{"id":245110,"date":"2024-07-05T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=245110"},"modified":"2024-07-05T05:51:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T12:51:22","slug":"why-summer-swimming-will-always-have-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/why-summer-swimming-will-always-have-my-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Summer Swimming Will Always Have My Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why Summer Swimming Will Always Have My Heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>By Nicole Farina, Swimming World College Intern (From the Archive)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes on the first day of class, a teacher will ask you to describe yourself, or explain who you are to the group. My answer to this question hasn&#8217;t once changed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a swimmer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I take a whole lot of pride in being a swimmer. It&#8217;s who I am, and it always will be. I&#8217;ll probably keep calling myself a swimmer until I&#8217;m 30. This stems from the swim community that I had the amazing pleasure of growing up in.<\/p>\n<p>When I look back at my childhood, I immediately think of summer swim team. Starting when I was six, that place and that team quickly became my second home for years to come. I could go on for days talking about the memories I made and the friends that I made them with. But the moral of the story is this: Being a Piranha at that tiny pool tucked away in the woods of my neighborhood shaped me into the person I am today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_245185\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-245185\" data-attachment-id=\"245185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/why-summer-swimming-will-always-have-my-heart\/img_2103-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2103-2-e1626701953948.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,733\" 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;1488894709&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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"coach-swimmer-summer-league\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3-7-17&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Nicole Farina&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2103-2-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2103-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-245185 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2103-2-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2103 2\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-245185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Nicole Farina<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sometime\u00a0along the journey that I embarked on after\u00a0my mom signed me up for the team, I fell in love with swimming. Maybe it was because of the satisfaction of\u00a0<em>finally\u00a0<\/em>swimming butterfly legally after my favorite coach had worked with me for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it was because of the pancake breakfasts that we had after a fun practice of playing Sharks &amp; Minnows, and running behind our coaches as they led us to the baby pool to make whirlpools.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it was because of the Wednesday nights, the nights that I lived for. The nights spent on our diving boards, screaming our hearts out during\u00a0the freestyle relays swum in the dark that the fate of our meet depended on.<\/p>\n<p>And maybe it was all three. Whatever it was, this love that I first experienced on my summer team, like most of us, pushed me down a long road in the sport of swimming. But crazily enough, it&#8217;s led me right back to where I started.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_245197\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-245197\" data-attachment-id=\"245197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/why-summer-swimming-will-always-have-my-heart\/img_2104\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2104.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"summer-swim-team\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG_2104&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Nicole Farina&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2104-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2104-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-245197\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2104-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"summer-swim-team\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-245197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Nicole Farina<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m still surrounded by the things that made me develop my first passion for something, almost 15 years later. I&#8217;ve come full circle at the place that taught me what it means to be a teammate, a cheerer, a competitor, a hard worker, and most importantly, my favorite thing to identify with, a swimmer.<\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t be happier giving back to this\u00a0sport, in hope of inspiring a few kids to find the magic of passion for swimming in themselves, as I was so lucky to find.<\/p>\n<p>I still live for those Wednesday nights, but I live for them in a different way. I live for standing at the\u00a0side of the pool, clipboard in hand with my kids behind me. I live for cheering on the swimmers the same way that my coaches cheered for me: knowing that my voice will 100% be gone on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_245184\" style=\"width: 679px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-245184\" data-attachment-id=\"245184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/why-summer-swimming-will-always-have-my-heart\/img_2057\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2057.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"coach-and-swimmers\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3-7-17&lt;br \/&gt;\nIMG_2057&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Nicole Farina&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2057-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2057-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-245184\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2057-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"coach-and-swimmers\" width=\"669\" height=\"478\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-245184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Nicole Farina<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I now lead that charge to the baby pool that I used to be in the back of.\u00a0And I still have that feeling of satisfaction. But this time, I feel satisfied when the eight and under girl I&#8217;ve been working with\u00a0finally figures out how to keep her feet together during butterfly.<\/p>\n<p>Everything that little me loved as a Piranha, from our constant and catchy cheers to the whole team\u00a0running through a huge banner, still makes my heart so happy.\u00a0While my\u00a0swimming journey has taken me lots of places, it&#8217;s pretty special that it&#8217;s taken me back home, too.<\/p>\n<p>I have nothing but\u00a0love for my club, high school, and college adventures. But summer swimming made me a swimmer. And it\u00a0will always have my heart.<\/p>\n<p><i>All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Summer Swimming Will Always Have My Heart By Nicole Farina, Swimming World College Intern (From the Archive) Sometimes on the first day of class, a teacher will ask you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4279,"featured_media":245191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[58778,60669],"class_list":["post-245110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","tag-nicole-farina","tag-summer-league-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Why Summer Swimming Will Always Have My Heart<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When I look back at my childhood, I immediately\u00a0think\u00a0of my summer swimming team. 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