By Erin Eastburn
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Tasia Demuth, a sophomore at Colorado State University, stands on the swimming block, thinking of the race before her. As a member of the Colorado State University swimming team, she thinks of her personal goals while she gets into her starting position. As she stares at her reflection in the water, her life seems to split before her; what she knows contrasted by the life she pictures for herself at the end of the race.
As she dives off the swimming block into the semi-cold water, the other half of her brain is tugging her focus away from her coming in first. “I started swimming when I was nine, and have been competitively swimming since I was eleven,” Demuth said. “It’s part of me, but I don’t want it to be the only thing people associate with me.”
Swimming has become a daily routine that has granted Demuth numerous accomplishments. These swimming accomplishments include going to sectionals but also gaining life-long friendships.
As she swims the final stretch, Demuth is focused in her swimming career but is also finding new dreams and aspirations in the public relations industry. “I would love to work big events,” Demuth says with a smile.
These interest in the public relations and fashion industries seem to be Demuth's new drive and passion. With the stretch of her hand, Demuth makes the final push to continue to grow as a swimmer and future fashion and public relations professional.
I really like the quotations that were used, especially the one in the second paragraph. I also thought that the writing was well done and that it was easy to read and easy to understand. It was a creative metaphor that was used to compare a swimming race to my school and athletic life. I had never thought of it in that way before. The only minor error is that my name has a capital M in DeMuth. But I didn't specify that when being interviewed. Though I thought the metaphor was creative, I would maybe stick to only scenarios that were revealed during the interview, because it could be taken negatively by the person that it is written about.
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