Preparing for even Bigger Meets

After high school state and regular state you would think the season would be done and there is nothing left to do. I have qualified to go to a sectional meet in austin in a few weeks that will be the biggest meet I have ever been to. There are different "stages" in swimming that kind of compare you to other swimmers and see what you go for next. State is actually one of the lower ones on this list though.

-It starts with a qualifying meet which is really just swimming a event for the first time.
-Then there is the Beehive meet which is for the people who don't go to state.
- Of course state is after that.
-The first big meet is Far westerns, hundreds of people from western states attend.
-Zones is the next one, this is like far westerns but more selective.
-Senior Zones are a little harder. (I never went just cause.)
-Sectionals is the first meet where olympians might attend. (This is the one I qualified for)
-SCS is the next.
-Both junior and regular nationals.
-And last (of the normal meets) olympic trials.

Sectionals will really be interesting because I have no idea what to expect. In the past I knew who or what teams what teams would be there but this time teams from anywhere can buy their way into a different regions meet. I do not think it will really change how I swim except for the for the new stress. I really have no idea what to expect, there could be any kind of weather of water conditions. Even though the pool in indoors it really puts a downer on your day if its raining. What I am most scared to see are the walls. I do not know it where is a ledge or it it just going up and the ends of the pools. Or if the backstroke bars are higher or lower of if the touch pad is big or small. I have spent quite some time looking online but they only have details about the other sectional pool in Seattle. I would guess it looks quite like if though so the meet is going to be interesting!

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