he's a fish!

so, my cousin is awesome...and i'm not even exaggerating because i love him.

dakota is 16 and is currently one of the fastest swimmers in the world in the 200 m butterfly. he has already qualified for the olympic trials which take place in a few weeks. this past weekend he swam in the omaha grand prix...about 800 elite swimmers competed. he was racing against people twice his size and age (that is sort of an exaggeration...but those other guys were HUGE and older then him!)

here is the video of the race. dakota is in lane 3...he trails for the first two laps, but kicks tail in the last two...beating the other guys by 2 seconds!! he swam his personal best, 2:02.77! i am SOOOOOOO proud of him and love him SOOOOOOO much! this kid has a great future ahead of him.