Last weekend, I went to see a Swimming and Diving Event at UCSD.

It was a glorious sunny day (bit chilly) and I had just had a swim myself so was ready to watch the competition.

It was possible one of the oddest things I have ever seen. There was barely anyone watching except the teams and a few stray parents, the commentator was really quiet and the races would start almost randomly. Meanwhile swimmers were warming up on the other side of the pool. Betty was taking photos of the swimmers for The Guardian. She got very close up with them and for my Documentary Sketchbook class I took a picture of her taking pictures of the swimmers.

The diving was...interesting. The only diving, and my first experience with diving, I have seen was in the summer. The Olympics. While I was lifeguarding. THIS diving was QUITE different. To quite a large extreme. People landed on their backs! And the lifeguards were not watching that part of the pool. They were watching the part of the pool with public swimmers. One lifeguard was actually standing on the dividing part of the pool with her back towards the diving! I mean what! I also...didn't expect so much splashing. I think I have clearly been very spoiled when it comes to diving. My experience is very biased.