Daventry Dolphins 2011

The boys had a blast on swim team this summer. It was pretty intense but the people that are involved are so awesome that it really was a great time.

The boys practiced Monday-Friday starting after Memorial Day and had meets every Saturday and Monday and the occasional Wednesday. Sammy was on the Young Dolphins but towards the end of the season he started swimming the 25 free and back in the B meets on Mondays. He even got 1st place in the 6 and under backstroke in the last B meet that he swam. Nathan was on the 8 and under and swam freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and the relay.

Nathan swimming the 25 free.

The kids doing their cheers in the water before the meet.
The Young Dolphins swim across the diving well for their races. When they finish they get a lollipop. Sammy with his lollipop after one of his races.
Sammy getting ready to swim at the Lollipop Meet.
At the end of the season they have a banquet at the pool. Here Sammy is waiting to get his award from his coaches.
Sammy with his trophy and his "Nemo Award". He got the "Nemo Award" because the coaches could never find him because he was always under the water the whole practice.
Nathan and Ryan waiting to get their awards. They got the "Blonde Bombshell" awards. The girl that Nathan is checking out is the one he has had a crush on for the past couple of months.
Nathan with his trophy and award.
Here is a bunch of videos that I took this season. Sorry for the poor quality of a lot of them. I really suck at taking videos. You might also want to turn the volume down. For some reason I can't remember to keep quiet when I video them.

The first 3 are from the Lollipop Meet they have for kids 7 and under. The kids can swim with or without pool noodles. The first two videos are of Nathan doing the back and the free. Nathan was really happy because he won both his races and got an extra big lollipop.

The next video is of Sammy at the same meet. I really wish that the coaches didn't get in the water with him. He's so social that he couldn't help but stop and interact with them towards the end of the race.

The next 4 videos are from one of our home meets against Rolling Forest towards the end of the season. Nathan is in the blue cap and black goggles. I had some problems with the camera so I only got the end of Sammy's 25 free. The other one is from Sammy's lollipop race from the same meet.

The last video is from the luau pep rally. Every Friday night they have a pep rally with food and games. The kids have a great time running around and playing the games and the parents have fun as well drinking adult beverages and hanging out. As you can tell from the video, Sammy didn't really understand the point of this game.