Six teams have come to compete: Kemmerer, Powell, Lander, Lyman, Jackson, and the HOME TEAM, Sublette.
If you happen to be reading this blog as it is being posted (Sat., the 18th at 11am), you can jump on http://cube.sub1.org to watch the live stream of the meet.
Entering the competition pool area, the electricity is palpable, with swimmers taking their places for an edgy start, or promenading up to the starting blocks being cheered by their teammates, or stepping up on the podium after an awesome swim during this finals day of the meet.
Parents are perched on the upper level bleachers with a great view of the entire pool area below. Cameras and ipads are clicking pictures or taking vidoes for happy review later....
Concessions are keeping folks well fed in the PAC lobby, and the leisure pool is still open for business for accompanying family members during this two day swimming and diving experience.
Meets like this take everyone.
First its the swimmers and divers and their coaches that train for weeks (months!) to be ready for such a competition. And, of course, the parents who are the most loyal supporters of all.
Then, to make it happen, a multitude of other cogs in the wheel start to turn...from the Aquatic Department at PAC (meet management, lifeguarding, pool set up, heat sheet management, crowd control, etc), to community volunteers who time and run the electronic meet management equipment, to the officials who often travel distances, and of course, the school district athletic director who was responsible for putting the calendar together in the first place and who ensures that hospitality is present for the visiting team coaches, bus drivers, and all meet personnel.
I am so proud of the girls, their parents, their friends and their COMMUNITY that make an event like this happen!
Here's to excellence in achievement and the knowledge that it takes a village!
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