Swimming Upstream

Our results show that doing a belly flop would cause the most harm to a person who is diving into a pool of water. This is based off of the greater speed that a person belly flops into the water (8.3 m/s2), which is more than both head first diving (7.73 m/s2) and rotating into the water (7.34 m/s2). Also, the amount of force that the water exerts on the body while doing a belly flop (1079 N) is greater than the amount of force the water exerts on the body while head first diving (1004.95 N) and

In John Cheever’s “The Swimmer,” the main character challenges himself to swim through all of the neighboring pools on his way home. He has named this chain of pools the “Lucinda River” which is a nod to his marriage. Each pool that he swims in represents a period of time that Neddy passes through. At the top of the tale, Neddy is a strong and active young man that is deeply content with his life. He feels as if there isn’t a thing that he can’t accomplish. Neddy changes physically as he moves from

Joint Task Force Guantanamo Troopers and Naval Station Personnel participated (past tense) in a grueling Sprint Triathlon, Sept. 3 on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Participants started their day off just as the sun was peaking over the horizon, washing?? Ferry Landing in a soft glow. The excitement and nervous energy rolled off the participants in waves as they prepped for the first event, a half mile swim in the warm waters of the bay. Excited chatter filled the air, as everyone around

Oslo on Aug. 18. In between, I’ll have a layover in Finland. I love taking part in many outdoor activities: scuba diving, sailing, boating, fishing, swimming, biking, running, skiing, and pretty much any sport you could think of. Oh, I’ve also got my own kayak that I use often. I also used to play tennis as a kid and I really enjoyed it. Swimming in the cold water sounds fun. I’ve been in 4 degrees Celsius water about 25 meters under

proudly looked at me and him and brought us into a group hug. The man nodded his head in approval of Kaleb’s decision and announced for the whole pool to hear, “Kaleb Belen and Hayley Bui have officially qualified for the trials of the 2016 Summer Swimming Junior Olympics,” then he looked down upon us and said more quietly, “Congratulations!” I looked at Kaleb and brought him into a massive hug and whispered, “I’m going to miss you but atleast we are keeping our promise of going to Junior Olympics

My freshman year of high school I began platform diving. While I had been a competitive Junior Olympic springboard diver since middle school, the platforms were a daunting new field for me. I had seen my teammates compete and even place on the platforms, however, I could not help but notice the pain and frustration that led up to their achievements. Behind every medal were bruises and scars from the unforgiving platforms. After several practices, I slowly became comfortable with the five and seven

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim” by Vicki Harrison. It is proven that losing your loved ones is painful, shocking, some people might feel guilt, and anger. In the excerpt, “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami the narrator’s best friend, K. died due to a typhoon that struck on September. After K.’s death the Seventh Man suffered in a major trauma and set back. For this

competition where I swim a preliminary race to qualify for the prefectural competition. This year, I was very eager to swim in competitions. I looked at my schedule to find out that I had four competitions in a row and the most important race I would be swimming was the last one out of six races. Normally, I would've been very worried because I knew I lacked stamina and wouldn't be able to perform at my best condition. However, I was too excited to be worried. The race wasn't satisfactory, but I passed the

the only one who hadn’t played polo before, and the only one not on the swim team. It felt as if I was leaping headfirst into something I knew nothing about. “For these first few practices, we’re just going to work on your swimming” the coach told us. I braced myself; swimming was not what I wanted to sign up for. Still, I had come this far, I had to at least give it a try; I jumped in the water with the rest of the team. We started doing sets. It soon became clear that I was, by far, the slowest

Childhood Shapes Character Childhood shapes character as an adult, it can show the people and their childhood. In this essay I will be giving you examples of how childhoods shape character as an adult. The summer before my sophomore year, my parents decided to buy a cafe in the middle of nowhere (Mayetta). I thought to myself man this is crazy, my parents never worked in the food business and here they go buying a cafe. I was not happy having to work there, I never thought I would work in a kitchen