Why My Identity Will Always Be Rooted In Swimming
From the Swimming World website...
By Erin Himes
Exactly one week ago, I finished my 16 year swimming career. And while there have been many signs this season that it was certainly time for me to move on, I found myself emotional on that last day. To go from calling myself a swimmer for the majority of my life to suddenly no longer being one is an undeniably huge identity shift, one that nearly every collegiate swimmer faces at the end of their career.


