If you live in Blackhawk California, you may have noticed all the screaming and yelling last Saturday, and wondered what was going on at the Blackhawk Country Club pool. Well, it was nothing more than the tightest swim meet between two cross town rivals: Blackhawk Country Club Hox and the 3-year county Champion, Crow County Country Club Sea Lions.

The Blackhawk Relays were the previous weekend, with Blackhawk beating Crow Canyon Country Club by a narrow margin. This past weekend, Blackhawk jumped out ahead, and the two Danville rival swim teams continued to go back and forth all morning, until the meet culminated with the Free Relays….and Crow Canyon Sea Lions won the meet by a relay or two.

The swim meet was so intense that many county times were posted as all the swimmers on both sides swam their hearts out, from the 6 and under swimmers to the teenager.

Crow Canyon Coaches Dan, Ethan, Dave and Jake sent the following message to their swimmers illustrating how hard their kids worked:“Congratulations to the Mighty Sea Lions. Today was the best example of how a team stuck together and triumphed over amazing odds. We are so proud of every swimmer that swam today (Thank you to the 13-14s that showed up after water polo to help us pull out a victory). You showed the true heart of Champions today. The Mighty Sea Lions are a special team (family). The younger swimmers cheering on the older kids during the relays at the end of the meet was truly inspirational and really showed how the Mighty Sea Lions support each other.”

Swimming builds the lungs, elongates the muscles, reinforces the fortitude and strengthens the heart!