Excitement in Omaha and the meet hasn't started!

 
(Omaha, NE) - The 2008 Olympic Trials are proving to be exciting, and the meet hasn't started yet! Coach and athlete arrived at the Omaha Hilton quite easily only to find that they had lost our room reservations. 4 years of work, only to homeless at Trials! We managed to show our confirmation numbers and get in with no problem.

We walked to the venue, connected via skywalk from our hotel. The Quest Center looks a lot like the Staples Center. Walking in, one would think that it was set up for a Laker game this evening, only to find a large, crystal clear, 50-meter pool sitting in the floor. To say its the coolest swimming venue ever just doesn't do it justice!

Rachael got in for warmup and got about 30 minutes in when we were evacuated to the basement for an hour while the Quest Center got pounded by 100mph+ winds, tearing portions of the roof off. After about an hour of that, they closed the Quest Center for the rest of the day. We'll try again tomorrow.

That's why its so important not to miss practice! You never know when Mother Nature might conspire against you and force you to miss! Now let's go find some of those Omaha steaks....