Olympic sports

My Swimming Story Swimming never fails to appeal to me. I grew up swimming and had continuous year-round swim workouts and competitions. Being born and raised in China, I started my swim career in an elementary school. Since then, I swam through elementary school, middle school, high school, and college. It could not be denied that my hard work paid off since I managed to obtain lots of medals and broke multiple local records. What’s more valuable was that I became the team captain in my…

The beeping is pounding in my ears. My breathing slows so I can get my heart beat down. I almost leap up to the blocks when they call my heat up. I take my mark and hear the loud beep. Then everything went quiet. Swimming is something that I've always loved to do. The anxiety of waiting, the hard work waiting to be shown off, and the goal of dropping time is something I think about before every race and meet. After your race you're either full of joy or full of disappointment. I will…

In my life the most meaningful accomplishment is when i finished my Bronze cross. The Bronze Cross is a certification in water rescue that is apart of the lifesaving training offered in Canada, and awarded by the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada. Finishing my Bronze cross is such a big achievement in my life because throughout my life i've felt that i have been told that i'm a bad swimmer. Ever since I was a kid i was never comfortable in the water and I was always a bit afraid so my parents…

My heart was racing while I was standing behind the one of the blocks at Lasalle. My coach said you will do fine but I wasn’t positive about it. I mean this was only my first time swimming at champs. I looked over at the other kids they looked good but I have been practicing all summer. Then, I looked around the pool and see hundreds of people there watching me. I had butterflies in stomach when I stepped up on the block but I was feeling confident. I can smell the yucky chlorine from the cold…

“Take your mark.” the referee spoke in a monotone voice. Everyone grew silent as seven other swimmers and I waited to race. I stooped down into a starting position, nearly falling off the diving block as my limbs shook and adrenaline coursed through me. Moments later, a shrill beep and a bright flash of light gave me permission to go. Diving in felt as if were in slow-motion. Everything had gone fine until my body hit the water and my goggles rolled off my face and onto my forehead. I…

Weightlifting is open to all 7th and 8th graders on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 in the HS weight room. Mr. Boyd is offering group meetings every Thursday during Warrior Time for those students who want to finish the year strong and improve their academics. Sign up in the guidance office. The last dance of the year will be held Friday, May 11th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and is open to Ontario Middle School students only. It is a semi-formal event which means dress up! Pre-sale tickets will be…

People, who do not participate in triathlons, do not realize how much preparation goes into just one triathlon. It takes months of preparation to even be able to even compete in a triathlon. New comers do not understand how much of a change it is to adjust to the new lifestyle. Triathletes must prepare their bodies physically by taking in the correct amount of nutrition, training the body to be race day ready, and also they must be mentally prepared to know how to be equipped for the big day.…

On a sailing trip in 2011, Rimas Buinevicius incurred a spiral fracture on his leg that put him in a wheelchair for over two months. It was the first time that Rimas had to use a wheelchair, and he notes that he did not want the injury to put him on the sidelines entirely. He brought a lot of energy to the table. His plan? He wanted to wheel around over the course of 10 weeks while maintaining his exercise level. After a while, Rimas's can-do attitude started to drop. A couple days after he…

6 months ago, I never would have imagined I’d be signing with the Assumption Swim Team. hn joined executive Swim Club in sophomore year, I had a conversation with coach Brian Crawford, about possible schools i could swim for. He gave me many great choices, but when he mentioned Assumption, I couldn’t take him seriously. I told him that i wasnt of that caliber of swimming, but he refused to listen. He simply told me to keep up the good work, because it would pay off in the end. Time flew by,…

In 2012 there were four deaths in relation to water polo, hundreds of reported serious injuries and even more minor injuries. With a death rate of 1.06, beaten only by men's softball; a sport to be wary of is water polo because of the constant threat of injuries. Water polo is a game played by swimmers in a pool with seven players on each side. The ball used is like a volleyball thrown into the opponent's net. Sounds simple now but it is not,the game is so much more then that. Three types of…