We made it to Utah Age Groups State Championships aka "Junior Olympics State Championships" Ryder will be swimming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. He has 2 individual events during preliminaries and then relays each night during finals. Dave decided to come along as a spectator, partner in crime, and cheering section.
Prelims start bright and early each day 7:00am
The pool is nice a quiet until
you step out into the hall with all the swimmers running around.
Afternoon Break
driving around Bountiful...
Bountiful Temple
Love the views
What a gorgeous day for a drive.
The winter landscape
is still in full bloom.
Spring will be here soon.
Finals...Relays
I didn't officiate tonight since Ryder was supposed to only swim with his relay team.
However,
he became the 1st alternate for the 400 IM.
This is the final event of the night.
We had to wait patiently for each heat to be announced.
As the alternate you have to wait by the officials table for the swimmers to check in. If one doesn't you quickly jump into their lane.
Then swim as fast as you can.
Final Heat and lane 2 is a no show. WAIT!! here he comes running as fast as he can on the wet deck.
Event #10, Boys 13-14 200 Yard Free Relay: 1:39.74, 8th Place, 1.74 second drop
Event #34, Boys 13-14 400 Yard IM: 5:10.26, 24th Place, .03 increase, Alternate for finals.
Time to head back to Brandon & Kim's but first dinner and then sleep.
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