Devon Freeze-or-Fry

The kids swam in the Devon swim meet this past weekend. The weather sucked. It was raining and we had gale-force winds. Mark and I tried setting up a tarp for protection from the rain, but it just about took the fence we attached it to right out of the ground.

When we got to the meet we got an unwelcome suprise: There were no six-and-under events. Mack was entered in nothing. The coach had made a mistake in thinking there were going to be six-and-under swims, so he had submitted entries for Mack in that age group. He was off getting married on Saturday so he wasn’t at teh meet, but his assistant, Dawn, deck-entered Mack in the same eight-and-under events that he would have swum in six-and-under. The worst part is that if they had had six-and-under, Mack would have won the gold medal, but in eight-and-under he was out of the running placing about sixth overall. He did some really good swims, and he wasn’t too broken up about not winning a medal, but he didn’t like having to swim with the eight-year-olds. He did manage to swim the breast stroke event without getting disqualified, which for a six-year-old is quite an accomplishment. I’m proud of him.

Emily won 50 free and 25 back, and another girl won 25 breast and 100 IM in eight-and-under, and then the two of them squared off for the aggregate in 25 free. The other girl won it, and I think Emily was quite suprised. She go the silver aggregate rather than the gold. She says she won’t be letting that girl beat her again. She’s determined to win a gold at Regionals. I’m proud of her determination, but I just like watching her and mack race.

Our friends’ kids Brianne and Evan did pretty well too, and I think Brianne even did some best times despite the tough weather conditions. Evan and Brianne have come a long way this year. Brianne could even make Provincials if she has a good meet at Regionals.