Ever since I was a little girl I've looked up at my high school's record board and said "Someday I am going to be on that board!" Over the last 11 years I have narrowed my goal down to two different events, 200y free and 500y free. For these two events I need to get my times to 2:00 and 5:20. That is my goal that I will do everything possible to achieve. My long term goals consist of swimming for a respectable college, making a national record for the 1500m freestyle in Masters, to swim the English Channel, as well as making it to the Olympics. I know that all of these dreams/goals are going to take a serious amount of effort and dedication, but I am willing to work seven days a week. I will listen to every piece of advice that anyone can offer me to accomplish them. Swimming is my life, it always has been my life, and I will never give up. After all, when it comes to swimming you've got to want it to win it, and I want it more.