Championship Swim Meet

The big Championship Swim Meet was at Mt. Hood Community College today. We actually arrived early - 7:50 - the kids were amazed - they'd never been early before. It was over by 3:30, complete with throwing coaches into pool.
The kids did great - there was some disappointment with Andrew's age group - 13 and Up, since there were a handful of 17 year-olds there. His IM relay team, undefeated all year, took 4th to older teams with kids we'd never seen before. However, he managed to win the 50yd Butterfly, and got second in the 100yd Backstroke even with the older kids in the mix.
Mali swam great, diving wonderfully(!) and getting third in her heat of 50yd Backstroke and we think a second place medal in her freestyle relay and possibly a third in her IM relay. We will find out for certain on Monday.
It was a long day. Andrew's relay team played a game of Risk between heats, and you can just see the game here at the edge of the stands in this slightly out-of-focus shot. There are better photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondad, though they are not all as fun as this one: