Middle School Swim Meet

 The first middle school swim meet of the season was on Saturday.  Meigs swam against the Emerald Coast Middle School (ECMS).  I haven't seen the meet results, but I am pretty sure Meigs won because they simply had far more swimmers, which means more points in more events.  Bode swam great--he did the 50-butterfly and the 100-IM.  He also swam the lead-off leg of the 200-freestyle relay and was the butterfly leg of the 200-IM relay.  He swam very well--he posted a sub-30 second time in the 50-fly (29.99!)  

Middle school swimming is not as competitive as club swimming.  However, I do think Bode has a good time, as he is hanging out with his teammates for a few hours.  We took some pictures of the team warming up.  Here's Bode (bottom left) with a couple other kids and also getting ready to work on some starts.

The first swim was the IM-relay.  Here's Bode's leg--his butterfly is looking very good.

Bode's team won the relay; here's a shot of the team cheering as their final leg finishes.

The next event was the 50-fly.  Bode rocked this, although I did tell him that he is going to have to start racing the 100-fly now that he's 13.  He was not thrilled.  In the video, you can see that he does a great job staying underwater, which helps him conserve energy.

Bode did not have much time to rest between the fly and the IM.  Unfortunately, the video was very blurry, so I won't show it.  The final race was the 200-freestyle relay.  Here's Bode swimming the lead leg.

There is another swim meet next weekend.  Coach told Bode's team that this next school will be much more competitive, so they will need to bring their A-swims.  I'm sure we'll take more videos :-)  Pleasant week to all.