swimchickslam
Apr 28 2007, 07:06 PM
Hey!
I just noticed there's an official _________ thread for like everything..
but there's no swimmers here! D:
anyway!
post here w/ what team you swim on!
and your fastest times.
or your best stroke.
or just whatever really

and whether you swim all year round or just summer

about me!
haha I've been swimming competitively since i was 10 (i'm almost 15 now).. but I think I've gotten slower D:
I don't even have a JO anymore! sighh..
but once i turn 15, i will x) i love how standards go down after 14.
and I'm a backstroker

yay for backstroke. 1:08 for my 100 short course D: can't break it!
and i still haven't broken a minute for my 100 free either

it's been boarderline forever!
ayane.sempai
May 2 2007, 09:13 PM
im really mad because they're no swimming clubs at my place really so i get so mad. swimming is like one of my faves and no one really likes to swim.. grr. those stupid people.
ji-hae
May 7 2007, 01:07 AM
i swim for my school. i used to swim year-round except for winters.
i do the 500 and 200 free. sometimes the 100
i started when i was 14 but i improved a lot from there
my 500: 7:00 (too lazy even try to break it now)
200: 2:31 (i didn't even touch it at all this season)
100: 1:08 (broke my 1:12 after two years)
50: 31
i pretty much suck at strokes =(
i didn't try too hard this year because it didn't matter to me anymore. i'm quit competitive swimming after may 4th =D
InfiniteTime
May 7 2007, 10:51 AM
I'd love to swim, thought I don't know how. I can't even float! Ony as a ball.
lavachefolle
May 8 2007, 12:24 PM
^best way to learn is to suck it up and swim to alcatraz

I have a buddy who swims in international competitions and the like. sounds like an exciting life.
innocentlove
May 14 2007, 05:15 PM
I used to swim competitively ; last year for my school.
& kinda still. But yeah. It's lots of hard work to do. Practice six days
a week. I've been swimming ever since i was like five and loving it! LOL.
swimchickslam
May 18 2007, 08:50 PM
QUOTE(lavachefolle @ May 8 2007, 11:24 AM) [snapback]5759948[/snapback]
^best way to learn is to suck it up and swim to alcatraz

I have a buddy who swims in international competitions and the like. sounds like an exciting life.
ooh. i was gonna do that but i can't swim long D:
i have some friends who placed in that last year (or the year before? i forget) though
cyberfruit
May 22 2007, 09:45 AM
I used to swim competetively, then I stopped when I moved to a new school. I really hate meets ><;. I still love to swim, though. I started swimming competetively when I was...14? Yeah.
My favorite stroke is Breaststroke, my worst is Backstroke, but my best is Freestyle.
fu yuen
May 23 2007, 10:28 PM
Yay, I swim competitively too!
Let's see...I swim year round. lOL no such thing as an off season for us. ^^U
I've been swimming competitively since 9/ 10 years old...and it's been almost 6 years for me.
My favorite stroke is butterfly and backstroke. I'm an okay breastroker, but I really really dislike freestyle ( I suck at it lol ).
I also swim for my high school, and I'm really proud this year because we won championships and we're undefeated! <3
Sadly, swimming is a a really unappreciated sport here. T^T
I swim the 200 IM and 100 Fly for school.
My times really suck though, lol.
The rest of you are so fast! x)
ayane.sempai
May 25 2007, 02:39 PM
im mad because my school has no swimming team, and seriously i would choose swimming over any sport.
lollypops
May 26 2007, 12:16 PM
I'm on the JV swim team but our season just ended

I just started this year, at the last meet I got a 33:12 on my 50 free! which is really good for me..
donnalauj
May 27 2007, 01:02 AM
No.. I just swim for fun.. I think I might
drown if I swim competively.. hahha
stephaniemsja18
May 27 2007, 02:34 PM
i swim competitively and im considered pretty slow in my state which is CA because its lik the home for swimmers and yeah i swim the really long events lik the 200, 500, 1000, and 1650 free and the 400 IM...and i've been swimming since i was lik 5 so its kinda getting tiring but yeah i'm kinda burned out right now cuz i've been going:
58 low in the 100 free
2:01s in the 200 free
5:22 in the 500 free
and my coach is nagging me on how im too slow....evil woman
lovablekrnstar63
May 27 2007, 03:23 PM
i swim for my school
varsity for two years (kinda sorta)
i had to sit out this season b/c i injured my right shoulder.
let's see...
i swam the butterfly, IM, breastroke. i hate freestyle & i suck at it.
anyways.
yep. dont remember my times though & they're not very accurate b/c it was when my shoulder was injured.
so yep.
lido0l_zen
May 30 2007, 02:00 AM
AHAHAHAHS.
i remeber i competed.
I ended first;
bhut i think they desqualifired me coz i done froggie first.
damnit !!
i wanna learn how tooh swimm fasterr.
and tooh be an olympian !!
Kimx0x0
Jun 12 2007, 02:30 AM
me too... swam for school since... i was 10...
but acually a synchronized swimmer... but just join swim meets anyway...
I'm pretty slow actually
50 free: 36 seconds
50 breast: 41 seconds
i hate butterfly! its so tiring...
my coach keeps nagging on how i'm slow... ah well
suki_*
Jun 12 2007, 07:32 AM
I use to swim competitively for the town's aquatic club. Practices start at 5am in the morning and then i have school at 9am. the training was brutal i don't even know how i survived. we had to wear drag suits and swim lanes in them... and weights.
i did this for a few years until i had to stop due to shoulder injuries. i liked doing the pyramid, butterfly and freestyle.
i was on school swim team too, which made competition alot more easier

