During the Missouri Valley Conference Championships, sophomore swimmer
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February 11, 2010
Day One
Today marked the first day of competition for the Lady Aces. While some swimmers find it beneficial to attend a “wake up swim,” which forces the swimmer to get out of bed and begin thinking about the day’s events, most swimmers felt it more helpful to sleep in an extra hour and a half. After the wake up swim, those athletes who attended came back to the hotel and picked up the rest of the team. From there it was back to the pool to begin warming up for prelims.
After prelims were over, the team headed out to lunch at Moe’s and then went back to the hotel for some relaxation between sessions. With several hours between prelims and finals, many athletes used the time to rest up for their upcoming races while others finished homework from the classes they would be missing.
After the break the team headed back to the pool at 4:15 to begin warming up for finals which started at 6:00. Although the team got off to a rough start on Thursday morning, finals that night were a different story. Our moral seemed to be boosted as we watched the very first race of the evening, where Christina Schmidgall won her heat of the 500 free.
From the meet, swimmers went to dinner with their families while others headed back to the hotel on the bus where they had Fazoli’s for dinner. After dinner the team is free to roam around the hotel and hang out. Many swimmers used this time to re-shave their arms and legs.
Swimmers really aren’t joking when they use the expression “Eat, sleep, swim.”
