I thought I was okay, but before I knew it my life was out of my control. I started skipping class. It started off as just one time, but before I knew it I was rarely going to class at all. I began to drink heavily, as I thought it helped to push the depression away. Instead, all it gave me was a drinking problem. I was getting drunk on weeknights and not going to class the next day. By the end of my freshman year I had depression, a drinking problem and I was nearly ineligible to compete my sophomore year.
I told myself somehow it would get better that summer. It started to affect my swimming. When I came back to school my sophomore year my weight had ballooned to nearly pounds. I lost a lot of the weight in my first few months back, but I also lost the desire to swim.
I dreaded going to practice. I hated meets. Standing behind the blocks I found myself afraid. A once invincible figure, I found myself afraid of the pain racing would bring, as I could hardly bear anymore mental or physical pain. I found it impossible to get excited for meets. There was no more adrenaline. I started crumbling under pressure and the end of the season culminated in disappointment.
I had become a shadow of my former self. People who I had no trouble beating two years before were miles ahead of me.
I found myself standing alone, my life crumbling in front of me, and I had no power to stop it. What had I become? This past year, my junior year, was when I hit rock bottom. I was a wreck. During the summer I thought about dropping out of school and retiring from swimming all together. I felt as though I had no one I could turn to who would understand what I was dealing with without being judgmental.
At the start of the school year I began alienating those close to me. I went to one person and told them a small piece of what I was dealing with. Kelly qualified for this year's , , and meter freestyle events while Skelos for the backstroke and individual medley. Both women competed at the Trials in Omaha. Kelly, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina, agreed, saying, "The atmosphere is really unlike anything else.
Lennon, who is graduating from Herricks High School and will attend the University of Connecticut in the fall, will compete in the grueling meter freestyle race. Yeager, a graduating senior from St. Anthony's High School in Huntington who will join Lee at Harvard next fall, will compete in the meter backstroke in Omaha. The experience will help us so much in four years," said Lennon. Yeager added, "I've done the hard work to prepare, now it's time to execute.
Mission Aurora Colorado Swimming. Christopher Swanson. Nicholas Caldwell. Jacob Ores. Loveland Swim Club. Michael Lennon. Yoelvis Pedraza. Azura Florida Aquatics. Matthew Johnson. Canyons Aquatic Club. Jason Taylor. Blue Wave Swimming. John Paul Gaylor. Bradley Phillips. Rodney Fentress. Burkwood Aquatic. Garrett Glaudini. Heartland Swim Association. William Silva. Gator Swim Club. David Mosko. Alto Swim Club. Clifford Goertemiller. Dayton Raiders.
Nicholas Ankosko. Scarlet Aquatic Club. Cameron Stitt. Tualatin Hills Swim Club. Michael Gaudiani. Lake Erie Silver Dolphins. Alexander Nickell. Tyler Fowler. Tsunami Swim Team of KC. Grant Schenk. Pacific Swim. Preparing for trials this year has really helped me learn to prioritize what is important to me and direct my focus to the task at hand. He is staging a comback after undergoing shoulder surgery three years ago.
Heinemann, a Bucknell University freshman, will also be competing in the meter butterfly event. Kelly qualified for this year's , , and meter freestyle events while Skelos for the backstroke and individual medley. Both women competed at the Trials in Omaha.
Kelly, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina, agreed, saying, "The atmosphere is really unlike anything else. Lennon, who is graduating from Herricks High School and will attend the University of Connecticut in the fall, will compete in the grueling meter freestyle race. Yeager, a graduating senior from St.
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