{"id":490429,"date":"2021-11-02T14:02:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=490429"},"modified":"2021-11-02T14:02:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:02:46","slug":"caroline-sisson-michigan-senior-and-ncaa-qualifier-announces-medical-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caroline-sisson-michigan-senior-and-ncaa-qualifier-announces-medical-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Caroline Sisson, Michigan Senior and NCAA Qualifier, Announces Medical Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan senior and NCAA championships qualifier Caroline Sisson<\/strong> has announced her medical retirement from swimming.<\/p>\n

Sisson, finished 36th in the 1650-yard Freestyle (16:27.93) and 46th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:49.55) in March.<\/p>\n

“In order to honor my body (and my brain), I have decided to medically retire from swimming. To say this was a difficult decision is an understatement. I\u2019ve lived my life by the principle that my hobbies have never been who I am as a person, just things that I do. Unfortunately, when you do something for this long, it sometimes gets hard to separate who you are from what you do. This reality makes me all the more excited to see what life has to offer with my head above the water,” Caroline Sisson wrote on social media. “I\u2019ve spent a lot of time grappling with what this sport has given me and what it has taken away. In the end though, the people I’ve been lucky to meet, the memories I\u2019ve made, and the lessons I\u2019ve learned are invaluable. I\u2019m grateful to this sport for all of these things and for teaching me how to overcome any adversity or challenge that stands in my way.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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A post shared by Caroline Sisson (@c.sisson)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n