 100 breaststroke (won by 11.7 seconds!), 2nd in the freestyle relay, 3rd in the 50 breaststroke (only .6 seconds off the JO time), 6th in the individual medley (all strokes), 8th in the 100 freestyle, 9th in the 50 freestyle, and 10th in the 50 butterfly.

Jason got 3rd in the 50 backstroke (dropped lots of time in this event!), 3rd in the freestyle relay, 4th in 100 backstroke, 4th in the 50 freestyle, 10th in 50 breaststroke, 10th in 50 butterfly, 11th in the Individual Medley (all strokes), and 12th in the 50 freestyle.

Both kids swam events in the mornings and then made it to finals all three evenings.  The days were long, but rewarding. 

We were 95% sure Val would be going to the state meet the weekend of March 11 since both OSU medley relays in her age group qualified.  However, when the coaches moved the 4 fastest girls to one relay, the second team wasn't fast enough to go to the state meet.  Val was devastated since she is 12 and next year ages up to the 13/14 group with new time standards. 

Despite the tough news Val received, we are going to the state meet.  Jason's amazing time in his 50 backstroke made him the top backstroke choice for the 9/10 boys B medley relay that qualified for state JOs.  Two boys who are ranked in the top 10 in the state were able to make up for the 1.33 seconds Jason is shy of a state cut.  Therefore, a second relay for 9/10 boys qualified and Jason is now a member of that team.

Because of the swim meet and then yesterday's retirement party for a staff member, I didn't run for 4 days.  Today I put in 6 miles in 1:04:26 outside in beautiful weather.  My miles were 11:15, 10:23, 10:21, 10:43, 10:34, and 11:02.  I was scheduled to do 6 miles with 4 of them tempo at a 10:19 pace, so I fell a bit short of the schedule in pace, even though I did the mileage.