Ben Smith, CVST September Swimmer of the Month
Ben Smith, CVST September Swimmer of the Month
The Carrollwood Village Swim Team coaching staff names Ben Smith as the September Swimmer of the Month. In two meets the ten-year-old Silver Practice Group swimmer raced to nine personal best times out of ten events. Ben started off the month by swimming in the CVST Friday Night at the Races where he swam to best times in the 50 yard Freestyle, 50 yard Backstroke, 50 yard Breaststroke, 50 yard Butterfly, and 100 yard Individual Medley. Ben showed huge progressions in his 50 yard Freestyle and 50 yard Backstroke with 6.54 and 6.98 second time drops with 10.75% and 9.89% improvement, and a monster a step up with a 15.53 second time drop in his 50 yard Breaststroke and 17.73% improvement. Two weeks later Ben swam to four more personal best times at the Total Team Ware Invitational at St. Pete’s North Shore pool. Ben swim to best times in his 100 yard Freestyle, 100 yard Backstroke, 25 yard Breaststroke, and bettered his 50 yard Breaststroke time with another 8.65 second drop and 12.01% improvement.
Way to go Ben and keep up the good work.
