Ben and Carly had a very successful swim meet last night. Ben is becoming a Force to be reckoned with! He took FIRST place in every race last night! He also got FIRST place last week and the week before. Here are a couple of video's of their races. Carly's doing really well, too, and as you will see, continues to be a wonderful source of entertainment for all of us!
Hopefully you can pick them out of the crowd... Ben wears black jammers with a green stripe up the side, and Carly wears a purple and white suit with green swim cap.
Ben's IM Race (above)
Now, in case you watched that and thought to yourself, "I'm pretty sure there was a kid AHEAD of Ben the whole time..." Please note that this was an IM race, where they were supposed to perform all 4 strokes (free, breast, fly, back) for 25m each, and the boy "ahead" was only doing Free Style the whole time... earning him a DQ. Disqualified. We've gotten a few of those ourselves, too:)
Ben's 50m Free Style First Place Race
We are so proud of how hard Ben's been working this summer... note the very efficient execution of the flip turn in between lengths! He really seems to love this sport and it has been GREAT for him ~ "Team Sport" with an individual feel to it so he's not overwhelmed.
Carly's 25m Free Style Race
And Carly. Fell into the pool. Hilarious. Even she thought it was pretty funny afterwards! Seriously? When Ryan called afterwards to tell me (I had to work!) she fell into the pool, I said, "of course she did. That sounds about right!". Constant source of Joy, this girl! The younger kids only do 25m and she did pretty well, even with her rough start. She has been steadily improving her times and her focus, which is great!
6 comments:
Way to go Ben and Carly!!! You both are doing great!!
I see a family trip to the Olympics in our future ... he would help me immensely if he would go the same year Emma goes for gymnastics!
wow guys, i am hoping caleb will be competitive like you are. maybe we can all go to the olympics together!
I have been thinking that swimming might be a great choice of sport for our kids. Do you have to get up at the crack of dawn everyday, tho?
Hilarious Carly! Keep it up! Way to go Ben, you've worked hard.
Maranatha, Not the crack of dawn right now... but I'm sure that will be coming in the future! They practice an hour every day... in the afternoon during the school year, and usually in the morning during the summer. It is a big commitment, but REALLY worth it, and GREAT exercise! Ben will move up to 2 hours a day soon.
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