My objectives in Swim Team this year were to continue on and improve on a sport that I've been participating in since I was 9. I wanted to not only improve my times but to keep up my overall fitness and to stay in shape doing something that hopefully I will be able to do for the rest of my life. I also wanted to uphold my duties as captain and make sure our team was cohesive and unified. I think that overall ISK did very well this year in swimming and I was a proud member of the team. I feel that even though it is an individual sport we were able to support each other and learn from each other in order to improve as a team, never leaving anyone behind or struggling to be a part of the group. We ended up doing very well as a team too, winning many medals and trophies. I feel that I definitely was able to achieve my objectives of both improving as a swimmer and keeping my fitness level up and good. Even though i had to commit a lot of my time to Macbeth, i was still able to make it to several early morning practices and several swim meets, which made me really proud and happy as swimming is something I love to do and will continue to do for hopefully many years. During the second semester i also had to give over more time to studying for my exams, but I still managed to come to at least one meet and a few practices. These obstacles to commitment were the biggest obstacles i faced, and i'm happy i was able to overcome them and remain an active member of the team. Swim team has taught me about persistence and team work even when these seem difficult to accomplish. It makes me proud when I win a race, but it makes me even prouder to know that I'm contributing to my team's success. It is really satisfying to know that hard work pays off. Both of these lessons have defined me as a person, I know that I can get even more satisfaction from something if not only I, but my larger community benefits as well, and I know that I can do anything if I really try.
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