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Breeze · 01-19-2023, 09:31 AM

The Viking Classic - RESULTS

Well, I've been waiting and searching for the official results from this meet, but ultimately I had to go to one of the competitors sites to actually find them. SMH

The meet, on the men's side ended up being:

Berry College Vikings
Point University Sky Hawks
Life University Running Eagles

Note: On the women's side Brenau University also competed

Berry pretty much dominated this event. The final scores aren't contained in the official results, but just through sheer numbers Berry's larger team overwhelmed the scoring.

Bear - this was Bear's senior recognition meet - the last home meet of his swimming career. The team did the classic "walk out" with the parents. It was a nice moment, not particularly well organized, but nice. I don't think we even knew they were doing a senior recognition until the day before at around 10:30 P.M. (that should pretty well illustrate the lack of organization).

The coach was very sweet, she loves Bear and wanted to make sure we knew it. She also didn't want to put any pressure on the seniors so most swam their off events. Which for Bear meant breaststroke.

400 Medley Relay - Bear was the breaststroke leg in this event, and it was the best looking Breast he's swum since he was around 14. He managed to go a 1:05.86, which even with the rolling start removed would destroy his personal best. He also wasn't the slowest breast split of the 5 relay teams, as his time was a fraction faster than Life's swimmer. Unfortunately, while he had a good breast time, the team doing off strokes resulted in a 5th place finish, which under the circumstances was completely expected.

50 Free - Bear swam a 23.41, which is a nice swim coming out of winter training. He's about 1 second off his personal best, so with a taper hopefully he's looking at being around a 21 high or 22 low. He also beat Alex Bartik, his teammate and potentially a challenger for the A relay at conference, by .07 seconds.

50 Fly - a personal best time 25.39, but don't get too excited, his previous best occurred when he was 12. This isn't an event that is typically raced at college meets, and even when they were in the past, with Bear being distance, short sprints were not in the cards. This time Alex beat Bear by .03 seconds.

200 Medley Relay - this time Bear got to swim Back...pretty sure he was less enthusiastic about doing this than doing the Breast in the other medley relay. He did manage to post a personal best time of 27.22, and because the back leg leads off the relay it's an official time. However, like the fly above, don't get too excited about the PB, he was 10 when he set his previous best. His back was good enough to be 2nd of the 5 swimmers in the event. The team ultimately finished 2nd in the race.

100 Free - pretty good swim from Bear, 51.36. He swam the first heat, and didn't really have anyone to race. His time was good enough for 4th overall, with free sprint specialist teammates Harrison and Noah both finishing above him.

100 IM - I'm not sure the results here are correct. They show Bear swimming a 59.63, I thought he post a faster time than that. I could be remembering incorrectly, but for all intents and purposes it's irrelevant, this event isn't contested at championship meets. It was just a fun one for him to swim.

800 Free Relay - Bear was part of the B relay and the 3rd swimmer in the lineup. He went off in second place .6 seconds behind his good friend Billy. At the 100 flip Bear was trailing by .78. At the 150 Bear cut the lead to .17, and at the final touch of the leg, Bear had a lead of .08. He split 1:52.37. Unfortunately, the final swimmer on the B relay was Diego - and he was seriously outclassed, so they ended up in last place in the race.

01-19-2023, 09:31 AM	#1493
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	The Viking Classic - RESULTS Well, I've been waiting and searching for the official results from this meet, but ultimately I had to go to one of the competitors sites to actually find them. SMH The meet, on the men's side ended up being: Berry College Vikings Point University Sky Hawks Life University Running Eagles Note: On the women's side Brenau University also competed Berry pretty much dominated this event. The final scores aren't contained in the official results, but just through sheer numbers Berry's larger team overwhelmed the scoring. Bear - this was Bear's senior recognition meet - the last home meet of his swimming career. The team did the classic "walk out" with the parents. It was a nice moment, not particularly well organized, but nice. I don't think we even knew they were doing a senior recognition until the day before at around 10:30 P.M. (that should pretty well illustrate the lack of organization). The coach was very sweet, she loves Bear and wanted to make sure we knew it. She also didn't want to put any pressure on the seniors so most swam their off events. Which for Bear meant breaststroke. *400 Medley Relay* - Bear was the breaststroke leg in this event, and it was the best looking Breast he's swum since he was around 14. He managed to go a 1:05.86, which even with the rolling start removed would destroy his personal best. He also wasn't the slowest breast split of the 5 relay teams, as his time was a fraction faster than Life's swimmer. Unfortunately, while he had a good breast time, the team doing off strokes resulted in a 5th place finish, which under the circumstances was completely expected. *50 Free* - Bear swam a 23.41, which is a nice swim coming out of winter training. He's about 1 second off his personal best, so with a taper hopefully he's looking at being around a 21 high or 22 low. He also beat Alex Bartik, his teammate and potentially a challenger for the A relay at conference, by .07 seconds. *50 Fly* - a personal best time 25.39, but don't get too excited, his previous best occurred when he was 12. This isn't an event that is typically raced at college meets, and even when they were in the past, with Bear being distance, short sprints were not in the cards. This time Alex beat Bear by .03 seconds. *200 Medley Relay* - this time Bear got to swim Back...pretty sure he was less enthusiastic about doing this than doing the Breast in the other medley relay. He did manage to post a personal best time of 27.22, and because the back leg leads off the relay it's an official time. However, like the fly above, don't get too excited about the PB, he was 10 when he set his previous best. His back was good enough to be 2nd of the 5 swimmers in the event. The team ultimately finished 2nd in the race. *100 Free* - pretty good swim from Bear, 51.36. He swam the first heat, and didn't really have anyone to race. His time was good enough for 4th overall, with free sprint specialist teammates Harrison and Noah both finishing above him. *100 IM* - I'm not sure the results here are correct. They show Bear swimming a 59.63, I thought he post a faster time than that. I could be remembering incorrectly, but for all intents and purposes it's irrelevant, this event isn't contested at championship meets. It was just a fun one for him to swim. *800 Free Relay* - Bear was part of the B relay and the 3rd swimmer in the lineup. He went off in second place .6 seconds behind his good friend Billy. At the 100 flip Bear was trailing by .78. At the 150 Bear cut the lead to .17, and at the final touch of the leg, Bear had a lead of .08. He split 1:52.37. Unfortunately, the final swimmer on the B relay was Diego - and he was seriously outclassed, so they ended up in last place in the race.