Brock competed in the Dual Meet vs WAVE, hosted at TAC in Cary the first weekend of November. He felt really comfortable swimming at a place that he was familiar with - and it showed!!
New coach, different process - Brock was signed up to swim in eight events over two days - more than double what he typically would do. Brock felt a little intimidated, but by the end, he said he loved it!
The interesting thing about this meet is they had all similar times swimming together - whether you were girl/boy, 10 years old/14 years old.... and then they regroup for placements when finished. For example, within his heat, he may have placed fourth, but he placed 2nd in "10 & Under Boys".
Brock's 100 yard Butterfly (Lane 9) - he looked great!
He bested his time for 50 yard Free! He was on a roll!!
Daylight Savings Time helped all of us wake up for Day Two/Sunday morning swim meet! Brock had to arrive by 8:15AM for warmups!
Brock is really learning to pace himself in these longer events.
How strange that his usual "bread and butter" is the only event he added time! As other coaches have told us, he's built more for the 100yard events than the 50yard...
Brock's least favorite stroke is most definitely Backstroke. We are so proud of him going into today (and yesterday) remaining positive and giving it his all!!
And he crushed this one too - watch for him in Lane 1!! Also watch at the very end - his buddy Nate was cheering him on at the other side of the pool - he's wearing his swim parka. Love all the team bonding!
Kade and I snuck out before the 500 yard Freestyle - but heard from Brent he did amazingly. He definitely paced himself - faster on his first and very last split. He never swam this far in any of his other races. So proud of him for sticking with it - and doing really well!!
