STATE, baby!!

It's what Spencer has been working for since earlier this year....the chance to swim at the Indiana State Swim Championship!!  Although he hasn't qualified in an individual event yet (more on that later), we just found out tonight that he's on two relay teams...the 200m IM and 200m freestyle.  We're all pretty excited!

Spencer talking to his coach after one of his events

This past weekend, we traveled to Munster, IN for the last full meet of the long course season.  Spencer swam two events Friday night, 4 events on Saturday and 3 events on Sunday.  He did pretty well, shaving some time in a few events and adding some time in others.  He was really close to a state qualifying time in his 50m breaststroke, needing to shave about 3 seconds off his personal best.  Unfortunately, he actually added a second to his best time and worst of all, we found out later that he got disqualified for a false start (you can see him flinch just before the start in the video below).  Overall, we were satisfied with the weekend.

http://youtu.be/J7G_Aoz0J_k

The State meet is July 26-29 in Indianapolis.  The relay teams are set, but there is still one more opportunity for him to qualify for an individual event.  His swim club, SWAC, has a "last chance" meet on July 23rd at their team pool.  We're hoping he'll add at least one individual event to the two relays he's already on. 

I'll update after the state meet with all pertinent information.

**We'll be looking for overnight accomodations in Indy in a couple of weekends, if any of our favorite relatives want to have us!**

Stretching before an event