You know that weekend before Thanksgiving, the one with a fair amount of wind and rain --- well that was the final weekend of the Sierra Marlins Fall Clinic with the Gobbler Swim Meet. Christian swam well given the conditions. He swam in 8 events, 4 on each day with a couple of events he's never tried but really wanted to.
Saturday was the worst, weatherwise of the weekend. He swam the 50 Free, 100IM, 25 Fly and 25 Breast... He did not get a best time in any of these events but I guess other kids had the same Christian came in 6th, 4th, 2nd and 6th.
On Sunday the weather, and the swimming, was much better! He swam in the 25 Back, 50 Fly (a new event), 25 Free and 100 Free (another new event). He came in 1st, 5th, 10th and 9th and got a best time ever in his backstroke and it was an "A" standard time earning him Sierra Nevada Swimming "A" Medal! As you can see in the photo, he's very proud of his ribbons and medals from the year and the video is of his 25-yard backstroke swim, he's in the lane just past the kid in the green cap. His best times are posted below.
He loves his swimming and is looking forward to next season. Looks like we'll have a new head coach with the Sea Otters, I'm optimistic that everything will be good. He's been swimming well and so long as he doesn't lose his technique he'll be successful!!
2012 Best Times
25 Free - 17.25
50 Free - 39.69
100 Free - 1:34.45
25 Back - 21.71
25 Breast - 25.8
25 Fly - 21.54
50 Fly - 51.93
100 IM - 1:48.86
25 yard Backstroke - 2012 SMST Gobbler (he's in lane 5, just past the swimmer in the green cap)