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By Seren Jones, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

Moments are usually memorable when they are associated with positive experiences. They are formed when the occasion is so great, so spectacular, so euphoric that it will never be forgotten. It will be firstly stored but forever engrained in your memory. It will become more than just a memory. It will also become a feeling. One that you probably won\u2019t experience again. If you are one of the fortunate ones, you may be lucky enough to experience it once more in your lifetime. But the only way to be sure that it\u2019s the same exact feeling of ecstasy is to relive the experience.<\/p>\n

Never had I thought that my memorable weekend would consist of the sweet and sour taste of a bittersweet ending, nor did I believe that it was possible to release tears of happiness and nostalgia at the same time.<\/p>\n

All Good Things Come To An End<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Tamara Garriock<\/p><\/div>\n

Last weekend, after 13 long, chlorinated years, my time in the pool irrevocably came to an end. After years of double practices, endless meters, illegally cold pool temperatures, and copious amounts of physical rehabilitation, my career had done its time. Just like that, everything I knew turned itself in and vanished into the depths of the Indiana University Natatorium. And in the strangest way, it was more perplexing than I could have ever imagined.<\/p>\n

The psychological rollercoaster that I have been clinging onto for the entire year didn\u2019t slow down at the meet, as I had expected. It didn\u2019t tire with me; its pace didn\u2019t sedate with my deterioration in enthusiasm, nor did its energy decline with my own. In fact, it did the complete opposite.<\/p>\n

For the first, and perhaps last time in my life, I underwent an out-of-body experience. A week on, I\u2019m still trying to comprehend what exactly happened. How it happened.<\/p>\n

The Out-of-Body Experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Stephanie Palmeri<\/p><\/div>\n

Thus far, this is what I have concluded. An out-of-body experience occurs when something extraordinary beyond your power takes place. You have little or no control over the moment, nor do you understand exactly what happened until it\u2019s done. Sometimes it takes a single instant to comprehend the significance of the experience. Other times, it may take a day, a week, a month, or even a year to realize its magnitude. I\u2019ve yet to have my epiphany.<\/p>\n

So what exactly was this out-of-body experience that happened to me last weekend? What is it that has interrupted my sleeping pattern and almost eliminated my desire to eat?<\/p>\n

I was warned not to go to America. I was told that I\u2019d become just another body. I\u2019d get lost in the crowds of swimmers and become invisible, a nobody. But when a nobody is a nobody, what does that nobody have to lose?<\/p>\n

This nobody touched the wall in 54.70 seconds, breaking the Long Island University team record and earning a third place finish at the fastest collegiate meet of the year. This nobody had an out-of-body experience, which \u2013 when combined with dedication and perseverance \u2013 produced results beyond her wildest expectations.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why my final weekend in the pool will be a memory I revisit for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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