M and I managed to get down to Bakersfield on Sunday afternoon to watch J swim in two finals - Mens 200m Individual Medley and 100m Backstroke. Having already picked up two 1st place results the day before - taking over the banner of 'The Fly Guy' in a closely fought Butterfly final - he managed to pick up another 1st in the backstroke (see picture) and a none-too-shabby 2nd place in the Medley.
I say none-too-shabby as I've been teasing him about coming in second but the fact is that he knocked a whopping 5 seconds off his personal best in that event. And because I'm sure he's probably getting faster times than I was when competing in the Bicester and District Finals a little over 20 years ago - although back then I was pretty much 'The Fly Guy' myself, beating Simon Sturgeon-Clegg and David Watkins into submission in final after final.
Anyway, as I've told Justin a couple of times since Bakersfield, if it were up to me I would have bought him that Baskin Robbins milkshake to celebrate on Sunday evening.
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