What's the worst thing(s) that happened to you at a swim meet? I have a pretty nice list.
I had a problem with keeping my goggles on. Dive off the blocks, hit the water and pop off they go. So I had to swim a 100 free blinded. lol Not a good time.
Accidentally did a freestyle kick after a breaststroke turn...oops! DQ'd.
I remember my first time in a meet, first time using my stupid little speedo. Hated that thing. Anyways...I was REALLY paranoid...I was so scared it'd come off when I dove in. So the WHOLE 100 meters, every single stroke I'd check to see if it was still there. lol Slowed me down big time!
Ok...off the topic of swim meet and onto practice...
First practice, did a couple 25s, a couple 50s...tired, but ok. Then we did a 100. That did it. Pushed me over the edge. Had to run to the bathroom. Got sick. lol I only told 2 people. My coach and my ex-g/f who was also on siwm team with me. At the end of the year we got awards. The Most Improved swimmer was next. The coach started by saying "This swimmer went from throwing up to actually beating some people..." Soon as "throwing up" was said, THE ENTIRE ROOM OF 100+ PEOPLE LOOKED AT ME. AHHHHHHH! Man was my face RED! I got that award and the Coach's award for being "all around great person". Ugh...I can't believe EVERYONE knew!!!
One of my teammates (male) was wearing a body suit (the kind that zips up the back and goes to the knees) at an outdoor meet in August. Naturally, it was pretty warm, so while he wasn't swimming, he unzipped it and pulled the top down to his waist. The meet finished up with the 200 free relay, and he was swimming anchor, and he swam it for all he was worth -- even as his suit crept farther and farther down his hips and exposed more and more, um, well, traditionally unexposed skin. This is because he forgot to pull the top back up! By the time he finished, he was pretty much mooning the whole pool. The best part was watching the crowd reaction. It was like watching The Wave, as he worked his way down the course--when people realized what was happening, their jaws just dropped. To his credit, he got out of the pool laughing about it, and commented he was just glad it wasn't a medley relay with him swimming backstroke!
Another teammate (female) took a shower in the men's locker room in Indianapolis. Obviously this didn't happen while swimming, but it was immediately after. She had come to do a workout in the warmup pool on the distance day, when there weren't many people there. Without her glasses, she couldn't decipher the international symbols on the door (in her defense, they were pretty androgynous-looking symbols, and even WITH your glasses they were hard to decipher), and went into the wrong locker room. She stripped down, showered, and went walking through the locker room to retrieve her clothes. She said to herself, "Hmm, I could have sworn the lockers were all yellow, but now they're orange." After searching fruitlessly for her clothes for several minutes she finally stumbled across the area with the urinals and realized she was in the wrong place, whereupon she struggled back into her suit as quickly as she could and got the hell out of dodge. To her knowledge, no one else came into that locker room while she was in there. If a man DID come in and saw her, then he is quite a gentleman, because he obviously kept quiet about what he saw.
I myself have managed to keep my suit on and use the correct locker room at all meets. The only embarrassing moment (at a swim meet) that comes to mind is the time I was running to get to my relay (I know, I shouldn't have done that), slipped on the deck, and went splat in front of everyone. Now, embarrassing moments at the USMS convention are another matter ...
One of my teammates (male) was wearing a body suit (the kind that zips up the back and goes to the knees) at an outdoor meet in August. Naturally, it was pretty warm, so while he wasn't swimming, he unzipped it and pulled the top down to his waist. The meet finished up with the 200 free relay, and he was swimming anchor, and he swam it for all he was worth -- even as his suit crept farther and farther down his hips and exposed more and more, um, well, traditionally unexposed skin. This is because he forgot to pull the top back up! By the time he finished, he was pretty much mooning the whole pool. The best part was watching the crowd reaction. It was like watching The Wave, as he worked his way down the course--when people realized what was happening, their jaws just dropped. To his credit, he got out of the pool laughing about it, and commented he was just glad it wasn't a medley relay with him swimming backstroke!
Another teammate (female) took a shower in the men's locker room in Indianapolis. Obviously this didn't happen while swimming, but it was immediately after. She had come to do a workout in the warmup pool on the distance day, when there weren't many people there. Without her glasses, she couldn't decipher the international symbols on the door (in her defense, they were pretty androgynous-looking symbols, and even WITH your glasses they were hard to decipher), and went into the wrong locker room. She stripped down, showered, and went walking through the locker room to retrieve her clothes. She said to herself, "Hmm, I could have sworn the lockers were all yellow, but now they're orange." After searching fruitlessly for her clothes for several minutes she finally stumbled across the area with the urinals and realized she was in the wrong place, whereupon she struggled back into her suit as quickly as she could and got the hell out of dodge. To her knowledge, no one else came into that locker room while she was in there. If a man DID come in and saw her, then he is quite a gentleman, because he obviously kept quiet about what he saw.
I myself have managed to keep my suit on and use the correct locker room at all meets. The only embarrassing moment (at a swim meet) that comes to mind is the time I was running to get to my relay (I know, I shouldn't have done that), slipped on the deck, and went splat in front of everyone. Now, embarrassing moments at the USMS convention are another matter ...
