The face of DETERMINATION
Toby swam a beautiful 25 Fly in the YMCA State Swim Meet and
took 7th place (among 16 swimmers) at 21.31.
Yes, you may say, but wasn’t Toby trying to beat 21 seconds?
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| view from the block |
It was quite a rollercoaster – the timer (person) told him his time was 20.94; however, the official score-clock time was 21.31.
Toby displayed grace and resilience at learning his official time was over 21 seconds . . . well, ok . . . this is not exactly what happened.
Grace and resilience came later. . . the next morning, actually. His initial reaction would more accurately be characterized as abject despair and inconsolable grief. No photos of this.
The silver lining: only after he arrived at the “moving on” stage did Coach PJ point out that in Time Trials last week, Toby swam a 20.99.
It counts.
Toby qualified for Regionals by a hundredth of a second!
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| Jonah's cross-legged dive |
Both boys’ relay races were exciting to watch and their swim team, the New Hope Aquaforce, took 3rd place in the meet overall!
Toby,
ReplyDeleteI am so thrilled that you swam a 20.99! I know 1/100th of a second seems like nothing, but in swimming it makes all the difference. You will never forget this milestone. Keep working for those 100ths of seconds. They add up and turn into 10ths!
I love your success almost as much as your mom and dad. Heidi