Change of plans...sort of...Clarice didn't want to stay home.
Day One of USA Senior State has gone well. This is Matt's "aging up year," meaning he is one of the youngest swimmers qualifying for the meet and has a lot of fancy competition. Despite that, he started the day off with a bang...dropping time and earning a Central Zones sectional time in the 100 Freestyle. He went in seeded 49th and finished 28th, and while that was not a finals time (missing that by 0.1 of a second), he was very happy as his seed time was 49.12 and his finish time today was 48.84, an nice little drop in the swimming world. 
He got to swim in the A relay, and although it did not qualify for finals, they did a fine job of it, Matt swimming anchor for a big finish.
So, while we don't have any showy hardware from the day, we do have a fancy new best time and a fancy sectional cut...what's not to love about those two things? Some photos from today, nothing stellar, as although I had a great angle for watching the meet, not so much for photographing the events. Thanks for the thoughts and good wishes for the kid...it is obviously helping him focus on the task at hand!