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Monday, September 11, 2006
Daytona Beach Invitational
We are back from a long, frenetic weekend in Daytona Beach (actually Port Orange, just 5 miles South). This is the home pool for Ryan Lochte, a Gold Medalist in the 2004 Athens Olympics, but he wasn't there; only his up-and-coming brother. The facilities were terrible; clogged toilets, no paper, timing computer issues, mud, mosquitoes, and overcrowding. Enough of the bad news. The good news; Natalie finally got her first Junior Olympic time cut, in the 100yd breaststroke! Not to be outdone, Karl dropped his 100yd breaststroke time by a whopping 7 seconds, making the finals on Saturday evening! He had to race some of the best 11-12 boys in the state, finishing in 7th place out of 23 entrants!
All in all, both kids dropped time in every event, with Karl poised to acquire his first JO cut at the next meet (probably the 50yd backstroke). As a fitting touch to the weekend, we all saw the launch of the space shuttle, a mere 60 miles away. Unfortunately, one young athlete stopped in the middle of his swim to watch, only to be DQ'd for illegal kick in the butterfly! Here are some pictures from the meet.
The Space Shuttle