The Secret to Life - Gators Swimmers of the Week

Curly and Mitch were driving the herd of cattle from New Mexico to Colorado when the elder cowboy Curly revealed his secret of life to Mitch, the City Slicker. Holding up his gloved index finger, Curly told him the secret was just, "One thing..." Confused, Mitch asked, "What's the one thing?" And Curly replied, "That's what you've got to figure out." Mitch's task was to find HIS one thing and then stick to it. Thereby, he'd find his focus, straighten his life out, and solve all his problems. Pretty sage wisdom for an early 90's western comedy, I've always thought. (The movie was City Slickers, if you didn't get the reference. And spoiler alert: Mitch's one thing was his family.)

Finding your thing gives you confidence. Finding your thing helps you achieve wonderful things. Now, I'm not saying that our Gator Swimmers of the Week have found their one thing already.... after all they are both only 8 years old. In fact, I would hope and encourage them to continue to search through other potential "one things" in the years to come before they lock down on their one thing. But, maybe, just maybe, this "swimming thing" could be the "one thing" for these two little Gator stars. It sure looks like a contender. Working hard and progressing week in and week out, they have put up repeated quality times and quality performances all season long.

Congratulations to the Gator Swimmers of the Week: Sam Bruce and Josie Cowen! Josie and Sam, both 8 & unders, were critical elements to the Gator victory and helped power that group to the coveted title of Age Group of the Week. You can read more about the whole meet here.

Once again, Sam helped start the meet off in style by winning the first event of the day, the 25m Freestyle, in a very tidy time of 20.00 seconds. He then followed that up with another victory in the 25m Backstroke, finishing in 26.49 to best the field by over 2 seconds.  Sam completed his trio of victories on the day by leading the Boys 100m Free Relay to a dominating win in a time of 1:25.78.

Josie won the Girls 25m Free in 21.15 and finished second in the Back with a time of 29.45. Josie was a key part of the Girls Free relay, helping the team to its finishing time of 1:32.78.

The future is looking bright for the Gators with great young swimmers like these two. Congrats again, and great swimming!

Go Gators!