This was our first swim meet that both Josh and Emily competed at! It was so awesome! She counted for him on his 500 and I teared up because that is usually Sophie's job and now it has been passed down to Em. It was a special moment.
Em was a little nervous to count but she did a great job! Just like Sophie.
Josh was trying to get under 6:00 and did! He has been trying for some time now and hasn't gotten any help from his coaches. So he asked Ben Raye to watch him and see what he thought. So he did and Dani threw a big hissey fit. Ben was able to tell Josh what he was doing wrong that is hurting his shoulder and what will help him knocked more time off in these last 2 meets and hopefully get to state. Thank you Ben. You did in 1 race what we've been asking Dani to to for the last 4 years.
Josh's 2 freestyle relays.
Here is Josh's cheering section! I love these girls!!! Darby left the next morning to go back to Hawaii to go to school. We were so glad we got to spend some time with her. She is loving BYU Hawaii. Who wouldn't?
They stayed on this end and cheered and on the other end with Emily was Hunter Esplin. I love that kid too! He is awesome.
Em was a little nervous to count but she did a great job! Just like Sophie.
The pool has new lighting that SUCKS! You can hardly see the hand in front of your face. It's supposed to be cost efficient. Yeah, because it's pitch black in there so they don't have to pay the utility bill. Sounds good but trying to take a picture sucks. The lights inside of the water are always on now too. Tell me how that's going to save money. ANYWAY. These next picture's are crappy, but they'll have to do.
I love how Hunter jumps out of the way to avoid being splashed in this picture. Like he's not already wet. hahaha.
Trinity Schimbeck got to ring the bell on the last lap!
Emily had her 50 Free and did pretty good. She was scared to death. Josh went behind her block and cheered her on. She was glad to have him.
Darby kissed caps. It's a tradition that will unfortunately die after this year. So sad. That picture right there is actually the last time you will ever see it happen. I'm lucky that I was able to get it. Darby is now back in Hawaii and none of the other girls even do it.
This was Emily's 100 free. Once again, nervous. She jumped in and this time her goggles fell of so she just sprinted as fast as she could to get it over with and she came in 1st place in that heat by almost 5 seconds! She killed it! She said that she thought that she was in last place because she didn't see anyone around her. Afterwards, she went over to her coach and asked if she was in any relays and she said, "No, I didn't know you were that fast!" Too bad for that coach. She just missed out on some points on her relays. Luckily she was in lane 8 so Shayne took these picture's of her.
Notice there is no one around her. That is a great picture, by the way Shayne!
Over to talk to the coach after.
The last relay of the day is always so loud. It is usually between Skyline and Wasatch and then maybe Desert Hills. But this year DHHS won! Here's a video I took. I started out taking it because of Josh's whistle. But it ended up being a win for our awesome Desert Hills boys. You'll notice Trevor Larson sitting on the ground at the end. He started the relay and has had shoulder problems for over a year. Well, I talked to him after that and he could hardly move it. I hope he will make it through the rest of the year. It would be sad to not see him finish his Sr. year.
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