Every two years there is a swim meet held against multiple countries Air Force's in Europe. I was so happy that tons of people on base knew that Preston swam before and sent him the email about this opportunity. The bonus was that if he got selected it was right here in Aviano, so I could just leave for a few hours from work and still go watch him swim!
He had to put in some of his best times within the past 3 year, which was perfect because that was right before we graduated college and gone to Olympic Trials. It took a while to hear any response back if he made it or not, but I would have been surprised if he didn't.
When he got the email saying that he was picked to represent USA's Air Force swim team in Europe I was so proud of him! Also, I'm so glad he got picked because now even if he gets stationed back stateside he will still receive the emails and be able to be selected for the team in 2 years, which will be in Germany! I will definitely be going back to that one! I know this is true because there are some people who were no longer stationed overseas and were still a part of the team.
The whole week was planned out and scheduled for them. The rest of the team that was not stationed in Aviano came in the weekend prior, to try and be able to adjust to the time difference.
I was happy I got to do a few things with him and the team. Even actually before the rest of the US team showed up, some of us from base went out to dinner with the British AF swim team. They are a lot of fun!
For this meet they even hosted an opening ceremonies at one of our gyms on base for anybody to come watch.
Throughout the week I got to go to some dinners with the team and hang out with them since I had to work normally, Preston got off the whole week for this event.
Swim meet!! So happy I could leave work for a little to come watch him!
The swimmers could swim up to 2 events. Preston was on both relays, which he actually did really well! His teammates and everybody else, including him was kinda surprised how well he did! :)
(Sorry some of the pictures aren't the best quality, having the light in the background made it so hard to take decent pictures of him swimming)
Even Preston's whole shop came out to support and watch him swim! They even made funny posters!!
So glad he did great because this gives him a better chance to come back again in 2 years to be a part of this team again in Germany!
After the meet everybody had to meet back up at the gym on base to do the closing ceremonies.
Of course I had to post all of the amazing food we ate!! Holy moly was it a lot though!!
So happy Preston had the opportunity to be a part of this, as this can be a once in a lifetime experience and you get to make so many new friends from other countries.
So proud of Preston!!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great weekend.
The signs from Preston's coworkers are a hoot!!!