now, i'm trying to get rid of the broad shoulders and the thighs
hanie
Jun 29 2007, 04:02 PM
hmm...i'm thinking about joining the swimteam this fall - how are the 'tryouts'? there are clinics right?
i mean - my friend said that an amateur can make it

, but she's been swimming since she was 4.
is it different for every school? or do i just...swim? >.<
swimchickslam
Nov 10 2007, 03:34 PM
QUOTE(hanie @ Jun 29 2007, 02:02 PM)

hmm...i'm thinking about joining the swimteam this fall - how are the 'tryouts'? there are clinics right?
i mean - my friend said that an amateur can make it

, but she's been swimming since she was 4.
is it different for every school? or do i just...swim? >.<
well club teams normally accept everybody. they don't really have tryouts.
and if you swim club, making your school team shouldn't be hard at all
Shiwen
Nov 10 2007, 07:19 PM
i'm embarrassed

there's girls here who swim faster than me! hehe
i use to do training and was on the school team for 4-5 years.
50 free: 29 secs
50 breast: 37secs
50 fly: 32 secs
50 back: 35
Yeah i know i'm not that fast
fallenbroke
Nov 11 2007, 09:03 AM
I do competitive swimming but stopped in mid-July this year . I stopped to prepare for a major exam . Pfttt , so I'm expecting myself to go back lifeless and slow ! Lol !
I started training competitively when I was 9-10 , but yeah , I wasn't serious until 12 . HAHA ! I only treated it as a keep-fit programme my parents were making me complete but erm , yeah , I only started taking competitions seriously when I was 12 .
There aren't any four seasons here in Singapore so we literally train everyday . Hmmm , during school breaks , trainings usually step up alot . Like maybe two sessions a day and all .
I peaked when I was 13-14 but my timings have been going downhill since then . LOL ! It's probably because the passion has died down . I'm starting to get tired ! Signs of buring out I suppose ? Hmmm . I suppose I'm alright in all areas but I usually take the 200IM and 100 backstroke events . My timings are like ..... bad but I usually qualify for top eight in school vs. school events . Puahaha .
hanie
Dec 19 2007, 07:22 PM
aw, i'm so jealous of you swimmers):
I TOTALLY FORGOT TO GO TO THE MEETING IN THE SUMMER ------
blegh, next year, next year....
pucastar
Jan 7 2008, 03:59 AM
i swim xD

for competitions i do 100m adn 50m freestyle cause i don't like long-distance.. =.="
breastrokeand butterfly for 50m
and i train every/nearly every sunday xD
alicimoo
Jan 7 2008, 08:43 PM
I've gotten so much slower. I swear I'm going slower and slower every year. lol.
In 5th-7th grade, I used to swim for the town rec. team. The season was from Nov. to May.
I swam the 50 breast and 50 free.
50 breast: high 38 to low 39.
50 free: 31.??
I've been swimming for my school team from 8th grade up till now (11th), which only lasts from mid-August to first week of Nov.
I only swim the breast for the Medley, and the 100 breast.
100 breast: 1:24.09
xohprecious
Jan 27 2008, 08:55 PM
I'm a swimmer

I've been swimming my whole entire life, but I took a few years off in middle school because I burned out. I started swimming last year again for my school's varsity team as a freshman. I'm still trying to get back into it, but my times are very slow. I'm hoping to make it to districts my senior year (I'm a sophomore right now)
50 free: 34.39
100 free: 116.08
100 fly: 124.54
I am so not a sprinter, but my coach won't put me in any distance events. I would LOVE to try the 200 free and the 200 IM.
It sucks though, I have really bad asthma and practices kill me =/
jliu6190
Feb 6 2008, 05:18 PM
yup, i swim for my high school. my last season! ~tears~ ha, not. this season's dragged on way too long.
anyway, fastest times ever:
50 free: 26.1 secs
100 free: 1:05.23
100 breast: 1:20.23 <--slooooooooooow
50 fly (for medley relays): 31.21
snowstar07
Feb 6 2008, 11:06 PM
wow lots of asian swimmers! i swam compet. ever since the 5th grade.
I joined the national YMCA team in high school, but i never made it to trials...
My senior year was my fastest year.
I used to swim 100 back; pr: is like around 1.12-13...
it was considered my best after the obvious 50...and my 50 pr: is 27.48 exactly.
i wasn't very good to continue my swim career..TT...but i still swim; for rec~
jliu6190 are you a girl or a guy?! your times are pretty good! esp. if you're a girl!
STILL! GOOD if you're a guy too! haha
edit: i came in and posted to see times for my bro~ haha yay~
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