Tonight was our league swim meet. Thomas didn't want to go along, and I don't blame him. Andrew was in charge of taking tickets, and I decided to help him with that. I had told Thomas that I would be home by 8:00. Because Andrew is working as a school employee, he has to stay until the end.
Catherine is only in one event this evening, and it is towards the end so I knew I wouldn't see it. Robert is in four events, but three of them are in the last four events, so I knew I would only see his first event. That one happened to be the 200m freestyle. He was in the "b" heat, as his best time of the season seeded him as the 10th best time (we have a 9 lane pool). Robert absolutely blew everyone away and completely dominated his heat. He cut 20 seconds off his personal record! As we were watching the "a" heat, we realized that Robert's time was actually better than some in the heat. In fact, he was better than most in the heat, and had the fifth best time overall. We were happy for him, but it was our impression that you could only officially place in the event if you were in the "a" heat. Therefore we were absolutely astounded when we heard his name over the PA as being on the medal stand as the fifth place winner! We were so excited for him!
I am so happy for how his hard work has paid off! I am so proud and excited for my kiddo!
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