Last week's work was posted in a hurry as I was in the media workroom
for Illinois' High School State Swimming Finals. This week's work is
posted while I watch Skyfall instead of the Academy Awards. After Lord
of the Rings, I never really cared about them.
Anyways, this was my 8th time shooting the state swim meet and I was determined to really push myself.
The one shot I am most pleased about taking is the 5th one. On
Friday during the preliminaries, Sacred Heart-Griffin's Ryan Held was
less than 0.09 seconds from two state records. When swimmers get that
close to a record just in the prelims, you should be expecting a new
record the next day. At Evanston Township High School, the timing board
is directly above the starting blocks/finish which makes the
swimmers look back towards the starting blocks to check their times. Since I was working with another photographer, I decided to take a risk and wait right
behind the blocks at the finish and hope he reacted while looking at the
board and luckily he did.
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| Spectators take photos of the start of the third heat of the 200-yard freestyle relay during the boys' swimming state finals preliminaries hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on February 28, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
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| Swimmers warmup during the boys' swimming state finals hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on March 1, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
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| Bartlett Co-op's Matthew Lee swims in the 100-yard breaststroke during the boys' swimming state finals preliminaries hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on February 28, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
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| Evanston's Joseph Seguine-Hall leaps in to the pool during the 200-yard freestyle relay consolation final during the boys' swimming state finals hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on March 1, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
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| Sacred Heart-Griffin's Ryan Held reacts after finishing the 50-yard freestyle championship finals during the boys' swimming state finals hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on March 1, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
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| Waubonsie Valley's Michael Schwers swims in the 100-yard butterfly consolation final during the boys' swimming state finals hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on March 1, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
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| Marian Catholic's Joey Cifelli after his dive during the boys' swimming state finals hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on March 1, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
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| Stagg's Evan Johnson swims in the 400-yard freestyle relay consolation final during the boys' swimming state finals hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on March 1, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
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| Hinsdale Central's Ranco Reyes swims in the 100-yard breaststroke championship final during the boys' swimming state finals hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on March 1, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
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| Libertyville's Matt Harrington reacts after swimming in the 100-yard butterfly during the boys' swimming state finals preliminaries hosted at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. on February 28, 2014. Jon Durr/For Sun-TImes Media |
