Larry Jukes Freestyle Classic 6/26/10

   The Larry Jukes Freestyle Classic was hosted at the Mt.Vernon Swimming Pool and is like a swimmeet only all the swimmteams from the SISL (Southern Illinois Swimming League) come to it and the only events were 100 Freestyle, 50 Freestyle, and 25 Freestyle.  In case you've been wondering what the 100, 50,and 25 means, here is the answer. An 100 is four laps of the pool, 50 is two laps, and 25 is one lap. Also a short name for butterfly, backstroke, breastroke, and freestyle, is fly, back, breast, and free. Anyway, I was under the weather yesterday morning so I wasn't able to do the 100 free. Now I wish I had. Also the theme for this Classic was "The Best Thing in Life is Free (Freestyle)" 

Du Quoin vs. Mt.Vernon 6/24/10

  This swimmeet was our third one we won the meet by 152 points! My events were 50 freestyle, 50 backstroke, and 100 freestyle I was also in both relays again. I won all three of my events and we won both the relays so it was a good meet for me and the team.

Du Quoin vs. Herrin 6/22/10

  The Du Quoin vs. Herrin meet was our first home meet, and the most closest meet we ever had. The score started with us four points behind then three, then we were seven points ahead of them, then when we were getting to our last events, we were tied! Finally it was announced that we had won 139 to 143! I had swam the 100 I.M., the 50 back, and the 50 breast. I was also in both relays again. This time, both our relays won second. I won the breast and backstroke but I got second on the I.M.

Du Quoin vs. Salem 6/17/10

    The Du Quoin vs. Salem swimmeet was our swimteams first swimmeet on 6/17/10. It was hosted at the Salem swimming pool, they're pool was a new one and had a water slide and a small pool that had so much cool water equipment it looked like a waterpark! My events were 50 meter butterfly, 50 meter backstroke, and a 100 meter freestyle. I was aso the first person in two relays: The medley relay and the freestyle relay. The medley relay is that the first person swims backstroke, the second breastroke, the third butterfly and the last freestyle. We awon both the relays and I won my butterfly and backstroke, but I got second on my freestyle. We won the meet 351 to 321.

Christian Fellowship Church 2010 Conference

Every year at the Christian Fellowship church in Du Quoin, June 10-13, there is conference. People come from all over S. Illinois and other places too. The fathest a person has come to get to the conference Is Bro. Gabriel who came three years ago from Kenya, Africa. Last year he came with his wife and this year he came with his son, Sam. Other people come from Texas, New Orleans, and even Mexico. A fun person who started coming to the conference almost seven years ago is Bro.Doyle from Texas (He would probably telll you he was from Mexico because he is in love with that country). He taught me how to play guitar and many others too. he also teaches violin, bass, and mandolin. He is a very hyper man who is enthusiastic about the Lord. He even does front flips for Him. Beleive it or not he's 93 years old! The theme for this years conference was Renewing Your Passion for Christ. I think this was a very good topic. Well thats all I have to tell you on this subject.  

FCA: Unleash the Power

Hello. Today I'm going to talk about FCA. FCA means Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Tommorow is the first of the three days of the Du Quoin Power Camp at the Du Quoin Middle School. The theme this year is Unleash the Power. You can enroll for FCA at www.sifca.org. When you come to the school, you will get your name tag. On it will be the two sports you chose and the huddle you will be assighned to. A huddle is the group of people who will be your team in the competetive games which I will talk about later. The huddle leader is the leader of the huddle. A huddle leader can be aged 14+.  After you get your name tag, you will go into the main building for praise and worship. Then you will separate into your huddles for a short Bible study and prayer. After this you may go on a bus to your first sport. My first sport is Track and Field. When you finish your sport you will move to your second sport. You may use the bus, but my second sport was basketball and it was next door to the track. After the second sport you go back to the main building for the provided lunch. After lunch is another praise and worship and prayer. Then is the competitive games. Of what I remember, the competitve games are; Flickerball (basketball played with a football with a few different rules), Trashcan Football (Football with two trashcans as goals), and Volley Ball. After this you go back into the main building where they will announce the huddles that won the most games. Then the day is over.