So far, everything about this weekend and swim meet have been great.  We arrived here in Canton, OH around 4:00 yesterday afternoon and then soon left for the pool to loosen up and re-familiarize ourselves with the place.  Every night so far we've had some great carry-out pasta, lasagna, etc.  Oh, and the beds here are amazing.

This morning went pretty well, seeing that we had  just about all of our guys make it back in their events for finals.  Both the 200 freestyle and 400 medley relays placed especially well for the evening.  We did start out a little less aggressive than we could have been in our events but that all changed this evening.

I don't think I'll ever forget how coach pumped us up with his humorous antics before the evening session tonight.  While we were having a typical team meeting back in one of the remote locker rooms before the start of the meet, coach walked right up in middle of us, repeatedly slammed his hands on the table, and shouted with the most enraged voice, "THIS IS FUN!"  While cracking us up, the true energy of our team broke through leading us into a great finals session.

This team is amazing...and we're only getting better.  Check out the lanelines blog for meet results.   Also, Mr. Sanders re-set his own school record in the 500 free tonight, with a crushing 4:38 that left his competition in the dust.