James "Layton" Anderson '18 Recruiting Profile

When I was six, my dad's work friend introduced the sport of swimming to him, which led to him introducing it to me.  From there, I've trained in a "garage" pool, watch the most decorative Olympian ever, and grew to love the sport. However, recently my swimming career hit a speed bump as the coach and team we rent the pool from has created a new team and pushed our U.S.A. team out of some of the practice time, causing our practice time to be limited.  Dispite this, in the past ten years of swimming, I've learned that pain is no stranger and that I'm most comfortable, uncomfortable.   Furthermore, my goal since I was little was to be an Olympian, and it still is today.  My vision is to be accepted to a college that will make me successful academically as well as continuing to improve my swimming and getting faster to compete at the most competitive level.  I plan to juggle studying engineering and swimming and be successful at both.  As a multisport athete and team captain, I feel I'm a good canidate for the team because I won't give up until the task at hand is completed to the best of my ability.  I'm different from other recruits because my goal is to succeed in the classroom and in the pool at the same time, and I know I can do that for your team!