We had a terrific Saturday practice this morning. All around, great performance from each of our three training groups. It was nice to have the distance group plus our HS Freshman in the pool early because I got to focus on their set -- and then focus on the main set for the rest of the group afterwards.

Our Distance group did 3x1000 on about 2:30 rest. I wanted everyone to swim a strong first and second 1000, then go for a swim that was within 30 seconds of their best time. Here's how it went:

BT (best time coming in 10:23) 10:22, 10:21, 10:16.1
Haley (best time coming in 10:19) 10:53, 10:54, 10:45.0
Maddie (best time coming in 10:48) 11:24, 11:25, 11:16.1

Haley and Maddie got under that 30 second mark on #3, and were very close on the first two as well -- which made for a great overall set. BT went a best time on #1, then another best time on #2 -- then another best time on the third one. Does BT stand for Brandon Thoman, or does it stand for "Best Time" ?

Our HS Freshman group did a set of 4x200, 3x200, 2x200, 1x200 FreeIM with 6x50 between rounds. The first set of 4 were on (250); the 3 were on (245); the two were on (240),and the last one was fast.

Connor averaged around 230, went 227,229 on the pair, then a 220 on the end
Hayley averaged around 231-235, and went a 225 on the end
Sammie averaged around 240-243, went a few 238s -- and a 229.9 on the end
Avery kicked every final 200 of each round and went 246-247 on the final two rounds.

Off the tail end of the above sets, we started a set of 150s with the rest of the group. The set was 12x150 -- every 4th fast stroke. The first 4 were on (2), the next 4 were on (205), and the next two were on (210). Most people did freestyle, but we had a few stroke swimmers as well.

A few of the highlights:
Erika led the way with a 126, 124, 120.7 (26.0-27.7-26.9)
Jack was awesome as well: 127, 125, 120.7 (26.0-27.3-27.4)
Rachel was 133, 130, 126.4 (27.3-29.2-29.89)
Andrew (Back) 137, 133, 130+ on the end (this dude's best time is 206 - do the math)

We have an optional type practice tomorrow (thanks for speaking up -- those that wanted to come) -- and then AM practices on Monday and Wednesday. Let's have a great week of training!!