I have always loved swimming since a very young age and it didn’t take me long after I started to figure out that I wanted to swim on the college level. When I joined my first club team at eighth years old, there were older swimmers on then team who went on to swim in college and I wanted and still do want to be just like them. I have worked hard for the past ten years to be able to achieve my goal to swim on the collegiate level. My hard work and determination has led to achieve personal goals and time standards as well as make life-long friends. My competitiveness in the pool has also translated into the classroom allowing me to take AP and honor courses. I hope that my academic and athletic background would make me a great college swimmer and an even better team mate.