Way to go, Madison!

My son, Madison, swam in the Smoky Mountain Invitational Swim Meet this weekend. He's 12. Competing against swimmers from 29 East Tennessee teams in the boys 11-12 division, he was first in the 50 free, 2d in the 100 IM, 2d in the 50 back and 3d in the 50 fly. He recorded personal bests in three of the four races. Just a great effort on a long, long hot day.

I played a lot of ball in a lot of sports for a lot of years, but I don't think I ever got as worked up as I do watching my kids compete.