Keshav's+Memoir

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**A TIGER SHARK**

Deep in a closet lies my most memorable swimming memory. (so far) A medal about the size of half of my palm that has the words:

50 Backstroke Bronze

When I was at the Devil classic meet, I was signed up for the 50 Backstroke. I was representing the Wood bridge Tiger Sharks. If YMCA was like a country, I would be a foreign country. I did not know how deep their pool would be. I did not know if the pool was cold and if it is over ground or under ground. Turns out it was ice-chilling, 13 feet deep, and was underground. I spotted the rival team. The enemy. But I did have a couple of friends there like Adam. It was time for my event. “Climb in,” the official referee called. Since it was a backstroke, we jumped in the water and held onto the backstroke bar. The water was so freezing, it was like razor-sharp knives, stabbing me. It was colder than the Arctic sea. “TAKE YOUR MARKS,” the official yelled. I pulled myself up and my head touched my knees. I waited for 7 seconds. 7 long second, that felt interminable, until I heard the noise that would start the race. BOOP! I Sprang off the wall. My arms were like a car going a hundred miles per an hour. I looked side to side. This meant that either I was ahead of everyone, or behind them. I was a speed boat in the water. when I saw the flags above me, I counted my strokes: 1,2,3,4,5. I did a perfect, swift, flip turn. I was swimming the last 25 of my 50. I started going faster suddenly. It was like I was Mario and I got a star. I swam hard and finished perfectly. When I got there, a 14 year old dude was waiting. My time was 39.07. His time was 32.18. I was in second I thought. I was triumphant. Though, I sooner find out that some one in another heat beat my time by a tenth of a second, I was still feeling good for the moment. My coaches said I swam like a true Tiger Shark. I achieved my goal of beating Adam in this event. He may be the breaststroke king, but I dominate him in free and back.

**S** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 72pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**P** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 72pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**A** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 72pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**R** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 72pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**T** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 72pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**A** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 72pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**!** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 72pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**!** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A big trunk deep in my never ending closet, holds my most favorite and most triumphant moment in my middle school days <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(so far) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Inside is a medal, the size of the palm of my 6th grade hands with the words:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**GOLD**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On it.

ARGOS she screamed. The Spartans all rocketed into the air. Our leader Mr. Poole stole the mic. In First Place... Winning the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">gold <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> medal... obviously... and then, he yelled the words of our pride and glory...

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 72pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**SPARTA!!!!!**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the way home, when we were proudly raising our banner, the little Megarian pest, Nooper, stole our banner and ripped it up into microscopic pieces. But Sparta did not care. We were proudly wearing our <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Golden <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> medallions.