Christopher Smith '22 Recruiting Profile
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Personal Statement
I am almost 18 years old, and have been swimming for around 13 years of my life. I have so much more potential in me for swimming and there is nowhere but up from here (although this phrase is normally said when things are at there worst, I decided to implement it anyway since it fits the situation). I will fit right in with other teammates even though I have trouble talking and interacting with people I just met. This anxiety goes away once I get to know people more which should not be a problem considering that I am joining a swim team that will have social interaction for much of the time. I still have some improving to do on my stroke, but after reading Conquer the Pool I am ready to tackle the pool mentally as well as physically. My academics are pretty above average with an SAT score of 1300 and A's in all my classes except one (that one being Algebra 2 Honors where I had as little as 15 minutes to finish a quiz with 8 questions). I will have completed 5 AP courses by the end of my high school career; all of which ended in a 4 on the AP Exam. Sorry for such a long winded paragraph, I will let this sentence be the last that you read.
Athletics
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 1 season
- 2021 Crimson Aquatics (New England Swimming)
- Crimson Aquatics has been around for a number of years, with its most recent owner being my coach. Coach Peter Zeiger makes a schedule for the highest level swimmers in our team that consists of 6 practices a week normally. After COVID came around, practices tend to be an hour and a half long swimming 5 times a week, an hour of lifting and dryland 2 times a week, and a Saturday practice that consists of one hour of running, one hour of lifting, and two hours of swimming. When there is a meet, the 4 hour long practice is cancelled and the upcoming practices are shortened slightly.
Coach References
- Club Coach
- Peter Zeiger
Training
- The usual week of training is 6 days worth of 1.5 hours of swimming, two days two hours of dryland and lifting, and one hour of running.
- 10 years
- Practices are usually not heavy yardage, but pace work and race work. The most yardage that the team would do (excluding warm-up and warm-down) would be a 1000 snorkel fins for time. And this was only once.
Statistics
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. All classes that I have taken in highschool apart from electives have been honors or AP courses. The honors classes that I have taken are: Algebra 2, Geometry, Trigonometry and Precalculus, English 1, English 2, Biology, Chemistry, World History, and Pre AP US History.Are you in AP/IB classes?
Yes. I have taken 3 AP classes so far in my high school career. I took one in sophomore year; that one being AP Biology. And I took two in my junior year; the two being AP English Language and AP US History. I will be taking two more AP courses in my senior year; AP Calculus (AB) and AP Chemistry.Registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
NoAwards and Activities
- Awards3rd place in my high school science fair, High Honors.
- ActivitiesA Capella, Jazz Band, Tri M.
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