First outdoor meet

We participated in our first outdoor swim meet this weekend.  It was a short 1hr, 30min drive to lovely Napoleon, OH and their outdoor city pool.  We didn't know what to expect, as we'd never been to an outdoor meet before.  And with the surface-of-the-sun heat we've been experiencing lately, all eyes were on the weather prior to Saturday afternoon when we'd start. 

Spencer (on the left) with Coach Steve and 4 other SWAC teammates

The kids were excited to swim outdoors and hanging out with their other teammates.  We loaded up chairs, our pop-up canopy, a full cooler and lots of sunscreen and headed to Ohio.  It was an easy drive over to the pool.  When we arrived, we saw a large grassy area next to the pool where others were setting up similar canopies to ours, so we did also.  Thank god for the canopies, as it was sunny and hot all weekend.  Yet, with a nice breeze, we survived. 

Spencer getting ready for an event

 

On Saturday, Spencer swam 5 events and Syd swam 2 events.  Then, on Sunday, Spencer was in 4 events and Syd was in 2 again. 

Here are a couple of videos of their better races.

Spencer's 100m breaststroke

http://youtu.be/e1r0WJNj-BY

Syd's 50m freestyle

http://youtu.be/ke-7HOjQ0Og

Despite the heat, sun and drive times, both kids did well and had a really good time.  The parents actually had a pretty good time too.  The meet only lasted a few hours each day so we weren't too burnt out after all was said and done.  Now, we've got two weeks of practice and then a weekend meet in Munster, IN.  This is a fairly new pool and we're expecting some fast times from all the kids on the team.  Updates to follow!

Syd preparing for an event