Personal Statement
Through my years in school until 11th grade, I played other sports, not taking swimming as seriously as possible. Now that I am not on the basketball and track teams, I take swimming very seriously and have developed a deep love for it. I can be a rather stubborn and obsessive person about some things of which swimming is one. Over the last few months I have been dropping times rapidly, while improving my stroke. I took too long to realize that swimming is the sport I most love. But, now that I am fully dedicated to it, I have been and am prepared to keep working my tail off in order to reach my full potential. In the past 2-3 months, I have put on 16 pounds of muscle and reached my tapered times from last season despite being without a taper. I look forward to swimming in college and where it may take me.