More Swim

Yes, we are in the heart of the swim season, so most of our posts are swim-related. Today will be no exception. Bode had two swim meets this past weekend. Tuesday, Choctaw swam against Navarre. I think Navarre ended up winning the meet--they have a much bigger team, and we were without a couple of our top swimmers--but the venue was very nice. The team took the opportunity to pose for a number of pictures. Here's a nice one of a lot of the boys.

The whole team tried to get a picture as well; you can see Bode's head in the back just to the left of the light-pole.

Here is a shot of Bode on the blocks getting ready to swim a 100-breast. It's not his favorite stroke, but he's been working on it.

Yesterday, Choctaw swam against Fort Walton, and a lot of the boys on Bode's Coast team swim for the Vikings. Bode had the best swim of his life in the 100-fly, and to show you how much he has improved these past eight months, let us go back in time to this 100-fly race from early December 2022.

In the above race, Bode is in Lane 2, and Nolan, a boy from Fort Walton, is in Lane 4. Nolan is an awesome swimmer, and in the above race, he beat Bode by a few seconds. Fast forward eight months to yesterday's race, which was basically a two-man race between Nolan and Bode. Nolan is closer to us, and Bode is right beside him.

Note at the start, Nolan has a great underwater, and gets a good lead, but after the first turn, Bode pulls back even with him. Bode said he thought Nolan's turns and underwaters were stronger, and he needs to work on that. Both boys swam great--Nolan finished in 55.2, and Bode in 55.6.

We have very little else going on here. Practice (again) tomorrow morning, which means an 0410 wake up. Of course, in a month when the season is all over, I'm sure I'll be missing it (well, maybe not :-) Pleasant week to everyone.