Another 'non-baseball' entry. Paxton wraps the regular season of swimming today. Just a quick 'how it works'... similar to other sports, there are regular meets thru-out the season. And, being a member of a team (Powell Crosley YMCA Tigersharks), Paxton competes for personal bests (finishes, times) as well as a contributor to the team's overall success. Paxton has had an outstanding season --- all kinds of top finishes in meets and setting personal bests time-wise. This weekend's meet is a big one. There are 3 separate sites throughout the city, and all sites (serving as prelims) then 'feed-into' finals held in Lebanon, OH. Paxton qualified yesterday in 1 event for last night's finals. 76 boys across all 3 sites began the day hoping to move on (the combined top 16 swimmers from all 3 prelims sites in each event) to the finals in the 50yd Freestyle. And at the end of the day, Paxton finished 12th overall. Way to go, buddy! And as of today, having competed in 4 more events this morning, Paxton's heading back to Lebanon this evening for finals in TWO more events.
One last note... as with all other sports, swimmers compete throughout the regular season with their eyes on a bigger prize. In swimming, one of those post-season prizes is 'AA Championships'. 'AA's is a big deal... held at Miami University (Oxford, OH), and pulls the best of the best from across the south- and mid-west regions. Paxton learned today that BOTH of the relay teams he's on have qualified for 'AA's. Outstanding news! We're all very proud of you, Paxton.
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