Matt being the lane counter for Stevie during the 1000 race. Matt doesn't do distance at meets as he is a sprinter. We always say the day Matt swims two 200s in a meet is his "distance day." Carmel is primarily a distance team, so Matt has always had a fairly big position with his sprinter ways, being one of only a few sprinters. Good for making the "A" relays always!
Yesterday did not go quite as expected. (Understatement.) Matt woke up all congested and barely able to breathe normally, but wanted to get to the pool for warm-ups and see if it would clear up a bit, breathing being an important component of swimming I hear tell. 
Matt and Mike chatting before the meet...Mike warming up for his distance swims and Matt trying to keep warm as he had the chills and a cough. He swam his two swims (adding big time in both due to the not-being-able-to-breathe-thing) and then we retired to the doctor's office where he was directed to x-ray, followed with a diagnosis of a bronchial infection. Prescriptions were written for three different medicines and a note clearly stating there will be no more swimming until at least Wednesday when we will review it further. Ouch. No shot involved, but ouch on the "no swimming" bit right during Senior State and right before Central Zones. Here are some photos from yesterday, and then that's all their is, figuring you all don't want photos from today where no doubt he will be sleeping away a good portion of it...one very disappointed swimmer boy about not being able to swim the 200 Free and 200 Back today. 
Getting ready for the 100 Back, Lane 8, the scoreboard showing the disappointing 2 second add in time, but still hopeful about the meet as he already has a sectional cut in this swim, so not as disappointing as it would be if it were the next three swims. 
After the swim he came up into the stands and said, "I want to swim my next swim, please...then we can go to the doctor and see what's wrong." Hard to tell him "no" since he worked so hard to get to state in the first place, so he swam the 50 Free. 
Photos are on the block; giving it all he has; and swimming into the wall with white cap, big red "C" on it. 
Touching the wall and checking the scoreboard...one very disappointed boy in Lane 6 as he added almost a second to his time.
I was going to offer to take him to the meet to watch his friends (and foes) swim, but I wasn't 100% sure I could be strong enough to resist the begging if he wanted to get in and swim those two events when we were there...and believe me, he would have wanted to if we were actually on the premises.
Another couple of fun photos Here is Johnny B. swimming his first state meet in the 200 Breaststroke and the second photo is John S. who swam fast enough to get his first Central Zone sectional cut as a senior in the 200 Breastsroke! 
And, lastly, some pink for my albums with the lovelies Megan, Lauren, and Sunny posing after their own fantastic swims. 
Did you all remember to fiddle with your clocks last night/this morning? This takes a bit of getting used to as Indiana (well most of it as it is very difficult to get this state to agree on any such thing, so there are still a few parts not adhering to the rules) is just in it's first year of dealing with this clock thing on Daylight Savings Time. I will say one thing: one can certainly golf longer in the evenings in the summer with it!
Hoos on the telly today for their final game against Penn State at 2:00 on ESPN...meet you there!