23 May 2010

Graduation rush is complete, summer can start now

Eric graduated from high school today. The commencement exercises were a nice culmination of his years of preparation, study, and hard work.

Yesterday was the group graduation party at the church. 10+ seniors all gathered at 3800 Mountain Lion Drive in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cultural hall to celebrate their accomplishments. It was quite the set of accomplishments from those amazing youth!

Eric was busy at the Colorado State 5A High School swim meet. He was a competitor in the preliminary swim on Friday in the 100 yard butterfly (time: 57.2 or so). That was not fast enough to compete in the finals on Saturday, but he was there on Saturday to cheer for members of the team.

Because Eric was busy, I did the "quick assembly" of his section of the "senior table" for the party. He's done some amazing things during his high school years.

  • Eagle scout from Boy Scouts of America
  • Loveland Youth Advisory Commission member, 120 hours of volunteer service completed
  • Duty to God recipient from church
  • AP Scholar for receiving a 3 or better on 3 AP tests his Junior year in high school. He took another 3 AP tests his senior year
  • 4 year letter recipient in boys swimming at Loveland High School
  • Front Range League conference finals swimmer in 100 yard butterfly and 500 yard freestyle
  • State qualifying time in 100 yard butterfly at Loveland High School
  • 5:19 time for 500 yard freestyle (less than 10 seconds from state cut time)
  • Team manager for girls swim team
  • "Unsung hero" award in senior year as a swimmer and team manager
  • Most improved swimmer award his senior year

Glad to be your dad, Eric!

01 May 2010

Eric Makes State Cut - 2010 High School Swimming

Eric had a personal best time in the 100 yard butterfly in a swim meet against Poudre Valley High School and qualified for the Colorado State High School 5A swim meet. The state swim meet will be held May 21 and May 22 at Edora Pool and Ice Center (EPIC) in Fort Collins.

Eric is the fourth high school swimmer in the family, preceded by Sarah, Rachel, and Jaron. He's the first to advance beyond the conference swim meet. Alan is already a high school swimmer, and Heather and Heidi are also likely to be high school swimmers. Good luck to Eric in preparing for the state swim meet!

The Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald ran a page 1 article in their sports section April 30 with Eric's picture as the centerpiece of the article.