Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it reflect who you are?
It was my first time and I was worried. The closer we got, the more excited I was. I held on to my dad's hands and jumped in the pool. From then on I became a swimmer.
I first started swimming when I was 6 years old; I barely knew how to stay above water. But my determination to swim motivated me to go back to my swim lesson the next week. Before, I knew it I was at the pool five times a week 2 hours a day. I had a real exciting time learning how to fix my technique and becoming a faster swimmer. Just recently I have been to a USA Summer Sectional Championship meet, which I was really enthusiastic about because that just signifies that I have made it to a higher level of swimming. Another part of swimming I love are the competitions. I love the feeling of adrenalin rushing through my body and my heart pounding frantically before I jump into the pool for my race. What I like about competition is not beating other swimmers, but knowing I did my best. For me it's the experience of the competition and knowing I did not waste all my hard work.
I owe a lot to swimming. It has taught me to be the person I am today. Some of the most important lessons I have learnt from this sport are perseverance, determination, and dedication. For me, swimming is a very difficult sport and improvement doesn't come automatically, it takes time and effort. So I have learned to be patient, preserve through all the hard workouts and practices. Swimming has always been a place of comfort. Whenever I have any personal issues, fail a test, or feeling way to stress all I want to do is go swimming. Because when I go swimming I feel all the stress and problems that I had before are all gone and taken away from me. For this reason I feel special teaching little kids at a local pool how to swim because I hope the can experience the enjoyment I felt when I swim.
So here I am waking up at 5 am driving to morning practice and rushing to school within 10 minutes.
It was my first time and I was worried. The closer we got, the more excited I was. I held on to my dad's hands and jumped in the pool. From then on I became a swimmer.
I first started swimming when I was 6 years old; I barely knew how to stay above water. But my determination to swim motivated me to go back to my swim lesson the next week. Before, I knew it I was at the pool five times a week 2 hours a day. I had a real exciting time learning how to fix my technique and becoming a faster swimmer. Just recently I have been to a USA Summer Sectional Championship meet, which I was really enthusiastic about because that just signifies that I have made it to a higher level of swimming. Another part of swimming I love are the competitions. I love the feeling of adrenalin rushing through my body and my heart pounding frantically before I jump into the pool for my race. What I like about competition is not beating other swimmers, but knowing I did my best. For me it's the experience of the competition and knowing I did not waste all my hard work.
I owe a lot to swimming. It has taught me to be the person I am today. Some of the most important lessons I have learnt from this sport are perseverance, determination, and dedication. For me, swimming is a very difficult sport and improvement doesn't come automatically, it takes time and effort. So I have learned to be patient, preserve through all the hard workouts and practices. Swimming has always been a place of comfort. Whenever I have any personal issues, fail a test, or feeling way to stress all I want to do is go swimming. Because when I go swimming I feel all the stress and problems that I had before are all gone and taken away from me. For this reason I feel special teaching little kids at a local pool how to swim because I hope the can experience the enjoyment I felt when I swim.
So here I am waking up at 5 am driving to morning practice and rushing to school within 10 minutes.
