The Hurricanes capped off the summer swim season with another win, leaving them undefeated in their division and champions! It’s been a great season with improvement from both kids and a great deal of fun for all of us. The kids can’t wait to see the big trophy in the clubhouse next week!
Shot in manual and in RAW to try to compensate for the whacked out exposures on the 20D. Not very succesful in the sunlight. It’s definitely going back next week and we’ll se what if it can be repaired properly. If not, I’ll be on the lookout for a used 1D body.
It’s going to be a while before I’ll have pictures from this week’s meet ready to post since I shot RAW so I’ve posted some videos instead. But first, a disclaimer. I was NOT the cinematographer, so someone else gets credit for the shaky and avant garde nature of these videos!
Kate’s been working hard and finally got to swim as an official swimmer this week, in the 9-10 backstroke and then up an age group in the 11-12 breaststroke. There are several year-round swimmers in her age group so it’s hard to crack into the official lineup (there are only 3 for each team per event) so she was very excited, and I think a bit nervous too. In fact, in one of the clips you can see her going through the breastroke, including the turn as she prepped mentally for the race. She got fourth in each of those races, just missing out on points for her team, but she was very happy with her performance, having set personal bests in both strokes.
Ben had a good meet as well. He swam all 4 of the individual strokes (but not the IM), as well as leading off the 13-14 medley relay in the backstroke. He set personal bests in all of the strokes except freestyle so he was happy with his performance. A good day overall (if you don’t count my wonky camera). Still pictures coming later this week!