District Swim Meet

This past Friday and Saturday your very own Belton High School Swim Team traveled down to College Station to participate in the District swim meet.  Friday was prelims where everybody competed in two individual events trying to be one of the eight lucky people to advance to finals the next day.  We swam well as a group, with a bunch of people making it to the Saturday Finals and many more in the top ten, so hopefully they will make it in the top eight next year.  (as for me i got the first place seed in both events). So after some pizza because we got done late (thanks dumb Aggie's) a nice rest in anticipation for the big showdown Saturday night. 
    Never has a morning felt so long in my life.  All the pressure and anticipation of the upcoming races kept growing on me, almost to the point i was planning to explode. The electricity in the building as the first relays hit the water was astounding, and our girls and boys relays represented well with a second place showing only adding to our teams excitement.  then my dreaded time came, the 200 free,my nerves were on edge making my mind think anything but happy thoughts.  Good thing all these nerves go away when the water rushes over you and all of a sudden you realize there is a job to do. A short (haha i wish) minute and 46 seconds later, i finally hit the wall first followed by my good buddy and team mate Benjamin York. Next for me came the 100 free which after the 200 was not as nerve racking but ended with the same result (thankfully). Our 200 free relay went well, getting second by only a few inches... :( but we got our revenge in the last event, the 400 free relay, when I followed by Benjamin York, Austin Couillard, and Mitch Anderson got first place by a landslide win of 9 seconds, shattering our old school record by over three seconds.

Over all both the Girls and Boys teams got second behind our A&M consolidated rivals.  During the meet, 7 school records were set, 3 on the girls side and 4 on the boys... that is what i did with my weekend and will be doing the same in two weeks at regional meet in Mansfield.  Again even if you don't care about swimming, it would be cool for some "good luck's" for support. and ill let y'all know how Region goes.