My nerves were on edge, my adrenaline was pumping; I watched our third leg trailing our school’s rival, Hastings, the anchor was up next for our 400 freestyle relay and the only thing that stood in the way of winning or losing the race was me. Immediately I dove in; the sight of my opponent's feet next to me made me swim harder and faster. Coming into the fourth and last lap I used everything that I had left in me to finish strong. Right at that moment, I saw an opportunity and took advantage of it, I noticed my opponent was closing in too early. Sprinting to the wall as fast as I can, I glanced at the time score and saw a bright florescent number one next to my lane, at that moment I was at loss of words. All of my hard work and training had paid off and I had proven to myself, my team, my coach and everyone that had doubted me that I can achieve anything if i put my mind to it. Many people believe swimming is not a sport full of blood, sweat, and tears; different excuses are swimming is not recognized in many schools across Texas, it does not require a lot of effort; others oppose stating that it is. Of course the ones
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Each one of them had a common view of swimming which was it not being a highly recognized or hard working sport. I was having a discussion with my brother Johnny, on a humid day in our backyard; we had a long hard fought argument that we still presently bump heads about. From the words of my brother, he stated “swimming is not constant played sport, therefore you do not put as much effort into it as you would in football.” His reason did not shift my opinion, due to the fact that swimming uses the same amount of physical energy to practice and be prepared for a meet, as any other sport. It is not as simple as swimming laps back and forth, the sport includes, technique work, dry land (working out) and a healthy
Each one of them had a common view of swimming which was it not being a highly recognized or hard working sport. I was having a discussion with my brother Johnny, on a humid day in our backyard; we had a long hard fought argument that we still presently bump heads about. From the words of my brother, he stated “swimming is not constant played sport, therefore you do not put as much effort into it as you would in football.” His reason did not shift my opinion, due to the fact that swimming uses the same amount of physical energy to practice and be prepared for a meet, as any other sport. It is not as simple as swimming laps back and forth, the sport includes, technique work, dry land (working out) and a healthy