Swim Meet in Novato

Nice swimming pool at Indian Valley campus of College of Marin on Saturday morning, June 20th, with Matthew McInnes, age 10, swimming for the Novato Riptide, the main feature of his adoring fans and grandparents.

The scene to the right is much of what can be seen unless you elbow your way to the front of the crowd. A surprising amount of order comes out of what may at first appear to be chaos.

The picture above is from the deep end where the diving boards are, looking toward the end where the races take place, across the shorter length of the pool. Most races are 50 yds or meters I'm not sure, though the under 8s only go for 25.





That is Matt to the left, between events. As you can see he is one of those fair-skinned, blonde and blue-eyed types that when he is old and bent, will wish he had used a lot more sunscreen when he was this age. I notice he also squints when he smiles, a habit he must have inherited from me, his maternal grandfather.

I think that is Matt below, doing the backstroke. His best stroke is free style. He won a first and a couple of 2nds and some lower places as well. I'm guessing they give out ribbons up to 6th or maybe even 8th place. It's not the Olympics.



Swim meets are difficult to take good pictures of the action.

The food and organization of a lot of kids was really well done. I am pretty sure Matt's team came in ahead of the visitors for the first time this year.

No stimulus money was spent on this activity.