Swimming Upstream

soft smile even though I was feeling stressed. Nervously, I responded, “I feel okay.” In roughly two minutes, it was going to be my turn to swim the most important event of my high school swim career, the infamous 100 meters Breaststroke I’ve been swimming ever since I was six years old; only this time would be my last chance to make a State cut in the event. These next two minutes felt like a life or death situation. So many things were going through my mind, I quickly gathered my nerves and reminded

The Case of … The Drowning Girl Abe took his daughter Jill and her friends Kristi and Chin to the lake for the day. While horsing around on the dock, Kristi deliberately shoved Chin into Jill, causing Jill to fall into the water. Jill landed awkwardly and sank to the bottom of the lake. Chin then pushed Kristi back, ignoring Jill’s plight (she was drowning). Hannah, a bystander and also an expert swimmer, glared at Kristi but took no other action. Abe confronted the group, demanding that they

Personal Writing When I was four years of age I attended a swimming club at Seven Islands in Southwark. The pool was fairly large and was rarely crowded, that was one comfort for me. Seven Islands had many activities other than swimming, I myself did not choose to do swimming my mum had decided that I would benefit from it. My first day at the club started in a shallow pool opposite a larger one. I already knew two people who came with me, that made me feel a little

Lea Shontay Wilks Instructor Lisa Adams Lit 101 Introduction to Literature (33203.201330) 26 April 2014 An Analysis of "The Swimmer" by John Cheever Most stories can have an emotional impact on people, but once in a while certain stories can take the reader to the edge of reality. The Swimmer is a fascinating story with primary use of a setting and amazing characters that engages readers and can move them to experience life in an unfathomable way. Cheever was born May 27, 1912, in Quincy, Massachusetts

children die every year from drowning and this is absolutely unacceptable. Swimming is a skill the vast majority of people have, but for the few that don't, it can be tragic. Drowning and obesity are all too common these days, these two problems in particular can be fixed from swimming. Swimming is an essential skill that everyone needs to know, as a result of this schools should take it upon themselves to teach swimming in schools. The first point that needs to be established is the problem of

was an option not to swim in any meets, though it was frowned upon not to do any meets. And plus, I only had to do this one meet. I glance at my arm, marked up with sharpie, labeling all of my heats, numbers, orders, and strokes. My first time ever swimming in a swim meet. Of course I should be nervous. The swimmer in front of me slides out of the water, out of breath. “Good luck!” I hear, and with that I mount the block. After school, we walked up to the pool. Julia, Maddie, Herbie, and I walked

It was a cold dark winter night and my father was supposed to be home from work so my mother kept calling his cellphone. After many unanswered calls, a woman picked up the phone, it was a nurse who told us that my father had been in a terrible motor vehicle accident. That night and the next few weeks came with a lot of confusion and emotions, we didn’t know if he would survive. I was over come with fear and sadness, I didn’t think I would never be able to talk to my father again. He served in the

SPLASH! and GOOOO! Seemed to be the only noise I could hear, but I wasn't the one swimming. Why was I there? It seemed like everyone I knew was swimming but I was here with a broken nose. This was one of the saddest days ever and felt like nothing was worse than not swimming. I was just hoping someone or something could cheer me up. It was a sunny day at Woodley Gardens pool and it was my first year on swim meet. When I was 6 during the summer of 2010, I was at the pool for a swim meet that my sister

Swimming is a sport that can be swum individually or as a team. It’s typically swum in filtered swimming pools, but sometimes competitions can take place in open bodies of water. The overall objective is to swim faster than your competition. The race can be swum in different forms; the butterfly stroke, backstroke, breaststroke, front crawl, freestyle, an individual medley, and a relay race. Swimming each stroke requires specific techniques, and in competition, there are specific regulations concerning

Swimming demands nothing short of perfection. I was ten when I first entered into a major Swimming competition, a stepping-stone towards achieving my dreams. Hours were poured into training and sacrifices made simply for a perfect race to the podium. I had arrived 3 hours earlier, and to my dismay that the competition had been delayed. My parents hid their apparent annoyance, in hope that the long wait would prove its worth, yet only to find out it actually was not. The long wait took its toil