Molly Griswold - (Author)

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” -JK Rowling Division can occur both within and between sports teams due to a variety factors. Unification, however, plays a vital role in success for all sports, including swi...

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. Colorful fish reflect off the beams of sunlight. Jellyfish slide past your body and through your fingers. Currents sweep you into the choppy waves. Sharks circle in the dark abyss below. Despite all of the unpredictable conditions of open water swimm...

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. Jonathan Gomez’s fingers wrapped around the worn binding and tattered pages of his books as he walked to class, carrying the weight of the words as he moved. These books hugged to his chest, however, were not just typical classroom textbooks. Instead...

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. The palms of your hands grip your elbows, eyes wandering up and down the length of the pool. You triple-check the event, heat, lane and stroke grid etched in Sharpie on your arm to ensure you’re in the right place. Your head frantically moves back an...

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. Daily annoyances, inside jokes, rivalries and closet raids are typical occurrences when you live with siblings. Even when your brother or sister is a Paralympian, the bond you have as siblings is the same as any other. He or she just happens to be a ...

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. It was just like any other day - until it wasn’t. Everything changed in an instant. Trips to swim practice became visits to doctors appointments; waiting for the weekend off became waiting for test results; minutes on the pool deck stretching before ...

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern. Eyes move from lane to lane behind the blocks as muscular arms pull down caps and palms of hands press into goggles. Songs play quietly in the background as names are announced and hands are waved to the crowd. [caption id="attachment_131264" align="...

By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern.   McClain Hermes’ highlighter-yellow shoes carried her across the blue pool deck as her name flashed on the screen behind her. She walked steadily to the blocks, one hand gripped lightly to her cane and the other to the arm of her tapper - two things...