I MISSED THE TIMING PAD!

I couldn't be more embarrassed and frustrated with myself.  I had a great race and MISSED the timing pad.  The thing was 8 feet wide and somehow I managed to hit the bulkhead with my hand instead of the pad.  It was a real disapointment.  The timing system gave me a 26.72 which was an average of the hand plunger time of 26.3x and the pad time (which was my elbow coming down) of 27.3x.  The manual times had me at 26.39 and 26.50, basically 3 out of 4 of the times taken would have been lifetime best times for me.  Once I got home I hand timed the video and there is no way I was a high 26.  I'm embarrassed with my finish, it was good enough for 6th place, not impressive at all.

To make the night a little more frustrating, I was put into the 200 Backstroke, my least favorite event ever.  I used it as my warmdown.  I took it out in a leisurely 1:02 and brought it home in a sad 1:12 for a total of 2:14.00, a lifetime best time.

Overall the meet was a blast, it was just a frustrating night.