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Personal Statement
I am a young man that loves the grind. I have only been swimming club for 2 years and have dropped a total of 11 seconds in my 100 breaststroke, 27 seconds in my 200 breast, and 25 seconds in my 200 IM. I work hard every time I jump in the pool. I stay after and do extra sets to train myself to push through the exhaustion and fatigue to build toughness. I swim to get better and to be the best I can be and no time barrier or hard set is going to get in my way of doing so. Every set is done with the perfect effort and if I ever feel like I could've done something better, I get back in the pool and do a set with that perfect effort again until I get it right. I don't believe in limits. I lift hard in the weight room every time I'm there, no excuses. I train to be the best I can, doing extra sets when I feel like I can do more. Every day I give the perfect effort in everything I do. The classroom is where it really matters because after college (because I most likely won't be going pro) so I'm always on top of my grades and my homework; I'm always striving to get the best grade I can. If I don't get the grades I want, I retake or redo those assignments to make sure I get the grade. I am a leader by example, I never say things I can't do. I think before what I say. You will never have to worry about me causing a scene on campus that gives the team a bad image. In fact, I do anything I can to help improve the image of my school and its swim team. For example, at state this year, NSAA sponsored a Special Olympics 50 freestyle for both boys and girls. I decided (having a special needs sister, myself) that the team and I should make posters for each of the kids and give THE Omaha Central High School swim team a good image. I am a motivator, I love being the guy that gets people fired up when they need it. I am a very humble person and I always will be; arrogance was never tolerated in my house when I was growing up. It was extremely frowned upon. Everything that I do is for the team, I am very rarely a selfish teammate. There is no "I" in TEAM, end of story.
My ultimate athletic goal is to make NCAA Championships of any kind. I will run through brick walls to get there, metaphorically. If it's one thing about me you should know, it's that if you give me a target time, I will do whatever it takes to get it and there will be no excuses. If I don't get it, then I will be working like heck to get stronger over the following offseason. I am a determined young man when it comes to goal setting. My academic goals for college include: graduating with a 3.75 GPA, making the Dean's list all four years, and never be late to a class. Like my swimming goals, I am going to work my tail off to get where I want to be academically and I will do everything in my power to achieve those goals. This is because swimming on a college team will only get me so far in life, the deciding factor for where I go in my life is my academics. Without good grades and study habits, I won't get anywhere. My mom is a teacher, there is no excuse for a C in a class of any kind. That's just silly. I have only had one C my entire life and that was because I was really slacking in my English class Sophomore year. I have learned from my mistakes and since then, I've been both a full-time swimmer and a full-time student; nothing less is acceptable. I go to a high school where excellence is a tradition, and that expectation of excellence will not escape my mind in either the pool or the classroom. I am a dedicated young man.
In conclusion, if you're looking for a future team member with great work ethic, goals, and humility, look no further. I would love to be a part of any school's swim program because swimming is basically my life outside of school. I live and breathe for it. (No seriously, I smell chlorine when I breathe ha) I believe I have great potential in the breaststroke and in the IM. I want to give any team I swim for the perfect effort in every practice, every meet, and every dry land practice. There is no such thing as an excuse with me because every second that I have dropped has been earned, there have been no shortcuts. And there aren't ever going to be. That is my firm belief.
