Monday, October 29, 2018

Boo on the Boards

We left around 6:30 in the morning to get to Kyle's "Boo on the Boards" diving meet Saturday.


I was not expecting much from this meet.  Kyle was diving 13 and under JO (Junior Olympic) so I knew that would be tough going up against older kids.


In 3 meter (which is usually Kyle's best event) he had the lowest degree of difficulty points of any of the kids...which basically means he gets fewer points added to his score, so he has to dive his dives almost perfectly...which is pretty much what he did!


Kyle dove beautifully and was winning until the last round when his friend, Georgi, scored 8's on his hardest dive.  But we were thrilled with a 2nd place finish!  Plus, Georgi and Kyle were the only 10 year olds in the event.  All the other kids were 12


I had to leave after 3 meter to go to Reed's basketball tournament but Granny Sherry, Maw-Maw, and Paw-Paw were there to cheer him on.

Again in 1 meter, he and Georgi were the youngest.  I knew Kyle's degree of difficulty in 1 meter would make him more competitive, but I was still worried about diving against 12 year olds.


My plan was to keep up with Kyle's scores online, but it wasn't working. Sherry texted me saying "we can't hear or see the scores, but he looks good."  Unfortunately for us, lots of times the dives we think "look good" don't always get the numbers we thought they'd get.


By about the 4th round of dives the scores showed up, and it looked to me like Kyle would finish in the top 3.  According to Kyle there were lots of kids landing on their backs trying to land their doubles and twists, and one kid quit after the landing on his back in the first round.  


We were all super proud that he finished 2nd!  And even better, if this had been a Nationals qualifying meet, Kyle would have been the only 13 and under boy to qualify in both 1 and 3 meter! 




Kyle's got his pink shammy with him. 
 He always competes with the pink one because it's easy for us to spot to find him. 


It was a great double silver medal day.


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