My freshman year, the Mount Si High School Swim Team had its first official season. I was one of 15 girls on the team. Hardly anyone knew we existed in the community and at the high school. The fall of my junior and senior year, managing the swim team became my project. I was promoted to team captain. I helped grow the team from that original 15 to over 40 girls by going to the middle schools for recruiting trips and spreading the word about swim team throughout the high school. Just like every other emerging business or team, we had some growing pains. At times we would struggle to find a pool we could practice in and the first transition from the original captains to myself was tough. They did not leave me any guidelines other than what I
