Swimvitational Warm Up

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Swimvitational Warm Up

Posted by Kevin Doak on Friday at: 5:59pm (June 6th, 2008)

This morning I warmed up before the morning session began. There are enough swimmers here to fill 2.5 olympic size pools to the point there isn't even any room to swim! Right now I'm watching the morning session from the stands. I've gotten to see a few of my friends swim very well this morning. Zach Wood did very well in the 100 free and Christine Jennings did well in both the 100 free and 400 free. Below is a picture of the pool I took yesterday:

Qwest Center

Things to notice about this picture:

  • The floor is 9' above the concrete, at the 10th row of seating
  • The flags are lowered
  • The yellow "Omega" pads
  • 10 lanes, the middle 8 are used for competition
  • No mid pool rope (I really like knowing when I'm halfway down the pool)
  • The huge "USA Olympic" rings on the bottom of the 8 sided video screen

This place blows my mind