Swim Team Page #5

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out if he's got the...

He's been doing

pretty good lately.

He's been trying.

-But he's not there.

-Right.

You know, and our whole thing

is somebody

taking advantage of him.

That's why we're here.

He's autistic.

-Right.

-That's what he is.

I'm not ashamed of it.

You know, if he was different,

fine, but he's autistic.

That's what he is,

and then we accept that.

-Right.

-And that's why we're here.

People always ask us,

"Well, do you think

Special Olympics might..."

Listen. That's what he is.

-Right.

-I'm proud of who he is.

So, you know, whatever

it is, it doesn't matter.

-And...

-Don't cry.

I'm sorry.

-Why do you do this?

-It's just hard.

This is hard, and this is

the hard part, also, but...

That's who he is,

so we're not here

to sugarcoat it or hide it

or hide who he is, so...

Nope.

He doesn't really go

outside shopping with us

because his tics.

Sorry, sorry.

Can we go to...

-another store?

-Sure.

Do you want to go

to another store to buy...

I don't know

about another store.

If lots of people

stare at him,

that makes him nervous,

and he tics more.

Shut up!

I know he likes

our local Goodwill shop.

The staff know him already.

If he tics, he can hide

between the clothes,

so I guess he feels comfortable

for shopping that store.

So I think about

some reward system.

I got a bloody nose.

No, no. I can't joke around.

I'll get in trouble.

My nose is bleeding.

No, no, no, no.

No. We don't want to do that,

okay? Might get in trouble.

I told him, if he goes to swim

practice on Fridays,

I can bring him to shop

at Goodwill on Sunday morning.

Somehow, this worked.

He was willing to join

the team again.

No, we don't play games

like that.

No.

Good morning.

The first session for warm-up is

right now, B first entry only.

-Where is Robert at?

-Robert is not here.

Rosa, where you at?

Well, if he's not here

in the next 5 minutes,

he's going to be scratched.

If he's not here

in the next 5 minutes,

they're going to scratch him.

But what that means is, he's not

going to be able to race.

As soon as you can

get here, right,

because

you guys are the first race up.

I don't get it.

You know, we told people

to be here for a reason.

I don't get it.

I don't get it.

I don't get it.

I don't understand.

She said,

"We're on the parkway."

What's that mean?

You had 2 hours to get here.

Then she goes, "I don't

think we'll make it."

You don't think you'll make it,

then you

just messed up the whole team.

I bumped everybody up

just specifically for that race.

Now they can't race in

the summer games in the relay.

We lose two relays.

They're going to

start swimming.

They start on time.

These kids don't get to swim,

I'm not going to be happy.

No.

Please stand to sing

the national anthem.

Nine o'clock. Nine o'clock.

I don't... know.

I don't know.

They're about to scratch him

if he's not here yet.

No, I know. I just...

If they don't show up,

they can't swim

in the summer games either.

There he is. There's Robert.

He's running.

Robert, run.

-Come on! Come on!

-Let's go!

Come on!

-Come on! Come on!

-I'm sorry, Coach.

Let's go. Let's go.

It's not your fault, buddy.

Come on. Go, go!

Make sure they go up there.

So after this one, they go up.

So we're going to line

them up right now.

All right.

First, second, third.

You're bringing it home.

Okay?

The medley relay.

Swimmers, take your mark.

Go!

Come on, Rob!

Come on, Rob.

Pull!

Go, go, go, go!

Pull, pull, pull!

Come on, Mike. Come on, Mike.

-Let's go! Keep going!

-Soon as Mike touches,

breaststroke, two strokes, two

strokes hard, okay? Get ready.

Get ready. Soon as he touches.

Soon as he touches.

Wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait.

Go! Go, go, go!

Let's go! Go, go, go!

-What are you doing!

-He was doing wrong.

He was supposed to do breast.

He did free.

Let's go! Go, go, go!

Go, Hayden!

Go, Hayden!

Go, Hayden!

Go, Hayden, go!

Go, go, go!

Good job, buddy. Good job.

Go, Robert!

Go, Robert!

Good job!

Go, Robert! Come on!

Finish strong!

Go, go, go, go!

All right.

Here we go, now.

Go, Robert!

Soon as he comes back.

Soon as he comes back.

Swim!

Go, Robert!

Go, Robert!

Come on. Finish strong!

-Go, Kelvin!

-Come on, Kelvin!

Come on, Kelvin!

Come on! Come on! Come on!

Pull!

Go, go, go!

Go, Kelvin!

Go, Kel! Go, Kelvin!

Touch the pad. Touch the pad.

Touch the pad! Good job.

Good job!

That's it, baby. That's it.

Give me some love up here.

Give me some love up here.

Robert!

Ladies and gentlemen,

please direct your attention

to the awards area.

It is my pleasure

to announce the results

of the 4 x 50 Medley Relay.

Winning the participation medal

is the Jersey Hammerheads one.

-I'm sorry.

-Thank you. Thank you.

Ladies and gentleman,

please recognize

these outstanding athletes.

No, no, no, no! They got gold.

They got gold. Who do I talk to?

-The table down there.

-They got gold.

Right now,

that's what they have.

That's what's on the sheet.

Where's the sheet?

The sheet needs

to stay with us.

You need to go down there.

-Let me just see.

-They have the results.

All I have is...

That's what I have.

I don't have the reason.

No. They got gold.

All right, guys. Come on down.

Mike, they gave our kids

a participation medal.

-Who?

-Our number one team.

There may have been

a disqualification.

-No. They weren't disqualified.

-For what?

-What team?

-No. Hammerheads. No.

I just said that they told me

to come here to talk to them.

It's Jersey Hammerheads,

event...

Whatever event they...

-Sure.

-Who got disqualified?

-No.

-I don't know what happened.

Talk to her.

They went to get the medal.

They gave them

a participation medal.

Okay.

This relay team,

they won first place.

Okay.

So they told me to come

here to tell them to get...

So there was an issue

with the results?

Exactly.

-Okay.

-So that's all it is.

The time was 2:
20.

Nobody beat them.

They won the race.

Right, so...

Can I see the results

from the first half?

Listen up.

-You're event two. Okay.

-Where?

Don't worry about that.

This is another one.

This is something that

they gave us that was wrong.

That would be

a stroke infraction.

So they started doing freestyle

before they were doing

breaststroke.

-They what?

-They started to do freestyle

before they started

to do breaststroke.

-Hayden.

-Hayden started to do freestyle?

Unreal.

-Two, twofold. Lane three.

-He's disqualified.

I saw him do it.

Disqualified.

Why?

Because Hayden started

to do freestyle.

Just keeps getting

better and better.

The relay team

got disqualified.

-What?

-Because, Hayden,

you swam freestyle

when you weren't supposed to.

You were supposed to do

whatever your stroke was.

The stroke?

That's why you have to

pay attention, guys.

-Well, it's not my fault.

-No, no, no, no, no.

It's just you have

to pay attention.

So when you go back and swim,

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