Carter had an amazing meet!!!
They switched up the order of the events a little bit for this meet and the freestyle relay was first. Carter's team got second and even beat one of the other teams finally! (They technically also beat a team in their first meet but only because that team DQ'd).
Carter's second race was the 25 yard freestyle.
He finished in second place with a time of 33.33. He took more than 10 seconds off his time and missed first place by 2 seconds.
Carter's third race was the 25 yard backstroke.
He finished in third place with a time of 36.69. He took more than 3 seconds off this time and missed first place by less than 1 second. I thought he might win that race but he glided for a bit at the end of the race instead of finishing strong. I think Carter thought he was going to win too and was super disappointed after the race. He told Brian that his coach told him before that once he sees the flags overhead that he should take 12 more strokes which is exactly what he did. Unfortunately he needed more strokes and that meant he lost a bit of time. Carter remembers everything a teacher/coach tells him and tries to follow those instructions exactly. He is our rule follower! Brian was able to come for Carter's two individual races and gave Carter a great pep talk that lifted his spirits.
Tonight I put together Carter's scrapbook page with his ribbons ...
Carter has one more regular season meet and then the county-wide championship meet.
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