Unbelievable

The most unbelievable event occurred in my life just a couple of weeks ago, when I was a part of the number one relay in Delaware, and in St. Mark’s history.  My relay consisted of Sean Baker, Bryan Pannacione, his brother Connor Pannacione, and me.  In that relay I was the anchor and the pressure was on.  Our main competition was Sallies and Charter, who had previously beaten us, not only in the regular season, but in prelims a couple days before as well.  We entered in on Saturday seeded at fourth, but luckily we had a lane right next to Charter.  The relay was the second event of the meet and the first event seemed like an eternity.  Finally, the official blew the whistle that indicted Bryan to get in the water.  He got the relay off to a great start gaining a superb lead over everyone, he later went on to win his individual in the backstroke and missed the state record by two tenths of a second.  Sean Baker was next and he flew off the block, unfortunately for him he was racing against the fastest breastroker in the state, and but he maintained the lead.  Baker finished strong and Connor had a great start, at this time I was stepping up on the block and my knees would not stop knocking.  Connor came in tied with Charter and Sallies hot on our trail when I dove in.  As soon as I hit the water all I was thinking to myself was DO NOT BREATHE. After I flipped and burst off the wall, I saw out of my peripherals that I had gained a minuscule lead, and after that I just began to kick like I never had before.  I finished my last 10 meters and slammed into the wall, not knowing the result of the race.  As soon as I finished my head whipped over to the scoreboard and, I could hear everyone cheering and I looked at St. Marks with the number one spot as all of my teammates were jumping up and down, going insane.