Colby Anderson-O'Brien '23 Recruiting Profile

Swimming was always a part of my life ever since I started it was there. I wasn’t always good at swimming in fact there was a time when I was the worst on my team. I started to stop caring I tried another sport and it was fun but I longed to get into the pool again. I went back and it was like a fresh start I was happier and I wanted more than anything to be the best, I pushed myself harder to the point to where I knew I physically couldn’t try harder and I still tried to do better. Then life changing things happened and the world I knew at school was falling apart around me I was hurting and the depression was there, but I kept swimming I kept that drive. While everything was going wrong I had the pool, the water, the laps, all there to keep my sane to help me feel whole. Swimming is the rock that I have had in my life for longer than I can remember. I truly believe that swimming saved me at my darkest points and I will continue to do this beautiful sport until I physically can’t anymore. I may not be the best and I may never be the best but I will always give it my all and work my way to the top.