Charlotte's District Swim Meet

Prelims Summary: Charlotte had a great district prelims meet and has set herself up for some awesome races tomorrow in the 100 Free and 200 Free despite being sick this week. Her 200 & 400 Free Relay teams both dropped time and looked super fast. There were a ton of phenomenal swims on the SC team. It’s going to be an exciting meet tomorrow!!!

Plus, it was special to share this joy with family! Three generations of swimmers!

Good luck tomorrow, Shorecrest swimmers!!

It was great to see the Cascade High School Swim Team mini-reunion with Tracy, Rita and Danielle, too! Coach Shoup's legacy lives on!

Finals Summary: We have a District Champion in the house!!! Charlotte won the 3A District 1 200 Free with a personal record of 1:59.80 smashing her previous time by two seconds and finally going under the elusive 2:00 minutes. And her relay team won the 200 Free Relay in a very close and exciting race - Charlotte split a PR of 25.02 as the anchor! The Shorecrest swimmers and divers had an awesome meet and ended up finishing only 10 points behind Edmonds-Woodway for 2nd place at Districts - something that didn't seem possible at the start of the season. They far exceeded anyone's expectations! Charlotte also had a PR in the 100 Free, swimming a 55.21 and dropping another half second off her time from the day before. She finished in third place in that and is moving onto state in that event. The meet came down to the last race - if Shorecrest could win the 4x100 Free Relay and EW finished third, SC would tie for District Champs. It just wasn't meant to be. Shorewood dropped 10 seconds and won that event. Shorecrest dropped time and qualified for state with a third place finish.I'm so impressed by Charlotte and her teammates for an incredible season and it isn't over yet! Onward to state next weekend!

200 Free District Champion! Personal Record: 1:59.80!

100 Free, 3rd Place, State Qualifier, Personal Record: 55.21!

1st Place in the 200 Free Relay! District Champions!

400 Free Relay - 3rd place, State Qualifiers!

NOVEMBER: Shorecrest Veterans Assembly

Our Veterans Assembly was a treat this year. My Intro to Leadership students planned it and did all the work to put it together and they did a great job! We hosted David's grandfather, Don - an SC Alum. We had a bunch of alums from 1964 and 1966 present and two of them did the keynote: John Wartinger & Mike Gallagher. We also had performances from Treble Choir, Symphony Orchestra, Highland Dance and Bagpipes. Finally, Tom Curcio, an alum and veteran who had come a to this assembly a few times a number of years ago, and even spoke one year, came and it was fun to see him again!

 

Filipino Heritage Night, Halloween, Who's Your Daddy, and a Giant Seattle Walk with Amy

Late October:

- I was happy to support Crystal and SC FSU and the Filipino Heritage Night at Shorecrest. It was an awesome event and John even emceed!

- The annual "Who's Your Daddy" Halloween show was on point this year - it was a very fun night of dancing and singing along! It is such a gift that these musicians share their talents with us! Seema even got up there for a song!

- Halloween was the rainiest, windiest, stormiest night that it has been in awhile. Reed braved it and went trick or treating with Kellan and Adrian and got a ton of candy. Edison and Charlotte stayed in. I got to see Rebecca and Rachelle for the night and see how Rebecca and Dubs do it up for their Halloween shenanigans. They go all out. Rachelle's Mrs. Roper costume took the prize.

- Amy and I ended up doing an urban hike Halloween weekend because the mountains were a mess with muddy trails after all that rain. We put together a great 12-mile loop and enjoyed an incredible and rare sunny day and a yummy lunch at a El Camino in Fremont that had amazing Dios de los Muertos decorations up!