By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern
From about age 10 on, I introduced myself to everyone I met with some variation of “Hi, I’m Sarah! I’m a swimmer.” For most of my life, I felt this introduction was more than sufficient to give that person a sense of who I was–I devoted all of my time outside of family and school to swimming, after all.
But as I approach my last year of competitive swimming, I’m beginning to feel a crisis of identity. In less than a year I will no longer be a “swimmer” but a “swammer” and, to be honest, I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’ve come to terms with the fact that swimming beyond college is just not a feasible thing for me, so this year, I’m going to make a concerted effort to root my identity in things outside of the pool while also remaining firmly planted in the water.
As swimmers, sometimes it can be hard to see our value outside of times and races, but like everyone else in the world, we need to remember that we are multi-faceted beings that contribute more than just our athletic prowess. We don’t have to choose between swimming and other aspects of our lives– we choose both, which might just help those swammer blues once they roll around.
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