Pushing my luck

This morning I was running behind for the legit open swim from 8am-10am before the Prelims session of the 2011 Mid American Conference.  I got in around 9:20am and by 10am the guards began kicking people out of the pool.  To test my luck, I just continued swimming, with a bit of emphasis on speed and underwater kicking which might lead somebody to believe I was a skilled swimmer.  Minutes later I was all alone in the pool.  Not a single guard bothered me and I continued doing my thing till I was finished with my 3,000 yard workout.  I got out and stretched, talked to some swimmers and coaches, waited for some of the competitors to hop in and I did the same.  I busted out some backstroke starts, which gained some blatent attention from swimmers and coaches before cooling down and getting out.  It was a nice morning with some more great swims.  I watched Jacob Hanson blaze through a 200 back in 1:44.45 and Troy Esentan smoke the varsity and MAC record in the 200 Breast with a 1:59.01.  It was a good morning indeed.  I'm hoping EMU can at least pull off a 2nd place raking this year.  It's hard to believe they will not only lose, but will lose to University at Buffalo.  Times certainly change.  EMU is in 3rd currently.