Winter Sport: Swimming
Eastern View offers a wide array of sports, from track to tennis, to golf to cheerleading. All of Eastern View’s team have showed either high potential or great success. Even though the high school is only in its second year of operation, its teams have already become competitive opponents in the tough Battlefield Division. Wrestling, basketball, and swimming are the major winter season sports. Swimming is a great sport to join if one is looking to stay in shape during the off season between fall and spring sports, or if a student is looking for a personal challenge.
Swimming is great sport. It requires athletes ready to step up to the plate (excuse the baseball reference) and lead. On the bus travelling to far-away meets, or in the locker room before a wet practice, swimmers are constantly enjoying time with their team mates, either talking about the sport or perhaps last night’s Idol episode–either way, it’s a very social experience. It’s a great way to make good friends. “Swimming is something that I’m new at, but I’ve enjoyed it partly because of the sport but mostly because of my team mates,” said one Eastern View swimmer. After mingling with friends and fellow-athletes, students hit the pool, literally. Their bodies smack against the hard but breakable surface of the chlorinated water, and suddenly the kid is no longer a student walking the halls of Eastern View, books and Vitamin Water in hand, but an elegant form gracefully pulling its way through the churning water. Suddenly tomorrow’s French test doesn’t matter, but racing against your own personal best time to beat yourself.
“This sport has given me more self-confidence. Swimming is a unique sport because it is an individual effort, but it’s also a highly group-oriented affair. I think this is going to help me later on in life because it teaches me the importance of teamwork and self-determination,”one Eastern View swimmer stated .
Whether you’re the next Michael Phelps and bound for the Olympics, or you’re just an aspiring athlete burning calories and stress off in the cool water, swimming could very possibly be the sport for you.
Contact the head coach, Mr. Adam Hughes at Ahughes@culpeperschools.org if you’re interested.
Eastern View Athletics’ Website: http://www.easternviewathletics.org/
