Synchronized swimming

I was watching the Santa Clara Arena Swim Series over the past weekend and I was reflecting on elite swimming careers. I watched the ageless Anthony Ervin and Natalie Coughlin race and compete at a high-level into their mid-thirties. Twenty years ago, no one was competing at this age! I kept asking myself, how are these older athletes having this historic swimming career? After much thought I realized, health is the answer! Health is a broad term, but holistically all the elements of health…

things. However, there was something different about this time. I remembered what coach had said after the tryouts: If you really love swimming and you don't make the team, keep swimming and try out again next year. I don't fully know what it was about what he said, but I think it gave me the hope and strength to continue on. While it was well worth it to keep swimming after not making the team, it was very difficult mentally. I would constantly hear swimmers exclaim with excitement what…

The modern ballet performance The Deep End exert 'swimming' is about Australians love for water. The piece is made of both modern ballet and contemporary. The dance could be interpreted in a couple of ways, either swimming in the beach or in a pool. The deep end was performed in 1996 by the Australian ballet and choreographed by Meryl Tankard. Meryl Tankard is one of Australia's greatest and most controversial choreographers. One particular move in section A of The Deep End was the circular…

It is the surfing championships! Five friends are competing for the same title.It is all their dreams to win this title. But who will come out on top? Tom was always the best surfer of the group. He could always seem to pull pull of a crazy trick or escape the mouth of a giant wave while making it look easy. The rest of the group thought that if any of them would have a shot at being a surfing champion it was Tom. Although later on that week they all would get that chance and nobody was…

was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on May 15th, 1993. She graduated from Portsmouth High School back in 2011. Now she spends her time at Great Bay Community College pursing her Liberal Arts degree or working as an assistant she goes sailing and swimming much like the people who originally settled her hometown of Portsmouth.. Hayley really doesn’t know what she wants to do later in life which is why she waited to go to college. She still plans on attending The University of New Hampshire in…

This school year I was elected to represent my school as my Associated Student Body Treasurer, as an elected official I have the opportunity to help make decisions for our school. This year as well as last year our ASB team has helped making our school a more accepting place for the LGBTQ community. We have defend the decision to remove gender roles as well as royalty from our homecoming court. Even through the backlash from individuals about us uprooting traditions, as a team we have stood by…

When I was younger I had a goal to get a scholar athelete award. The reason I got the award is because I set two goals, get a state championship cut, and also mantain straight A’s for a single nine-weeks. Goals are an important part of a well round life. My athletic goal is to swim Division 1. I have swam sice I was eight, and naturally if I’ve made it this far I want to be at the top of a new level. I believe I have set myself in good position to swim in college. My father swam division 1 and…

Swimming on a hot day is something we all enjoy to do.You can kick back with friends, get a good tan and have an overall good time.But many dangers do come this. As a lifeguard, I do see the fun, but I also see all of the dangers that it can possibly possess. My job is all about safety, and that furthermore why I’m here to present it today.I will show you all how to properly save an infant that is drowning. First is to recognize the victim.When finally recognize your victim, you must act…

“Apply all of your corrections, think about everything we have practiced, and have fun! Put your minds to what it is you want to accomplish.” These were the words of my synchronized skating coach before we took to the ice at Nationals. In February 2014, my team and I competed at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We had a great season leading up to this point, medaling at all but one competition and only missing that one by about half a point. This was…

I thought I could train myself into being tougher because I don’t really have asthma—only sort of. Swimming was one of the activities where I chose not to use my inhaler because I had always been fine before. Thus, as I gazed out on the choppy gray waters from my great-aunt’s trailer home I felt no fear. For six years, I had been forced into swimming lessons, so I was pretty confident in my swimming skills. Even though I had quit before mastering the butterfly stroke, I could still breaststroke…