Tuesday night was the first home swim meet for the CHS boys high school team. The swimmers practiced after school, then ate a boxed lunch before getting ready for the meet. It's called Eats for Meets: the swimmers fill out order forms for what they prefer to eat before a meet, and then the booster club picks those up and delivers the meals to them at the pool. (Matt is shown in the photo by the windows sitting on the floor beside one of the silver poles.) They have a good time eating and chatting about the upcoming meet.
Tuesday was a big rival team, North Central of Indianapolis. CHS won the meet, both the girls and the boys.
Matt took first in both his events, 50 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke, so he was very happy with that and that the broken hand didn't slow him down much. He also swam anchor in a freestyle relay and brought his team in for a first place finish to a lot of cheering, which is always fun.
Shown here are Charles and Matt conversing after the 50 Freestyle. It shows Matt's swim cast in case you were wondering what that looked like and all. It used to be I could take photos of the guys and they were just darn cute in their little swim suits, etc., or they wore the long competition racing suits. Now, however, the long competition racing suits are a thing of the past as they have been nixed so that swimmers who can't afford them aren't at a handicap. Now, that the boys are much older, almost like adults, I can only show torso photos as anything else could be considered very risque. 
The last photo is from today as Matt was getting ready to board the transport to take them to Nationals. 12 swimmers from CSC had National times, so off they went today for that to Columbus, Ohio as OSU is hosting the short course Nationals, about a 3-1/2 hour drive from here. JJ goes to college there, so the boys are hoping to get to see him in his new college digs. As you can see, it is snowing, the parking lot was completely ice covered and this is always one nervous mom when her children are on the road in bad weather. I'm just trying to think positive happy thoughts, so help me along, okay?
IU won last night...wasn't expecting that, but very happy to have that win...it's going to be a fun year of basketball at Assembly Hall, yep, I do believe it is. Big Ten Basketball makes winter go faster and be oh-so-much-more bearable around these parts. It's nice when your team has something to watch and be excited about of a season. Have not had a chance to see the Iowa Hawkeyes in action yet, but cheering for them as well.