Tobias in the Compass

Tobias is in the Compass today, some exerts from the article:

The Consolidated Water Swim Meet and Carifta Trials last weekend threw up some great performances.

The swimmers had a tough task, as this meet was their last chance to qualify for Carifta.

With the team being announced after the Sunday session, there would be no second chances. Anyone still needing to qualify for the team would have to do it at this meet.

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Lara Butler set a new pool record in the 200m freestyle for girls 13–14, while Tobias Mikkelsen, only six, set a new pool record for the 400m freestyle for boys 8 and under.

Boothe’s 100m butterfly performance was also a new Stingray swim club record, along with Butler’s performance in the 200m freestyle and Mikkelsen’s 400m freestyle performance.

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Ali Jackson and Tobias Mikkelsen claimed the high points award for girls and boys 6 and under respectively. In the 7–8 age group the awards went to Stephanie Boothe and Jona Narborough, with Alice Narborough and Cole Morgan claiming the high point awards in the 9–10 age group.

Read the full article here.

Carifta Trials

The CARIFTA Swim Trials 2009 concluded Sunday at the 25m Lions Pool. Tobias participated in the four day event. As he is only six years old he is not eligible to qualify for CARIFTA, but took part anyway. His events were: 25m butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle in the 6 & under category, 50m breaststroke and freestyle and 100m IM in the 8 & under category and finally 400m freestyle in 10 & under. Incredibly he won gold in all eight events and managed seven PBs (full results available here).

His current PBs are as follows:

25m Butterfly 28.03
25m Backstroke 29.35
25m Breaststroke 32.64
25m Freestyle 22.81
50m Butterfly 1:06.96
50m Breaststroke 1:04.66
50m Freestyle 46.68
100m IM 2:03.35
400m Freestyle 7:33.58

I was a bit nervous before the 400m freestyle event, but there was no need, he easily ploughed through the 16 lengths and finished strong with a 52 second last 50m.
Tobias and I have been practicing in the sea lately and I am looking forward to doing this years first 800m sea swim with him 4 April.

A few pics from the event below. Granddad explaining timing to Christoffer.

The Three Amigos

Good as gold.