﻿{"id":157286,"date":"2022-08-01T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=157286"},"modified":"2022-08-01T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T23:52:40","slug":"to-the-one-always-by-my-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/to-the-one-always-by-my-side\/","title":{"rendered":"To the One Always By My Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To the One Always By My Side<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>By Chandler Brandes, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They say some of the best friends we will ever have are our teammates. Maybe it\u2019s because we spend the majority of our time with them or our\u00a0shared love\/hate relationship with the sport, but either way, we all have teammates who have our back.<\/p>\n<p>To the one who\u2019s always there, thank you.<\/p>\n<p>You get it. You get how demanding our sport is, how hard school can be, and how tiring the life of a student-athlete is. Even through the ups and downs, you remind me to have fun with this crazy sport we call swimming.<\/p>\n<p>I can always count on you to get me through the hard meets, the harder practices, and even the hardest of weeks. And when all else fails, we will always have each other to eat Ben and Jerry\u2019s straight from the carton with after practice, knowing we\u2019ll work it off soon anyways.<\/p>\n<p>You define yourself as a swimmer, but you recognize that we are people outside of swimming. We have our families and other friends and interests, but we will always have our sport to thank for connecting us so many years ago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_128744\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128744\" data-attachment-id=\"128744\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/4-reasons-why-college-swimming-is-about-more-than-sport\/cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T5i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1427323810&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-128744\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cal-team-day-1-prelims-2015-d1-mncaa-533x355.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-128744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thank you for keeping me in line and giving me a reality check when I need one. You keep my ego in check, and showed my younger, more stubborn self that you need to work hard in order to see results.<\/p>\n<p>You have been right next to me during some of my proudest moments, and thank you for always believing in me and supporting me, no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, you stick by my side during the bad moments. When the tears are pouring out of my goggles and I can\u2019t form coherent sentences in between sobs. You\u2019ve seen me at my worst, yet you managed to still stick around.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for always knowing what to say to make me feel better, and for knowing when not to say anything at all and giving me the space I need.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116512\" style=\"width: 883px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mixed-200-free-relay-world-record-grevers-kennedy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116512\" data-attachment-id=\"116512\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/team-usa-crushes-world-record-mixed-200-free-relay-worlds\/mixed-200-free-relay-world-record-grevers-kennedy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mixed-200-free-relay-world-record-grevers-kennedy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"873,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mixed 200 free relay world record Team USA\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mixed 200 free relay world record Team USA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: FINA Doha 2014&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mixed-200-free-relay-world-record-grevers-kennedy-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mixed-200-free-relay-world-record-grevers-kennedy.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116512\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/mixed-200-free-relay-world-record-grevers-kennedy.jpg\" alt=\"Mixed 200 free relay world record Team USA\" width=\"873\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-116512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: FINA Doha 2014<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s no need\u00a0to ask anymore: I know you will be the one at the end of the lane counting during my distances races, and please know that I appreciate you discreetly looking the other way when Coach yells \u201cShake it!\u201d because you know I hate seeing that counter move.<\/p>\n<p>You help me become a better swimmer and person every day, whether you realize it or not. Thanks for being someone I will always look up to and admire, in and out of the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, thank you for always being there by my side, even long after our days of staring at a black line are over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the One Always By My Side By Chandler Brandes, Swimming World College Intern They say some of the best friends we will ever have are our teammates. 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