Out of Shape Meet
1st "Annual Out of Shape Meet"!
Meet Recap: By Aaron Spolarich
First off, the events consisted of a 100 Medley Relay, 100 Back Relay, 100 Breast Relay, 100 Butterfly Relay, 100 Free Relay and Diving!
With hotly contested disqualifications and ridiculously painful diving, the swim team completed the first ever “Spring-Out-of-Shape Meet” on Friday. Taking the figurative trophy for Least out of Shape was team “TABS” consisting of Kyle Weaver, Rob Fozkos, Rob Dent, and Blaine Cooper-Surma. They outpaced Team Much 2 Love by two points with a final score of 25.
“Much 2 Love,” consisting of John Kasey, Aaron Spolarich, Brent Graham, and Steve Zajac, could not match the speed of the TABS, scoring 23 points, but had the distinction of being the only team not to disqualify a relay.
“Team Liquefy,” made up of Jon Harris, Nick Molby, Craig Vetor, and Philip Towne, came in third, and goes home with the “Peer Pressure Award” for Phil Towne’s unique ability to make two of the three other teams to jump early off the blocks.
“Lane 5: The Invisibles” takes home fourth place and the coveted title of Most out of Shape.
The Invisibles were definitely seen coming out of the locker room with uniforms and by making a ruckus throughout the entire meet. Kyle O’Keefe, Matt Vest, Jim Leuck, and Alex Carr lived up to the meet’s name, and definitely enjoyed the meet the most. Kudos to Matt Vest for attempting the dreaded belly-flop of doom off of the 3-meter diving board, even if it was not the most successful attempt
Special thanks to Trayton White for being our starter and official; not an easy job when four guys are in your face about how swimming an entire 25 backstroke underwater is legal.
I hope everyone had an enjoyable time, and look forward to next years meet!
Comments
I gotta say guys - incredible! Never before have I heard of this meet... Were any records broken or just ribs on the belly-flop? Do you have to be NCAA eligible to compete? I think I could put up a decent showing if I were allowed to enter... ever thought about running a short course version of this meet in widths? That might be more up my alley.
Posted by: Scott Goldblatt | May 10, 2007 09:59 PM
Really, the Scott Goldblatt has found our blog and is leaving comments?
• NCAA Champion for the Texas Longhorns?
• Olympic Gold Medalists?
• TimedFinals.com Editor?
• Father of Avery?
Very cool... what lead you here? (and yeah, you are cordially invited to the next "out of shape meet" - we'll throw in some widths!)
Posted by: Peter Casares | May 11, 2007 09:24 AM
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
And yes.
Actually, I was on a trek for some of the world's most obscure swim meets and although this was not one of them, I still decided to make my presence known... Ok, the real story is that I was trying out some new search formulas during some research and came across the blog. Good stuff guys and good luck with your future swimming - actually I say that like I will not be back - I will be - to see how things are going!
Posted by: Scott Goldblatt | May 16, 2007 04:56 PM