For the first time ever, Elaina won two first places -- taking the 13-14 50 meter freestyle and the 13-14 meter butterfly for the team. She won the freestyle by nearly the narrowest of margins -- swimming a 32.19 to defeat the 32.24 time turned in by the Oakton swimmer.
It was a double blue ribbon day for Elaina.
(Now I'm hungry for a Double Double, but
alas the nearest In-N-Out Burger is in Dallas!)
In swimming, there is a phrase called "outside smoke" which means a swimmer from lane 1 or lane 6 unexpectedly wins the race. Gus wasn't quite outside smoke, but he won a key backstroke event from lane five, beating his 15-18 year old Oakton opponent by a mere 0.05 seconds.
Gus wins -- by 0.05!
Nearly Outside Smoke!
So, in this case, we'll call Gus's win "nearly outside smoke." Or, "as close as you can get to being outside smoke without actually being outside smoke." I must say that "one lane away from being outside smoke" is a tad clunky, and since that's the third option I came up with, it's time to quit.
It's a happy coincidence that both GSOTWs won close races by 0.05 seconds, bringing a nice numerology to this week's GSOTWs. Congrats to both!
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