Human swimming

As I stood on the board, I imagined myself soaring through the air, picturing every move I made until sliding into the water as perfectly as I could manage. I competed as a Springboard Diver for six years of my life. Diving helped me realize and strengthen core characteristics about myself that I may never have recognized without participating in this amazing sport. Even though I am no longer a Springboard Diver that does not mean it still does not influence aspects of my every day life.…

As I ran to Mr Rodney Yap’s class, I told my friend to wait outside of class for me and I said “it's only gonna be 15 minutes maximum.” He waited for me, our plan was to go Long’s after I was finished. As soon as I got there, Mr. Yap was waiting in class I could here all the kids talking, yelling, running across the class. And I asked “ready?” Rodney Replied “yes”, and so we began. Rodney Steven also known as Rodney .S, is an athlete who went to college to follow his dreams. First of all…

respect the seniors, and as I progressed into my senior year, I’ve learned to earn the respect of the underclassmen, and to lead. It’s really easy for me to be such a lazy person, but swimming has taught me to work hard, and while I don’t exactly have a swimmer’s body, I can’t image how fat I’d be if I wasn’t swimming, which will be a huge challenge after I’m done. On to thank you’s. There are so…

have the skills to prevent people from drowning in pools, beaches and lakes, across the nation. It also deems me capable of supervising and overseeing multiple activities, competitions and swimming programs. Some may consider lifeguarding as just another job, but for me, it’s a lifestyle. My competitive swimming background, beginning when I was five years old, has exposed me to multiple situations where lifeguards had to act quickly, efficiently to make accurate decisions based on their…

now become her favorite activity. Before she started swimming, Hong tried many other sports. The only other sport that she continued to play was basketball, but it did not have the same impact on her as swimming does. After only two seasons, Hong quit basketball and decided to devote her time to the swim lessons she had just begun. Her parents were supportive of this decision because they could already tell that she was more devoted to swimming. Hong first started taking swim lessons at the…

or have at least heard of him. Ryan Lochte is an 12 time Olympic medalist in the sport of swimming. He has been competing in the Olympics since 2012 and currently holds the World Records in the 100m, 200m, and the 400m. This past summer, Olympians from every country traveled to Rio to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Ryan Lochte was one of these Olympians and went to compete in the sport of swimming. The Olympian was very successful in the games as he normally is, when it comes to the…

In the story "The Black Pearl" the boy faced many challenges while trying to get the pearl. One challenge that he faced was that he could not stay down in the cave for that long because he would loose his breath " On my second dive I had no sooner reached the bottom than a shadow fell across the bed where I was working. It was the shadow of a gray shark, one of the friendly ones, but by the time he had drifted away my breath was gone." (15) and "So I failed to pry the shell loose before my lungs…

But his life won't always revolve around swimming. He has a fiancée named Nicole since February twenty-ninth. Also, a few months ago that they had a little swimmer on the way and on the fifth of May, Boomer Robert Phelps was born. He said being a father is a better feeling than earning all of his Olympic medals. At thirty years old you would be thinking he would be done with swimming. In 2012 he announced he was retiring but at the Rio Olympics this summer, Michael…

Through the many years of my swimming career, the sport has transformed me into the adult I am today. For the past twelve years, I have called the Woonsocket YMCA pool my home. I learned how to swim there at five years old, joined the swim team at seven, and finished off my high school swimming career at the age of seventeen. Over the years, I have made lifelong friendships, unforgettable memories, and achieved goals set for myself and the team. My swimming career has been primarily known for…

ready for practice, I entered the pool area where the fragrance of chlorine filled my lungs, raised me out of my dreary state, and filled me with an unexplainable blend of comfort and anticipation. This ritual is a key part of my high school life. Swimming has been my sport of choice for as long as I can remember. Although I’ve been a member of the varsity swim team throughout high school, I didn’t start my journey as a top-notch swimmer. The first time I tried to learn how to swim was 11 years…