Off to the State Diving Meet

Taylor qualified for the Div. 2 state diving meet on Tuesday. He had to finish in the top 12 to make it. There were 27 divers and the competition was tough!! After his first 2 dives, Taylor was in 25th place. They were cutting down to 20 divers after 5 dives, and Shana and I were thinking it was going to be an early exit. He was hitting his dives decent, but getting no love from the judges. He hit his 4th and 5th dives real well, and moved up the 18th narrowly making the cut. The next cut was after the 8th dive, and the divers who had stacked their dive list in the first 5 dives started to falter, and Taylor stayed real consistent. He moved up to 13th, and with 3 dives left was 1 pt out of qualifying. Taylor hit dive 9 and 10 well, and a couple kids failed dives which put them behind, and Taylor just needed to put his last dive, a front 2 1/2 in the water without failing it to make it. Shana and I held our breath as he went for it and did get it in and finished 10th. WHEW!!!!!!!! Soooo we are heading to Holland for the State meet in the morning, which is on the western end of the state on Lake Michigan, a 4 hour drive. If Taylor was in Div 1 the state meet for them is at EMU, a 5 min. walk!!! Oh well, wish him luck!!