If your a fast swimmer on your team you should probably know about the relay carnival or something similar. The relay carnival is just a swim meet that all teams from your division gather at to swim multiple relays. Not everyone on your team goes to the relay carnival, only some of the fastest in your age group go.
The pool we went to was very impressive, it had 2 diving boards, a 13 ft. deep well, long distance laps and it was a very big pool. The only bad thing about the pool was it's bathrooms. They were only were very unsanitary and there was a giant lack of privacy. You had to pull on a string to get water, the urinals had no stalls and it was overall really dirty.
All the teams in my division were there, with 6 teams in total. When we started the events they were way more interesting than regular events because of the fact that they were relays! In most relays my team got in 2nd or 3rd. Rarely we got in 1st, 4th, 5th or 6th. There were a lot of people cheering so the the whole pool area was really loud. After a while it was time for intermission.
After intermission our team was in 3rd overall for the standings. We continued to swim more relays and soon it was my event to swim. My relay was the 11-12 boys Individual Medley relay. I was swimming breaststroke while my other three friends were swimming other strokes. Once I jumped into the water it sprinted breaststroke as fast as I could. Then someone else took over so I could rest, so I watched the relay. We got 3rd, or at least that's what it looked like. Soon I found out that we got disqualified because of the fact that someone had a foul start (NOT ME!). Still this was a fun day to swim relays and a good experience!
The pool we went to was very impressive, it had 2 diving boards, a 13 ft. deep well, long distance laps and it was a very big pool. The only bad thing about the pool was it's bathrooms. They were only were very unsanitary and there was a giant lack of privacy. You had to pull on a string to get water, the urinals had no stalls and it was overall really dirty.
All the teams in my division were there, with 6 teams in total. When we started the events they were way more interesting than regular events because of the fact that they were relays! In most relays my team got in 2nd or 3rd. Rarely we got in 1st, 4th, 5th or 6th. There were a lot of people cheering so the the whole pool area was really loud. After a while it was time for intermission.
After intermission our team was in 3rd overall for the standings. We continued to swim more relays and soon it was my event to swim. My relay was the 11-12 boys Individual Medley relay. I was swimming breaststroke while my other three friends were swimming other strokes. Once I jumped into the water it sprinted breaststroke as fast as I could. Then someone else took over so I could rest, so I watched the relay. We got 3rd, or at least that's what it looked like. Soon I found out that we got disqualified because of the fact that someone had a foul start (NOT ME!). Still this was a fun day to swim relays and a good experience!
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