lol, I mean, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

If you ever run out and the kids need more dust for, you know, staging purposes...I've been saving some I could mail to you.

New swim/dive season, second dive meet, all three took first place in their age/gender category. No outside competition (other team is swim only), but each beat at least two others

Good stuff!

And all of a sudden it's Swim/Dive Championships week again. Hector dropped 9 seconds (1:39 to 1:31) -that's 8%! in his 100y individual medley and took 11th place out of 34 -he was seeded 16th. top 16 score points for the team. His medley relay was also 11th.

I was surprised to learn that hector's free relay also scored (we had to leave before results were posted to get to hebe's dive)

and then today....

teeny-weeny cutesy 7yo Thor, who took a whole minute off his 3 minute 100free time on Saturday, not only repeated that swim but shaved off another 2 seconds and took 16th (which is the last scoring place) and beat out a fair few 8-year-olds. Finally he has mastered the freestyle. both of his relays placed too. he was DQd in the breaststroke, though, -as were 50% of the starters :lol:

Future Olympians, perhaps? Bravo Hector and Thor!

Um, but, what is DQ'd? Oh, disqualified...right? Why?

Steroids.

Don't make them swim over there and kick your ass, Zen.

dunno yet. probably illegal kick.

makes it sound like a martial art, huh? ;)

Hebe swims and hector dives tomorrow

In breast stroke don't they have to touch the wall with two hands as with butterfly? I know that's how heaps of kids got disqualified at my boys latest swimming comp.

yup. but thor did, so his DQ was something else. Like his kick. because he finds a flutter kick faster :lol:

You're not allowed to make a splash with your feet in breast stroke either. Not even a little one! Maybe that was it?

That would seem pretty tough for little kids though.

unlikely, given his kick but you're right, no splash allowed. my money's on the flutter kick though. It's not a biggie and not a suprise.

Hebe got 7th in the breaststroke (out of about 70) and she only just moved up into the age group :D

Hoorah!
Lil'Pete won the junior women's and women's events at the Keystone Games over the weekend. Two gold shineys for her!

Excellent, wtg lil'pete