KyKy had her first meet as a Southwest Laker swimmer last night. The Madster, 'Nika and I trekked out to Edina to see the Hornets beat up on Southwest. The Edina coach is an old teammate of mine from St. Cloud State, and I talked to him for a while. I haven't seen Jeff in more than 20 years. He was saying that the team was down this year. For Edina that means they won't be vying for a State Championship. The last time they won state was 2004. Last year they finished (gasp!) 8th. Art Downey is still helping out with the Edina team. I think he has been coaching since our ancestors stopped swimming and crawled out of the primordial soup eons ago. Probably what makes him a good coach.
KyKy did a great job. Mercifully, the coach put her in the 50 free and the 200 free relay for her first swims. She's only been practicing for a week, and she hasn't been swimming seriously for a couple of years so they didn't stick her in the 500 or 100 fly. I think she swam about a 34 second 50 free and took 2nd in the J.V. race. She forgot to hit the touchpad at the end of the race, so her time didn't register on the scoreboard. She anchored a J.V. 200 free relay and her split was 33.2. It'll be a big day when she breaks that 30 second barrier.
Tonight TOYH and I leave for the thriving metropolis of Peterson, MN for our 17th Anniversary weekend. I feel like I want to just sleep for 36 hours.
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You probably won't get this but the trail is great from Fountain to Lanesboro and Harmony.
I must have climbed out of the primordal soup the same decade that Art Downy did, since I knew him way back when I was also among the teaching ranks in the Edina district. There was an interesting feature about him in the Strib, maybe last swim season?
Yaaaaaaay! Finally! A comment from Oma, your most faithful reader!
And way to go, Kysa! Here's to many more meets and many seconds chiseled from your times throughout the season!
It's nearly midnight as I write! I'm using exclamation marks to stay awake!!
Ha! I knew it. If I wrote about one of Oma's old Edina "boyfriends" I knew I'd get a comment.
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