From Newcomer to States By Riley Curie
Tiffany Cain (’21), female Gregg Schindler State Farm Agency StudentAthlete of the Month, began her swim journey in her freshman year of high school. Since freshman year, Cain puts hard work in at every practice to improve her skills. In her final year on the swim team, Cain won conference with her team and will be competing in districts. Cain became a faster swimmer since her start on the team through long hours at practices and energy well spent. “I have dropped a lot of time since then, I have almost cut my previous 50 freestyle time in half, which is a large improvement for me. I have put a lot of time into practice since freshman year, swimming club yearround and swimming twice a day at practices during the high school season,” Cain said. During meets, Cain swims the 200 Individual Medley (IM) with her own personal record being 2 minutes and 27 seconds and the 100 breaststroke with a personal record of 1 minute and 11.23 seconds. At practices, the team does all kinds of training ranging from sprint sets to distance and technical training to try
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At the dual meet vs River Ridge on Oct. 7, Tiffany Cain swims the 50-meter butterfly in the medley relay. Photo by Morgan Fliss and improve their times. With districts coming up, she hopes to qualify to compete in regionals with her team. “I know I’m going to districts and from there we will find out if I qualify for regionals. If I do qualify for regionals it will feel great going as a senior, as I went as a junior as well. It will be a super fun way to end my last season,” Cain said. Throughout her time on the team, Cain improved not only as a swimmer but improved in other aspects of her life. Spending time with her team made her more confident as an individual. “I have become more open and outgoing.
I have especially improved in talking to others that I don’t know and introducing myself. I also feel that I have grown as a leader, especially with helping the newer swimmers on the team,” Cain said. Cain used her newfound confidence and motivation to push
herself and become a better swimmer. With her developed skills, she automatically qualified for regionals based on her times at districts. At regionals, Cain qualified for the state meet with her time in the 100-meter breaststroke.
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