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By Meaghan Raab, Swimming World Intern.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Swimming is just a sport to watch during the Olympics to some people, for others it\u2019s an alternative form of exercise to running. To me, it\u2019s second nature and a way of life.<\/p>\n

My mom was a collegiate swimmer at Stanford when they won the National Championship in 1989. So, naturally, I was put on a summer league swim team when I was 6 years old.<\/p>\n

In my first race as a Hummelstown Flamingo, I was disqualified for a false start. One of my teammates dove in before the starter and I followed suit. I swam a 25 and when I reached the other end, the timers told me that I had to swim the race again. Instead of swimming the 25 over, I cried and said that I wasn\u2019t going to do it again. But that wasn\u2019t the only thing that went wrong at my first swim meet.<\/p>\n

I did not know until recently that I had cried for a different reason. My mom told me another story. In practices, I had become a pretty good swimmer, but I had always swum in an outside lane with the wall nearby. In the meet, I was supposed to swim in the middle of the pool. I cried because I was going to have to swim without the wall next to me. Despite the minor traumas, I made it through the meet in one piece.<\/p>\n

The next chapters of my swimming career were not nearly as traumatizing as that first meet. I competed in several states over the next couple of years at Junior Olympics and other championship meets.<\/p>\n

I was in eighth grade when I competed at the national level for the first time. Junior Nationals in 2009 were at Ohio State, and – ironically enough – that is the same pool where I finished out my collegiate career.<\/p>\n

I was one of the few girls on my club team to make Junior Nationals during my time swimming on that team. I was fortunate enough to qualify for five short course Junior Nationals, three long course Junior Nationals, one long course Nationals and Olympic Trials before I graduated high school.<\/p>\n

I am a goal-oriented person and I have achieved many goals throughout my career. The ones that I didn\u2019t reach taught me just as much, if not more, than the ones that I achieved. This mentality served me well throughout my swimming career. It is also a big reason why I am not ready to close the door on this part of my life.<\/p>\n

I had the incredible opportunity to belong to four great teams during my time at the University of Georgia, including an SEC Championship team and a National Championship team. But my story isn\u2019t over yet.<\/p>\n

Last summer I was named to the US National Team. It was the first time I ever made a team. I never made the National Junior Team or represented the US at a meet, but I didn’t give up on trying. My journey to where I am now has been anything but easy. There were many injuries out of my control and many bad swims that I wish I could change.<\/p>\n

Now that I have completed my collegiate career, I am finishing my degree in Journalism with an emphasis in sports and sports media. I am going to continue swimming until 2020 with one goal in mind: make finals at Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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