The Road to C&C Weekend

We found out Sunday night after a call from our coaches that the kids had both made it to Championships and Classics(C&C) based on how they swam at Divisionals!  

S made it to Championships in butterfly and both the medley and freestyle relays.C made it to Classics in short free, IM, breaststoke and his freestyle relay(their medley relay would have made it too if they had not gotten DQ).  

On Monday morning, the coaches visit everyone's houses who make it to C&C and wake them up!  We have lived too far away the past couple of years for the coaches to make the trip, so this was our first time experiencing the wake up!  C was of course already awake(such the early riser!), but they truly woke S up!  Then, they all met up at the pool for doughnuts and celebrations.  I wasn't able to join the kids because I had to work, but the sitter took the kids.

Waking S up

C joining them since he was already up anyway;)

All week C has continued to have two practices each day, but S started dance intensive straight from the doughnuts on Monday and has only been able to join the team at the practice that was held Thursday night at the Westside Aquatic Center.  After the practice, the team all went to Yogurt Mountain!

S and Georgia

Leo, C and Dylan talking through it

Leo, Georgia, C and S

Finally Saturday afternoon arrived for S's Championships meet!  After a week of dance intensive 7 hours a day and spending the night off the night before and then having a ballet class right before the meet, her body was not in its best shape to compete in the meet.  BUT, she showed up and did a great job! She didn't shave any time in her events, but that's ok!  It was great to watch her enjoy the day and the honor of being at the meet regardless of the outcome!

Medley Relay(she swam fly) 7th place

Butterfly 40.01 21st place

Free Relay 3rd place

S in lane 5

Sunday afternoon it was C's turn in the pool at Classics!  He's been practicing all week and has been doing what he needed to do to prepare for the meet and it showed!  He shaved time in all of his events and was very proud of himself(as he should be!).  

Short Free 16.06 7th (he was REALLY wanting to get under 16 seconds!)

IM 1:39.68 14th place

Breast 21.33 4th place

Free Relay 7th place

C in lane 2

Madeline and S

A friend with a really great camera got some great shots of C at Classics!

Tired swimming kids heading home!

We went home, regrouped and headed back up to the pool for one last hoorah with pizza with our swim friends and the kids got he medals they earned this weekend!

Best times from last year vs. this year- 

S:

Short Free - 36.02(2020); 34.57(2021)

IM - 1:39.65(2020); 1:32.59(2021)

Breast - 50.70(2020); 49.34(2021)

Long Free - 1:26.36(2020): 1:19.26(2021)

Back - 46.69(2020); 43.00(2021)

Fly - 44.28(2020); 39.45(2021)

C:

Short Free - 17.50(2020); 16.06(2021)

IM - 1:52.73(2020); 1:39.68(2021)

Breast - 23.88(2020); 21.33(2021)

Long Free - 41.11(2020); 41.00(2021)

Back - 23.08(2020); 22.31(2021)

Fly - 21.37(2020); 20.68(2021)