JO's!!!!!!

Hey yo it's Splash! I'm super excited for this weekend. This weekend is, you guessed it, JO's!! I leave Thursday evening, and swim on Friday at about 1:00 pm. I am making a check list of what I need because I don't want to forget ANYTHING for a championship meet! Tonight is my last practice before JO's so I'm gonna give it everything I have so I go really fast at JO's. This season/year JO's is a great one for me. All my really fast friends (like me) from other teams or my team even, have aged up besides 3 people. I'm faster than those 3 people at the time, and I'm hoping to keep it that way for a long time. Anyway, this year I can place and get on the podium! I've always wanted to do that at this meet and now I have a big chance! I'm really excited and pumped up, and I know I'll do great! Well I better get back to making that list of mine. Good luck in your sports! Thanks for reading. Over and Out

-Splash

WOW!

Hey it's Splash again! Last night at my swim practice, we had a set of 4, 200 frees. My coach said if I went 2 minutes 20 seconds I could get out half n hour early. Well on my last 200 (which I all out sprinted) I didn't get that time. I went 2 minutes 22 seconds. (which is 4 seconds UNDER my best time in a meet) Then I got the news. We were doing the set again. This time I was pumped up and ready to go for that time. I swam my 200 frees. Then it was time for the last one. I gave it everything I could. I kicked so hard I thought my legs were gonna fall off. I pulled so long and fast I thought my arms were gonna break. My heart was beating really fast and I started to get tired but then went even faster. I finally touched the wall. I looked at my time and..... had a HUGE smile on my face. I told my coach and he said that I could get out and go home. My friends got out too because one went very fast, one went under her best meet time, and my other guy friends, well, they whined because they thought it was unfair we got out. The only reason my coach let them get out is because they had some fast times too. Oops I gotta go eat dinner. I'll talk to you guys later. Thanks for reading!

-Splash

Quincy!

Hey it's Splash again! Well I had a meet last weekend in Quincy. I did unbelivebly well! I swam quite a few things and most I got a best time in. In my 200 IM I dropped 6 seconds and was 3 seconds away from a zone which is better than a JO and hard to get. In my 50 free, I dropped time, my 100 free dropped time, 50 fly dropped time, 100 fly gained 2 seconds, 50 back dropped time, 100 back gained 3 seconds, and my most favorite event the 200 free, I GOT A ZONE IN!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so so happy! The zone is a 2.41.99 and I got 2.37. something. I had a 2.43. something so I dropped a lot of time and went way under the zone. My coach, my friends parents, my friends, my parents and brother, they were all so so happy and proud. This meet was outdoors so when I went to our tent all I could hear was screaming, clapping, and happiness. It was the best day of my life. In August I'll be going to zones, and swimming for Team Illinois! Wish me luck! I'm really joyful and proud I finally got the zone. I have been working at it since last years winter JO's. Oops gotta run, wish me luck and thanks for reading!

-Splash

Swim Camp

Hey everyone its Splash again. I am really sorry that I haven't been blogging but I have been SUPER busy lately. Anyway, I just got home from swim camp. It was a sleepover camp for 4 nights and 5 days. I left Sunday afternoon and got back at 6:30 today. On Sunday we didn't swim or do anything, we just hung out with friends and stuff. That night we watched School of Rock. On Monday we woke up at 7:15 am and got ready for the day and breakfast was at 7:45 am. We swam for a while, lifted some weights, had breaks, and played volleyball. That night we played flashlight tag in the Christmas trees for a while. I won a round with my friends Katie, Molly, and Katie. Our award was to be first in the lunch line the next day. After we finished playing flashlight tag we went back to our places where we stayed the night. The next day we did the same thing that morning and afternoon. That night we played flashlight tag again but we didn't do as good. After the game we finished the movie. Wednesday we did the same thing again. That night we did sports-a-rama, a bonfire, and FIREWORKS!!!!!! Sports-a-rama  is all water events except volleyball. At the bonfire we cooked hotdogs and marshmallows. The fireworks were awesome!! The next day we did the same thing but we got out early so we could pack and get our awards. I got 2nd in sports-a-rama!! Then I got a towel for being the hardest worker. If you ever get to go to a overnight camp, trust me, it ROCKS!!! Well have a nice fourth!! Thanks for reading. 

-Splash