Autor: Felix

Swimming season is now ultimately over. Last weekend was the State Meet in the Holland Aquatics Center. We got overall 4th and the Champions were from Saline. They are swimming all year round, so they are much faster. In every individual event, except for the 500free, Saline had the #1 ranked swimmer after the prelims.… Champions are eating weiterlesen

Last weekend we won the OK Red Conference Championship. All six schools are competing in a final meet and the winner of the most meets over the season gets the final award. We won the last meet with 426 poinst and 60 points lead to 2nd place. I also had something to be happy about.… Champions are cooking weiterlesen

In just 2 days the swimming season is over. Right now we are in the final phase of taper, in which we train much less and just get ready for the final meet. I like it much better than regular season, because I don’t get soar muscles all the time and we get out of… Close to the end weiterlesen

It has been quite a long time, since I wrote the last entry. Swimming apperently takes up a lot of time. The weather is still unstable and changes between 40 degrees and 15 and clear and snowing. Just the typical Michigan weather. Swimming is going great. Our last four meets weren´t always easy and we… Snow, Sun and Swimming weiterlesen

The first week of school went pretty good. It was not really easy to get back the routine of waking up at 5:40, but meeting friends again was great. We had two swimming meets this week at home. The first was a home meet with West Ottawa and we literally destroyed them. The final score… Back to School weiterlesen

My birthday was awesome. We went to Craig’s Cruisers, which is a big hall with a lot of games, indoor carts and laser tag. It was so much fun and the all you can eat pasta and pizza buffet was great. It was an unforgettable day. The new year started great. We had a nice fondue… Birthday weiterlesen

My birthday was awesome. We went to Craig’s Cruisers, which is a big hall with a lot of games, indoor carts and laser tag. It was so much fun and the all you can eat pasta and pizza buffet was great. It was an unforgettable day. The new year started great. We had a nice fondue… New Year weiterlesen

My Christmas was a very busy and definately unforgetable time. We had family reunions twice with at least 25 people. And there were handing outs of christmas gifts 3 times and one is still to come at my birthday tomorrow. We unfortunately didn´t have a white Christmas, but a pretty decent winter storm with a… A green Christmas and a delayed Blizzard weiterlesen

In this week I experienced so much new and awesome things. We had our first two swim meets and I had a school trip to Chicago. Our first meet of the season was against Jenison High School. It was like my first competition with the DLRG. I was so nervous and felt so weak before… Important minutes and no limits weiterlesen

After the first week of school I am glad to have weekend. Practices are hard. Much harder, than I thought they would be. And one can guess now, what happened 😉 . I finally made the team together with another 34 swimmers and 5 divers. Swimming is very time, that I have not much time… Starts and Finishes 2.0 weiterlesen