Biggest Splash

I guess this is somewhat of a continuance of my last blog, but this week is greek week here at Slippery Rock. For those of you who don't know it is a week of events where the people who place gain points for their organization. The one with the most points at the end of the week wins. Sounds simple, but it is a lot of work. The events range from basketball to penny wars.

Tonight I participated in the pool games events. My event was biggest splash. Now I swam in high school and I am an aquatics minor so anything with water comes pretty naturally. However, I never had to compete in something like this. As I stepped up to the starter block I felt my leg start to shake as I curled my toes over the platform. There were so many people there cheering us on, and counting on me to win. I went two times, and I hoped that my splash would hold. The next girl went and her splash seemed pretty good. I was sure I got second. The other events continued and then it came time for the results. We placed first in the 50, and my nerves came back again as he started to announce the winner for biggest splash. He announced that the girl I thought would win was runner-up. I knew I had it! and I did! I was impressed with myself. I know it wasn't the world championship of anything really all that important. But it felt really good to get the points for my organization and win.