Ok, so I know that the scriptures teach that it's not good to be prideful and I never really thought I had a problem with that, until recently.
You see, my little brother and sister are the two best swimmers I know. And I can't help but shout to the whole world (via facebook and my blog) that I am so proud of what they've accomplished this year in swimming!!
My brother (who is one of my most favorite people in the whole wide world) has dropped ridiculous amounts of time throughout the season and has pretty much kicked TRASH at every swim meet. I mean, he has that Michael Phelps thing going on where he just. doesn't. lose. I don't know how he does it!! And I've heard, neither does anyone else, haha. Jon's always been pretty chill. He's never had the super aggressive, competitive, "I'll-die-before-I-let-someone-beat-me" kind of personality that you might say other people in my family have. He's just a laid-back kid. And I hear he's no different in practice. But that kid spends so much time studying swimming. He knows more about swimming than I ever did, times a billion!! It's a mental thing for him. He already knows he's going to win when he goes into a race. (Or at least I'd like to think he does.) The race might be close, and it may look like he's not going to win, but in the end, he always pushes himself to get that 1st. And on top of all of that, he's humble, classy, and always shows good sportsmanship. He is such a good example to me.
And Megan!! She's never not been good at something. I remember when she was just a tiny little thing, she tore it UP in the pool!!! She's the only girl, well, make that person, I know that has ever MASTERED the butterfly before age 5. She's a natural. And she's so fun to watch. She hadn't swam the last couple years so I was a little nervous for her when she told me she was going to swim this year. I was scared that she might not be as good as she hoped or that it may take her longer to get back into it than she thought... but that didn't last long. She was right back to the same old Meg, swimming beautifully and dropping time, just like the little girl we used to watch. She's faster in her first year of high school swimming than I ever was, and she's just going to keep getting better!!
So it didn't surprise me that they both qualified for State.
Jon's done really well in the 50 Free and the 100 Free and his relay's (the 200 Medley & 4x100 Free) have been tearing it up all season. Megan dropped tons of time in the backstroke at Region and also qualified in the 100 Free and her relay so she had 3 events to swim at State.
It was so fun to go up to BYU and watch them swim. Jon took home golds in both relays, a silver in the 100 and a bronze in the 50. And I'm not going to lie, he looked real good up on that stand when they awarded him his medals.
Megan jumped up 2 slots and took 13th in the 100 Free, dropping 2 whole seconds, and 16th in the 100 Free, dropping another second!! Plus, she scored points in all of her events. Go Meg!!
They have worked so hard this season and I am so proud of both of them. The Desert Hills Boy's team took 2nd overall at State and the girls team took 3rd. Overall, Desert Hills earned more points than any other school and can I just say right now, what an accomplishment!!!
