A little disappointed

Tonight was the banquet & awards for the high school swim team.  Thomas hasn't been feeling well, so I stayed home with him.  I can't say I was terribly disappointed as I'm not a fan of banquets.  However, I really thought I was going to miss Robert winning most improved.  After all, he had never swam before (other than summer rec), and in the league meet he cut 20 seconds off of one PR to finish 5th, and in another race he swam his a** off to finish 3rd.  I also know he had worked really hard at practices, and even told the coach at the beginning of the season that he really wanted to coach to challenge him.  I really thought he deserved it, and I couldn't imagine someone was more deserving.  He didn't win it though, and Andrew said that the person who won, when the accomplishments were listed sounded just as equally deserving.  I also know that the swim coach is aware of some of the poor choices that Robert has made over the years and while that shouldn't matter, perhaps it is karma.  Robert has definitely been less than the model student or teammate over the last two years.  I'm grateful he hadn't really thought about it, but I was disappointed.