The Fastest Age

Originally posted by botterud For me: USMS SCY Nationals in Phoenix (2003) Huntington Beach Pier Swim (2003) Balboa to Newport Pier to Pier (2003) Hermosa to Manhattan Pier to Pier (2003) Maui Channel Relay (2003) Waikiki Roughwater (2003, did not finish) Red & Black Intrasquad SCY (2003) Caltech Pentathalon (2004) Awesome! I've been to every single SPMA meet since 3 weeks after I started swimming. Starting with the SPMA and SW Zone Long course championships, which was my very first swim meet - heh, I never start small ;) That would be 11 of them since July of '03, and other than just swimming, I'm hevily involved with my team, starting with the website and the '05 Nationals organizing comittee etc etc... Ion happens to be in the same Zone as I, and I never saw him at any of the meets. I did meet a number of other wonderful San Diego swimmers, including Carlyn Pipes-Nielsen. She's one of my heroes! :D Well, aside from my best friend, who has a number of top ten placements in my age group, including All Americans. She's set out to break Carlyns records in next several years... And I set out to try and catch my friend... In few years. It's cute to see that even though I'm still so far behind, my progress has made her nervous... well enough to ramp up her training. (I can't catch her in my dreams, but we razz each other) Just wonderul examples of how little bit of rivalry can make friendships grow stronger.

Originally posted by botterud For me: USMS SCY Nationals in Phoenix (2003) Huntington Beach Pier Swim (2003) Balboa to Newport Pier to Pier (2003) Hermosa to Manhattan Pier to Pier (2003) Maui Channel Relay (2003) Waikiki Roughwater (2003, did not finish) Red & Black Intrasquad SCY (2003) Caltech Pentathalon (2004) Awesome! I've been to every single SPMA meet since 3 weeks after I started swimming. Starting with the SPMA and SW Zone Long course championships, which was my very first swim meet - heh, I never start small ;) That would be 11 of them since July of '03, and other than just swimming, I'm hevily involved with my team, starting with the website and the '05 Nationals organizing comittee etc etc... Ion happens to be in the same Zone as I, and I never saw him at any of the meets. I did meet a number of other wonderful San Diego swimmers, including Carlyn Pipes-Nielsen. She's one of my heroes! :D Well, aside from my best friend, who has a number of top ten placements in my age group, including All Americans. She's set out to break Carlyns records in next several years... And I set out to try and catch my friend... In few years. It's cute to see that even though I'm still so far behind, my progress has made her nervous... well enough to ramp up her training. (I can't catch her in my dreams, but we razz each other) Just wonderul examples of how little bit of rivalry can make friendships grow stronger.