Week 21-Wrappin' up the Short Course Meter Season!

Coaching the ABC Gray Sharks Masters Swim Team is a pleasure! Posing with me here are just a few of the sharks! We get up at 5 in the morning to arrive at the pool by 6:00 to swim 3000-4000 yards. All of this to stay in shape to compete in 2 major swim meets a year! Most events cover just 200 yards or less! These swimmer guys and gals infiltrate my mind more than they know. If I had to project what I would have been doing as a 40+ year old when I was 20, I never would have imagined I would be a leader of 100 swimmers ages 25-90. I am truly blessed all of these people a part of my life! Thank you!

We finish up the end of each swim session with a beastly game of waterpolo where our competitive spirits really become exposed. The rules of waterpolo really don't apply to The Gray Sharks. Most, but not all, escape without scratches, bruises and bloody noses, but if you want to play you gotta be tough!

Photographer: Tracey Bird

Sharks from left to right: Lissa, Ilene, Dave, Ben (hidden), Steve, Kirsten, Andrew, Amy, Don,Mike, Steve and Dudley.

Just a few stats New England SCM@BU 2009:

Sharks came in 3rd place

4th place overall

2 men were in the top 10 highest point scorers out of over 400 male swimmers

2 of our swimmers broke New England records in the 200, 400 and 800 free and the 50, 100, and 200 breast

1 record was broken in the womens 4x100 free relay which we previously held.

We entered 50 swimmers in the meet.

Over 20 swimmers had best times or established their first swim time ever!