It’s almost eight years since my last post! Time flies! I WILL get back to posting on a regular basis. A lot has happened here that makes it important for me to do so. All that will have to wait for my next post which, I promise, will be very soon. Since my last post was about my daughter, Margie, and her swimming efforts in elementary school, it might be fitting to briefly summarize how swimming went for her in high school. She is now a student at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, majoring in International Studies.
Margie worked hard at her swimming while in high school. She did well, winning a number of awards in the process and we are very proud of her accomplishments. She was a member of two relay teams that set school records and came within a fraction of a second of setting a school record in the 100 fly. Not only did she compete for her high school team, she also competed for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) national team in a number of international competitions. She has dual citizenship by virtue of the fact that her mother is a citizen of the FSM. She set many records that still stand for the FSM. To be brief, her FSM swimming bought her to meets in the FSM, Papua New Guinea, China, South Korea, and Argentina. The Argentina meet, the Youth Olympic Games in 2018, was, perhaps, the most memorable. She was the female swimmer sent to the meet to represent the FSM and proudly was the flag-bearer for the country. I suspect that it was an experience of a lifetime for her. There is a chance that she can represent the FSM in the coming 2024 Senior Olympic Games to be held in Japan. However, she will have to train very hard to make that happen. There is keen competition amongst the FSM female swimmers for that coveted honor. Margie came very close to representing the FSM at the 2020 Senior Olympic Games.
I should briefly note that Margie’s older brother, Bruce, graduated from Niagara University with both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Criminal Justice. He was almost a straight “A” student. He is now a Deputy Sheriff with the Chenango County Sheriff’s office.
That takes care of the family stuff. In my next post, I’ll get to work catching you up on my own fitness activities…
Margie worked hard at her swimming while in high school. She did well, winning a number of awards in the process and we are very proud of her accomplishments. She was a member of two relay teams that set school records and came within a fraction of a second of setting a school record in the 100 fly. Not only did she compete for her high school team, she also competed for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) national team in a number of international competitions. She has dual citizenship by virtue of the fact that her mother is a citizen of the FSM. She set many records that still stand for the FSM. To be brief, her FSM swimming bought her to meets in the FSM, Papua New Guinea, China, South Korea, and Argentina. The Argentina meet, the Youth Olympic Games in 2018, was, perhaps, the most memorable. She was the female swimmer sent to the meet to represent the FSM and proudly was the flag-bearer for the country. I suspect that it was an experience of a lifetime for her. There is a chance that she can represent the FSM in the coming 2024 Senior Olympic Games to be held in Japan. However, she will have to train very hard to make that happen. There is keen competition amongst the FSM female swimmers for that coveted honor. Margie came very close to representing the FSM at the 2020 Senior Olympic Games.
I should briefly note that Margie’s older brother, Bruce, graduated from Niagara University with both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Criminal Justice. He was almost a straight “A” student. He is now a Deputy Sheriff with the Chenango County Sheriff’s office.
That takes care of the family stuff. In my next post, I’ll get to work catching you up on my own fitness activities…
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