I started swimming in 4th grade and was always decent, never great. In 8th grade we were practicing with my current high school team and the coach told me i was too short, too weak, and too slow to ever swim for them. I went home in tears and was ready to quit right then. Instead i decided i was going to show that a**hole how good i could be and resolved to have him begging me to swim for the school. The next day i started researching everything i could about getting better and stronger at swimming and knew that the only way i could get better was to start lifting. I took all my money from babysitting and found the only gym that would let a 14 year old join. since then i've lived in the weight room and the pool and i love every minute of it

i love getting better, proving people wrong. Being my best. Winning!