NEWMACs
February 24, 2008 at 12:50 pm | Doria | meet |
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I’m sitting on the pool deck after warm ups on day three of our conference championships. I had a stellar performance on Friday that put me over forty points ahead of the 2006 National runner up, Shanti Freitas of Smith, on 1 meter. I broke my NEWMAC record from last year and finished off my one meter stunt in the NEWMAC with a personal best. It was a fantastic way to open up the championship season.
It’s Sunday now, I have already gotten through the first half of prelims yesterday. I’m sitting in second place to Shanti and have another five dives to do this afternoon. Warm up went well-I didn’t really hit anything, but I didn’t miss anything either. It was just the way I like it. Now, I wait. I wait for the other flights to get through their warm ups. I wait for the swimmers to finish their prelims and then, it’s time.
I want to finish off this season winning both one meter and three meter. I want to go into Nationals knowing that I have out-dived at least one of my tough competitors. It’s my time and I am ready to close this. I will keep you posted on my progress.
The News Office blog is currently featuring reports from MIT senior Doria Holbrook, above, who is chronicling her attempt to qualify for the U.S. Olympic diving trials in June.