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The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf
The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf
The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf

Swimmers practice before high school season starts

Hannah May • October 30, 2013
Mary Fry, 10 readies herself to dive in for her backstroke event. Fry swims for the Blue Ash YMCA as well as for the high school. She will be practicing with Blue Ash this year and not the high school. (Photo courtesy of McDaniel’s Photography).
Mary Fry, 10 readies herself to dive in for her backstroke event. Fry swims for the Blue Ash YMCA as well as for the high school. She will be practicing with Blue Ash this year and not the high school. Photo courtesy of McDaniel’s Photography.

With tryouts for the swimming team beginning Nov. 1 through Nov. 2, the athletes are getting ready for the season both mentally and physically.

“I’m really excited for the season to start, I think the meets will be really fun and it’s a good way to meet upperclassmen” said Isabelle Jimenez, 9.

Whether it is doing a fall sport or swimming with a local club team, the swimmers are doing everything they can to have a successful season.

“I play water polo in the fall so when that is finished I just switch over to the high school swim team” said Jory Gould, 10.

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The swimmers who swim with a club team usually start practicing before the high school. Swim teams in the local area include:

“I swim with my club team before the high school practices start because it gets me into shape so that when I start practicing with the high school I am ready to go” said Mackenzie McMullen, 10.

As practices are starting in less than a week, the swimmers must be prepared to work so they can achieve their goals for the upcoming season.
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Ordinarily, when meeting a new person I extend my hand for a politely firm handshake and introduce myself with the following “Hello, I’m Hannah May, it’s nice to meet you,”. However, with this being an online encounter, I am forced to alter my go to the introduction. I’ll begin by offering you, mystery person stalking my Leaf profile, a virtual handshake. Now that we have gotten to know each other, I will proceed to brag about myself and my accomplishments; I assume that because you are reading this, you are at least a tad interested in what I do. As a senior at SHS, this is my fourth year on staff. I have acted as a staff writer, news chief, sports chief and am currently the co-executive editor-in-chief.  While juggling my academic workload, I also play water polo, swim competitively, am an avid Netflix binge watcher and a sports enthusiast. I am constantly struggling and pushing myself to do adventurous activities,possibly to prove to myself that I am capable of doing more than snuggling with my cats. Nevertheless, my fear of heights coupled with my excessively sweaty pores lends way to my natural inclination towards air conditioning. Now that I have sufficiently satisfied my ego, I will leave you with a piece of advice that I live my life by “Never be afraid to be weird,”.

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