The Little Swimmer Boy

Bode had his second-ever swim meet today down in Pueblo.  We, as always, are extremely proud of how hard he tried.  The meet started at 0830, and it's an hour drive to Pueblo, and we needed to get there in time for Bode to warm up (unlike the Olympics, there is no second "warm-up pool" for the athletes).  Thus, it was an early start.  Bode, to my amazement, never complains about getting up early.  Here's hoping he's like this as a teenager.

We got to the pool, Bode warmed up, and then he was in one of the first events, the 25-yard butterfly. This meet was a little different in that boys and girls swam in the same heats, and there were mixed ages.  I think the director did a good job of paring up those with similar qualifying times.  Here's a shot of Bode tightening up his goggles.

He won his heat, and looked pretty good doing it.  Unfortunately, I don't have the movie, as this was taken with Ashley's camera.  UPDATED:  Ashely uploaded her movies.  Here's a great movie of Bode doing the butterfly.

Ultimately, he was fourth in the 8-and-under age group, as shown below in the results.

Note the winner was Bode's friend, Max, a man-child who is only seven but with some good Soviet genes (his parents are Ruskies).  He's a very nice boy and very friendly.  I think Bode enjoys hanging out with Max more than swimming in the meet.

The next event was the 50-yard backstroke.  This was Bode's first 50-yard event, meaning his flip-turn was going to come into play.  Like the butterfly, he won his heat.

There was a person down in lane 2 that was close to Bode at the turn, but she grabbed the wall and did a standard pull-turn.  Bode did great with his flip-turn.  He was third in the 8-and-under age group.

Bode also swam the 50-yard freestyle.  I think he was tired, because his freestyle time was slower than his backstroke--either that or he's just a very efficient backstroker :-)  The results were not posted for this event by the time we left.  I'll update when I post Ashley's movies.

Finally, Bode swam the 100-yard individual medley.  This is a hard event for him, especially at the end.  For a little dude, he did great.  We didn't take a full movie, as this race is over two minutes long, but I did take some action photos.

After the meet, we celebrated with lunch at The Waffle House, which was lovely, as always.

I suppose I should get some rest--we are going to The Force Awakens tomorrow morning--the 0930 show.  Bode (I) can't wait!