do work!

soo today i went to the SUNYAC swimming&diving championships in buffalo to see my team. they did amazingggg, as expected! it was nice to see everyone looking so motivated and so pumped to swim and dive today. the swimmers had prelims this morning and right now they're doing the consolation finals and actual finals. and fredonia has a ton of swimmers in both! yayyyyy blue devils =)

the divers' setup is a little different. the consolation finals are done, they happened this afternoon. so those divers can relax and enjoy the events tonight. the finalists did 3 out of their 6 final dives this afternoon and right now they are dong their last 3. the men's side got interesting today because the guys in 1st 2nd and 3rd place were literally less than a point away from each other. like legit, they were mere tenths of a point away from each other. it could be anyone's meet tonight. the girls side was a little more spread out but i know our girls (fredoni has 4 out of 8 finalists haha so tons of points will get awarded regardless of places). im so proud of all the hard working athletes and coaches!

it was kind of bittersweet to see everyone too...made me realize this year was the year my family and boyfriend might have come to see me dive at champs. but honestly i dont mind not having that pressure. and its great that im still part of the team by anouncing for swimming and diving events at the home meets.  it was cool to talk to coach crawford--he gave me a huge hug and called me "ms blogger" haha guess someone told him about this! well thats good because it means he's reading =)  he also asked if i was being healthy and staying fit. i said yes, told him i was working out at the gym and then showed him my gigantic biceps. ok..they're not that gigantic (at all) but he looked impressed. and then he gave me m&ms! for valentines day, of course. 

i also saw tom the official, aka my favorite official ever. he's such a sweet old man and he reminds me of my grandfathers and he was absolutely overjoyed to see me today! he gave me a huge hug hello (and goodbye) and we chatted about school and announcing and general meet things. and then i teased him when his fone went off during the middle of someone's dive! too funny haha. but he did say he was looking forward to seeing and working with me next year. he and the other official who come to our home meets, bob, told arthr (head swim coach) that they loved when i announce because i have a clear voice and great diction so they can actually understand me when i speak into the mic. and also apparently i can go btwn announcing swimming heats and dives "flawlessly"--their words, not mine haha. but i do love announcing and the officials are so nice that it makes the job really fun. its nice to be appreciated for something you're good at =)

lindsay my roomie drove us to buffalo this morning in the blizzard...and we got into a slight car accident. nothing too big, just skidded off the road because it was snowing so bad we literally couldnt see the exit and kind of sort of hit a smallish pole. but it prevented us from going into a ditch so im kind of glad we hit the pole. plus we're both fine and so is the car. not so much for the pole haha but that's what those things are there for.

sooooo thats about it... good luck to the blue devils, you're all amazing and i know you are all doing amazingly well right now! love themm!

untl next post,
~sam