Jack's college swim career

Jack is swimming at Vassar and doing some fast times. He's still working on consistency and he can't believe some of the pools that they swim in (25 yard indoors with 6 lanes.... unlike the 50meter outdoor pools he is used to.) Check out the Vassar athletic web site for some results. The following 3 articles highlight recent meets that Jack has swum in.


http://athletics.vassar.edu/?action=fullnews&id=2153
http://athletics.vassar.edu/?action=fullnews&id=2181
http://athletics.vassar.edu/?action=fullnews&id=2140


Here's a quote:

Alaimo showed an impressive display of endurance, going directly from the IM to the relay, where he joined Lars Lapann-Johannessen (Landisville, PA/Hempfield), Jack Smart (Honolulu, HI/Punahou School), and Ian Madison (Philadelphia, PA/Holy Ghost) to notch the win.

Vassar nearly swept the relays, coming in just two-tenths of a second behind the winning Skidmore team in the 200-yard medley relay.

Prater-Lee was impressed by the performance of new swimmers contributing crucial second and third place finishes.

“The guys who finished in second and third were crucial because its four points that we get and that Skidmore doesn’t get and our guys understand that now,” said Prater-Lee. “They’re making a huge contribution that way.”

In particular, Prater-Lee pointed out the performance of freshman Smart, who finished first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.27).

“Jack was gutsy today,” said Prater-Lee.

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Life is good

Life is good.

Dad keeps surfing at the north shore, after a great summer on the south shore. Today was for longboarding at Leftovers, and Thursday found him in the big stuff at Pipeline on a boogie board. What an island! Oahu kicks ass on other areas of planet earth. Think of us when the snow blows down your neck.

Shari did a turn as a sports announcer for the waterpolo championship, which you can see by clicking here:

http://iws.punahou.edu/dept/it/streams/boyswaterpolo2008/

We are all very excited that Obama won the election. We are big supporters for many reasons, one of which is that he went to our school here, Punahou.

Jack is having a blast at Vassar. He is on the swim team, and he did well in breast stroke in yesterday's meet. He helped Obama win Pennsylvania by giving 3 days of his fall break to going door to door in Bethlehem to encourage voters. He even got to use his Spanish for that!

On election day he volunteered at the polls and even made the paper:

WAPPINGERS FALLS — In the Wappingers Junior High School gymnasium, voters have been arriving steadily throughout the day.

"People were here at 5:50 lined up," said Jack Smart, an election inspector and freshman at Vassar College. Four Vassar students were working the polls here as part of an outreach program to get young people more involved in the voting process.


Jay is on the varsity waterpolo team, an honor for a sophomore. He doesn't play much, but he's paying his dues in hopes of playing more next year and his senior. He loves it and works very hard. He also rocks on the guitar now and is getting better than Dad.

Sierra and Dad yelled and cried on election night. Sierra had a piano recital, and according to her teacher she is wonderful. We already knew that, though. She reads and writes very well and loves to hang out with Dad's sixth graders after school.

Life is good.