Swim Meets Start!
We have had two swim meets so far this season. Last weekend, we swam vs. Ouachita Baptist University one night and the next morning we swam vs. Henderson State University. Both of these teams are ranked pretty high in division II. Friday night was against OBU, it was very exciting because last year they beat us by about 50 points and this year we only lost to them by 3 points. One of our freshmen was not traveling due to not being cleared by the NCAA so we were very pleased with only losing by that narrow of a margin without him. I swam the 1000, 500, and a relay on Friday. On Saturday, I swam the 200, 500, and a relay. Friday I swam a little bit better than I did on Saturday.
This weekend we swam vs. the # 20th team in the nation, SMU, and the girls hosted the University of New Orleans. Both teams swam very well this weekend. The girls came out victors while the guy’s team lost. I swam the 200 free, the 500 free and the 200 free relay. I didn’t do that well in the 200 but my 500 free was a personal best for a duel meet time. There is a difference in times during the year. Your duel meet/in season times tend to be slower than your shave/taper times. Shave/taper is the time during the year at the end of the season in which you get rest and you shave for the meet. For our purposes the shave/taper meet is the conference meet in February. The reason for the shave/taper period in the season is because for duel meets times really don’t matter that much they are more for just racing. At the end of the season is where you want to go the fastest. So by training hard all year once the time comes near the end we start to rest and our taper period begins.
After the meet on Saturday with SMU and UNO we had Kiddie Mia’s catering pasta to us. All the teams sat up on the hill by the fitness center and hung out and ate together. Kiddie Mia’s is this place probably 10 minutes from campus. It is an Italian food place that has games for kids and it also sells paintball gear. That has to be the weirdest combination ever. Even though it is a weird combination they have wonderful bread and pasta, and after a swim meet it is oh so amazing.
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