New Sectional Cut (without the Blue Seventy)

My daughter got her sectional cut in the mile this weekend. She swam the race in 18:38:something (I can’t remember the last two digits and it’s not posted as of this writing.) She was about 3 seconds below the cut, which is 18:41:59.

There’s been some controversy about the Blue Seventy racing suit she wore when she got her first sectional cut in the 100 back. I wrote about that here, here and here. So, I thought I’d write about the fact that she DIDN’T have it on when she swam this weekend.

Getting a sectional cut in a Nike Hydra!

Unfortunately, after she got the cut in the mile on Friday night, she didn’t do too “swimmingly” during the rest of the meet and had some significant adds in her other races.  She was disapointed in her performance, and I had to remind her that one year ago, she didn’t even have a zone cut, much less four sectional cuts. (Funny how we always raise the bar for ourselves, isn’t it?) Besides, it’s her coach’s job to be disappointed with her, to talk to her about swimming tired and to point out the work she’s going to have to do to improve her turns, etc. It’s my job to be proud of her and to help her enjoy her accomplishments.

Anyway, back to the Blue Seventy. I think some of the controversy regarding the suit is waning. I’m glad.  The whole issue was silly, in my opinion. Fortunately, I’m aware that opinions are like . . . (well, nevermind).