James' Third Swim Meet

James swam in his third swim meet yesterday, he took second in the backstroke again, BUT he beat his own previous time by 7.63 seconds!!! His first time racing in the backstroke his time was 53.81 seconds. This time he did it in 46.18! He placed third in Freestyle and was Disqualified in the breaststroke - actually his WHOLE ENTIRE heat was disqualified as well as the one before him and many before that... when they started his third and final heat (freestyle) they only had two "oops" ribbons left to give out because they disqualified so many people from the breaststroke. Oddly enough a girl from the officials own team who used the wall the entire heat to catch her breath and push herself off of it, not just once, but multiple times (no exaggeration), did not get disqualified and took second place in her heat- by the way, I don't have a competitive bone in my body...

Anyway, James did great!!! He isn't loving the outdoor, cold pools and says he hates it, but I think when he gets out of pool and finishes in 3rd, or 2nd (1st is still yet to come) in his races, he is proud of himself and happy that he did it!