June 28 - Mr. Butterfly

The final Orca dual meet was last weekend. Julia had a cold and stayed home to rest, so JD and I headed to the pool with Luke. Prior to this meet, Luke earned champ times in all of his events except for the freestyle. The meet prior to this he missed the wall on his flip turn so he was hoping to get a good (legal!) swim and cement his position on the A free relay. He had a private lesson with Coach Abby (one of the junior coaches who swam at a local HS and is heading to college in August) before the meet to work on his turns and strokes. 

IM: Luke did awesome in his IM! He took it out fast and was neck and neck with a boy next to him on the freestyle. It was hard to see who got the touch..but it was Luke!! 2nd place!! So incredible!! (the boy who won first is a 10 year old on our team and currently ranked #6 in the entire country so whenever he is swimming, 2nd place is winning LOL). 

Free: He did it! He nailed the flip turn and went a 33. Speed demon!! He made the champ time and is back on the A relay!!

Fly: The camera on my phone broke midway through the first Orca meet a month ago and I finally received my new phone a few days before this meet. I was able to record Luke's fly and you guys-it was amazing. He had a super funky looking fly a few weeks ago and it was just beautiful at the meet. He did fantastic!!

Go Luke!! So proud!!