Hillsboro Meet
January 30th, 2008 at 12:27 pm (Swimming)
Last weekend we had a meet in Hillsboro… our last meet before State. This was possibly the smallest meet I’ve ever been to; our session was just for 15 and overs, so it ended up being smaller than a high school meet!
I’m not going to go into detail about all my races, but I will say that my main focus was the 200 fly. I’m desperately trying to get my Sr. Sectional time, which is a 2:01 — I had a 2:08.
As I had expected, the 200 fly turned out to be the most empty race; it consisted of Mac McDonald, Austin Ringquist (both from Hillsboro), and myself. I took 2nd, but I got a 2:07.30, which is a best time for me by a second. My first 100 split was 59.4, which is the fastest I’ve ever gone out in a 200 fly. Kate said if my first 100 had been half a second slower I might have been able to go a 2:05… oh well. I can’t wait till State!
For my own benefit, though I will allow you to watch it, here’s a video of my 200 fly (I’m in lane 2):
And check out Hillsboro’s outdoor long course warmup pool: you couldn’t see more than 5 feet above the water, but below you could see all 50 meters.
