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by Matthias Early
The crowd was silent as the national anthem rang out across the waters of the outdoor Greenbelt swimming pool last Saturday. It was our 4th meet of the season. Our team, the Greenbelt Barracudas were competing against the South Laurel Wahoos.
We walked to our team's area across the pool from the opposing team and waited as the first groups of swimmers were called up by our coach. In a relay, each swimmer in the group swims a different stroke. I swam breast stroke.
We lined up next to the pool. Backstroke was first. The backstroke swimmers had to start in the water and could not dive in. As breast stroke, I was 2nd in line. One after another we dove in and swam our part. My relay group didn't finish first, but we weren't last either. It was a lot of fun.
After the relays, we went on to the first heat. It was freestyle. I came in first for my heat! I got a cool white ribbon as a prize.
Finally it was my turn to race again. It was refreshing to be back in the water after the hot sun. My 3rd and final heat, the back stroke was not as disappointing as last week. What a difference a pair of goggles can make. At my first meet, I did not have goggles on and got disqualified when I stood up to put them on.
In the end, we triumphed with the Barracudas gaining 294 points and West Laurel Wahoos close behind with 285. We had four triple winners who came in first place in their 3 individual events; Jennifer Clune in Freestyle, Breaststroke and Individual Medley, EJ Freeman in Butterfly, Breaststroke and Individual Medley, Zichao Liang in Freestyle, Breaststroke and Backstroke, Michael Stevens in Freestyle, Backstroke and Individual Medley.
Afterwards, we went to the mall for pizza. The team chatted and chilled. The Greenbelt Municipal Swim Team is the perfect way to get fit and meet new friends.