Joey's official swim season got off to a belly-flop start on Sunday with his first time trials, but despite coming in either last or close to last in every event, he couldn't be prouder of himself. He legitimately completed a lap in freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke -- and got to debut his new Speedo Jammers, too.
One day, I'll remind him that he had to be almost forcibly talked into the knee-length Speedos instead of the much "briefer" regular Speedo attire - which is definitely not en vogue for the 6 and under set. In case he questions you, be sure to confirm that these ones make you go much faster.
Here's the whole team - ages 5 to 15 - getting a last-minute pep talk from Coach Matt.
Just one example of Joey's "dive."
Joey and one of his best buddies, Sebastien, who lives a couple of houses away, had the pool to themselves for this heat of 6 and Under Backstroke.
Here they are celebrating afterwards!
The 6 and Unders get corralled early for every event... here they are walking to the starting blocks as a group. Can you imagine this belly stuffed into a real Speedo?
Joey had lots of down time behind the starting block before each of his races, hanging out with his classmate and friend Will.
And finally, here's a short video of his butterfly race.
Overall, things can only improve from here! As one dad put it, after Joey triumphantly brought up the rear in backstroke and emerged oblivious to his last-place finish: "It looks like baseball is definitely his sport."
My swimmer self took a little offense, while Tim rejoiced. He has definitely logged more practice hours hitting and catching than he has in the pool, but with seven weeks ahead of him of daily swim practice, there's plenty of time for him to "pop" his times!
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