After the prelim meet this past Wednesday, Darren qualified for section finals in four events. From sections finals, advancing to the state meet is achieved by either meeting a state qualifying time or by placing first or second in the championship heat. Darren will be advancing to State in the 500 Free.
Finals Reults:
200 Yard Medley Relay - Darren swam the breaststroke and their relay team placed 3rd
200 Freestyle - Darren knocked 2 seconds off his best time and placed 4th
500 Freestyle - After swimming the best time of the night on Weds, Darren came back and beat his previous best time by 7.33 seconds, beating out the two guys he lost to at this meet a year ago, set a meet record time and CRUSHED the state cut off by 7 1/2 seconds!
200 Freestyle Relay - 4th place in this meet, but the relay team set a new Kennedy team record at this distance.
The state meet is at the UofM late next week.
5 comments:
Congratulations, Darren. I'm proud of you. I'm sure you're an inspiration for your team.
Thanks, Brian, for posting a blog entry. I've been missing those.
Recent success also qualifies him to swim at swim club meets for state (Rochester) and regional (Wisconsin) over the next couple weekends. Need to decide about those.
I was looking at the state meet schedule yesterday. Darren's time going into the state meet puts him at 10th fastest in the state! 32 swimmers in prelims on Friday. The top 8 swim in the championship heat Saturday.
YEAH Darren. Super proud non-parent!
500 free: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT UP
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