Day 2

Today Wabash Swimming experienced impressive victories at every turn!

To start the meet out, Freshman Adam Petro jumped in the 100 Fly prelims and put together the best 100 of his life - 51.17! He went out smooth and powerful, and brought it home fast. In fact, all four tempos checks were the same (50, 50, 50, 50!). You just can't watch a smarter swim. It was very cool to watch him swim both controlled and fast - and not buckle under the pressure of the meet as a freshman!

Tony Caldwell defined what the meet is really all about. Many guys come here and become paralyzed by going certain times. Their success or failure simply revolves around what times pops up on the board. Don't get me wrong, a good time is awesome, and a great sign of good things, but what it really comes down to when you are at the national meet is racing, and beating people. We all know Tony's best event is the 100 back, and the pressure to swim your best event - at the biggest meet of your life - is simply not easy. (Now throw in that this could be the last 100 back of your life!) For many that is just simply too much.

But Tony is different. He likes to race... and race people he did.

He did what it took to qualify 15th in the morning, guaranteeing a night swim and All-American Certificate! Then at night he jumped in lane one and after 75 yards he was in the perfect position to race the field to the wall. He flies home, kicking it up one last gear, and touches 5th in his heat, 13th overall! One thing we have always known about Tony is that he loves to race, and he knows how to improve. And he did it again, on the biggest stage of his life.

Saturday will be fun... I'll be sure to write between prelims and finals today!