2008 USMS Long Course National Championships

About that last event, the men's medley relay...my team was in the same heat as the ARIZ team and there was a crazy rumor that Tall Paul was going to swim the backstroke leg. I was all set for some payback after the 100 fly debacle before he chickened out and swam the free leg instead. Great swimming Chris! I heard him trash talking about drinking your Heineken right before your 100 fly... then again, I think everyone heard him. Quick meet report: 400 im was too slow; 200 back and 100 fly were good. 400 free was too slow (theme?), relays were fun. My 200 fly was this morning... another guy in my heat DNF so I hope everyone was looking at him when the piano fell on me at 175 meters. I haven't done a piano swim since I was 18. My arms were barely getting out of the water at the finish. I took a long warm down, and then went to pick up my medals. The girl at the awards table asked me if I wanted a patch. I said "uh... sure!" For all I knew, it was going to say Mount Hood Community College on it. It says USMS NATIONAL CHAMPION... for my 200 back, which I'll be swimming more often now. Hopefully others in my age group will forget to swim it, like they seemed to this weekend :D

About that last event, the men's medley relay...my team was in the same heat as the ARIZ team and there was a crazy rumor that Tall Paul was going to swim the backstroke leg. I was all set for some payback after the 100 fly debacle before he chickened out and swam the free leg instead. Great swimming Chris! I heard him trash talking about drinking your Heineken right before your 100 fly... then again, I think everyone heard him. Quick meet report: 400 im was too slow; 200 back and 100 fly were good. 400 free was too slow (theme?), relays were fun. My 200 fly was this morning... another guy in my heat DNF so I hope everyone was looking at him when the piano fell on me at 175 meters. I haven't done a piano swim since I was 18. My arms were barely getting out of the water at the finish. I took a long warm down, and then went to pick up my medals. The girl at the awards table asked me if I wanted a patch. I said "uh... sure!" For all I knew, it was going to say Mount Hood Community College on it. It says USMS NATIONAL CHAMPION... for my 200 back, which I'll be swimming more often now. Hopefully others in my age group will forget to swim it, like they seemed to this weekend :D