More Swimming

Bode's name was in the newspaper! Sort of. The local paper ran an article about last week's pentathlon, and they said that "Bode McGurik" came in 8th place. At least they ran an article about swimming :-)

We had a big swim meet this past weekend--the Patriot Invite. There were a lot of schools attending. Bode swam great. He was third out of 25 boys in the 100-fly with a great time of 56.5.

And he also came in third in the 100-back.

He swam a couple relays with his team, and some parents got a nice pre-race photo. In the below picture, we see Bode, Jackson, Jaicob, and Erik.

A goofy one...

A partial team photo with Bode flexing.

A nice action photo of Bode doing the butterfly.

Here is a good team photo.

I had some fun Friday night and did a pickleball clinic with Kyle Kozuta aka ThatPickleballGuy from youtube and Twitter. We did drills for a few hours; afterwards, I got a picture with him and his partner (Ashley said I just wanted a picture with a pretty girl)...I think both are in the top 50 in the world.

Another busy swim week here; probably should be getting to bed :-) Pleasant week to all.

Pentathlon

 The Okaloosa County Pentathlon was this past Saturday. Swimmers from seven schools gathered at the pool and everyone swam a 50-free, 50-fly, 50-back, 50-breast, and 100-free. The results were tabulated, and the winner had the lowest time.

First event was the 50 free. Bode swam well (in our opinion) but he was, in Ashley's words, "fuming mad" afterwards. I guess he thought he should have been under 24 seconds. Below is the movie; Bode is in lane 3 (third from the left).

He finished 13th out of 86 boys.

The next event was the 50-fly. Bode is in lane 4, took second in his heat, and was 6th overall.

The third event was the 50-back. Bode is in lane 5, wins his heat, and finished 5th overall.

The fourth event was the 50-breast, Bode's least-strongest stroke. He has worked hard to improve, and he swam great. He is in lane 5, wins his heat, and finished 15th.

The final event was the 100-free. Bode is in lane 4, wins his heat, and he finished 7th overall.

Overall, Bode finished 8th, which is a great showing for a sophomore; all the boys ahead of him are older, except Juan, who is just a freak of nature, and Sawyer, who is just a fantastic swimmer. He was also very happy that he beat Eli (#13) and Madden (#16), two boys that he swims with at Coast.

The Choctaw team had their pictures taken this week. We wish Bode would smile...

Nothing too exciting this week for us except school and work. Ashley is sort of happy because Auburn won, but she said they looked god-awful in victory. Here's hoping for some improvement :-)