Another Accomplishment

Well... it's official. We are now in full-out, all-things-baseball mode. Paxton swam his last competitive event this past weekend. Earlier in the season, he qualified for the 'State' level championship in 50 yard backstroke. The State meet was held at Miami University, where Paxton was one of 39 boys to qualify for this particular event. Paxton was just (barely) edged out in his heat (of the overall preliminaries), coming in 2nd Place. When it was all said and done (and the 39 boys had their go at it), Paxton missed the cut for the finals by 1/2 second. Of course he was very disappointed. BUT!!!... tons to feel great about. He's been swimming (and WINNING a LOT) all season against boys who have been doing this for years. This being Paxton's first season, everyone has been blown away by his success. Simply qualifying for State is quite the feat in and of itself. And... the time he swam Saturday was a full second faster than the time he qualified with less than two months ago. So, that's great improvement! I know Paxton is excited about baseball. But I also know he's already thinking about next season's swimming, getting better, getting back to where he wants to be (State), etc. We're VERY proud of you, Pax. Way to go!