Weekend at Aubies

Bode had a big swim meet this past weekend. Ashley and Bode drove up Friday around lunch time. Bode swam seven (7!) events at the meet. Unfortunately, Bode is now in the "15 and Over" group, so he swam against people ages 15 - 20, so winning was not really a possibility. Bode was swimming against the clock, and he knocked out some PRs!

The Auburn facility is pretty nice, but the pool gets very crowded during warmups; I don't even know where Bode is in this picture.

His first event was the 500-free. Here he is getting ready.

Here he is mid-swim.

Bode's best time coming into the meet was a 5:35; he shaved sixteen seconds off that time and finished in 5:19. The 500-free was the only event Friday night. Ashley and Bode headed out to dinner and then back to the hotel for a good night's rest. They were back at the pool by 9:00 am Saturday morning.

His first event was the 200-free. Best time coming in was 2:02. In the video, Bode is the 4th swimmer from the top (he has a white cap on).

He crushed it with a time of 1:58.95, although we gave him a hard time because a kid named Booby beat him.

Bode also swam the 50-free on Saturday, doing a PR of 24.89, and he also swam the 100-fly; he swam in 58.11, which wasn't a PR, but still a very good swim considering it was his fourth race in less than 16 hours.

Saturday night, Mississippi State was playing Auburn in basketball, so Ashley shelled out a small fortune and scored some tickets for herself and the little man.

The games are rather festive and raucous. Fortunately Auburn pulled off a big win, although by the look on Bode's face, I think he would just rather be taking a nap :-)

Bode had three more events on Sunday. He swam the 200 individual medley, and he wasn't thrilled with his time. He said his breast stroke just wasn't working. He redeemed himself by swimming a PR in both the 100-free (54 seconds) and the 100-back (1:00--took six seconds off his time!)

Bode and Ashley returned on Sunday afternoon, and the dogs were thrilled to see them (as was I :-)

Bode rested and relaxed on MLK day; I played some pickleball, while Ashley had to earn money to cover the cost of those tickets :-) Pleasant week to all.