I took a deep breath in and out trying to calm myself as our car approached the curb.
“Good luck today. Swim fast.” My mom said as I slowly stepped out of the car.
“Thanks.” I said trying to not let my excitement take over me.
I was tingling inside because today I got to swim 200 butterfly at Junior Olympics. I know what you are probably thinking, Junior Olympics is not like the actual olympics that is held every four years with the gold, silver, and bronze medals just for children. Junior Olympics is a very competitive swim meet that swimmers can go to if they have a qualifying time for a certain event. I had qualified in 200 butterfly, which is eight laps of butterfly in a pool that is twenty-five yards long. I was twelve, and a cold March breeze swept over me as I entered the main building that led to the building with the pool inside it. As I entered the pool area, smelling the chlorine, I looked around to see the two pools with diving blocks at the end of each of them. I saw the …show more content…
I dove into the water trying to get as far as I could without ending up in last place. I swam the first lap, then the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh. I knew that the eighth lap was my last lap so I did underwaters past the flags as fast as I could and sprinted as hard as I could to get to the wall. I felt like I was flying through the water faster than a plane. I touched the wall and turned to the scoreboard to see that I had won my heat. I smiled a great big smile and looked like I had one the gold medal in the olympics. I slowly put my hands on top of the wall and quickly got out of the pool before the next heat dove into the water. I felt like Missy Franklin after she won her first Olympic medal in 2012. I got so excited because I had a very good chance at making it to zones. Staring at the water nervously, I watched the heat after my swim. I got first out of all of the people entered into the zones meet. I walked over to my coach as happy as I could
“Good luck today. Swim fast.” My mom said as I slowly stepped out of the car.
“Thanks.” I said trying to not let my excitement take over me.
I was tingling inside because today I got to swim 200 butterfly at Junior Olympics. I know what you are probably thinking, Junior Olympics is not like the actual olympics that is held every four years with the gold, silver, and bronze medals just for children. Junior Olympics is a very competitive swim meet that swimmers can go to if they have a qualifying time for a certain event. I had qualified in 200 butterfly, which is eight laps of butterfly in a pool that is twenty-five yards long. I was twelve, and a cold March breeze swept over me as I entered the main building that led to the building with the pool inside it. As I entered the pool area, smelling the chlorine, I looked around to see the two pools with diving blocks at the end of each of them. I saw the …show more content…
I dove into the water trying to get as far as I could without ending up in last place. I swam the first lap, then the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh. I knew that the eighth lap was my last lap so I did underwaters past the flags as fast as I could and sprinted as hard as I could to get to the wall. I felt like I was flying through the water faster than a plane. I touched the wall and turned to the scoreboard to see that I had won my heat. I smiled a great big smile and looked like I had one the gold medal in the olympics. I slowly put my hands on top of the wall and quickly got out of the pool before the next heat dove into the water. I felt like Missy Franklin after she won her first Olympic medal in 2012. I got so excited because I had a very good chance at making it to zones. Staring at the water nervously, I watched the heat after my swim. I got first out of all of the people entered into the zones meet. I walked over to my coach as happy as I could