User:Pinkfishy11
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HELLO!!! I am Kelsey!!!
This first website, [[1]], will take you to information about competitive swimming within Wikipedia. I started swimming competitively on a swim team when I was 8 years old, and was in the pool taking lessons since I was born. I swam competitively until I was 18 years old, and I still swim to stay in shape today. This article, "Competitive Swimming," is basically an article about the general ideas, rules, and the outline of swimming on a team and swimming for competitive purposes. To this article I could add my expertise about how a swimmer gets disqualified in a race from my ten plus years of swimming competitively. While swimming freestyle if the swimmer leaves the starting block early (false starts), fails to touch the wall when turning, touches the bottom of the pool at any point during the race, or fails to complete the race they will be disqualified. During backstroke if the swimming false starts, travels to far underwater after the start or the turn, fails to touch the wall when turning or finishing the race, touches the bottom of the pool at any point during the race, turns onto their stomach at anytime except for when turning, or fails to complete the race they will be disqualified. When swimming backstroke if the swimmer false starts, fails to touch the wall during a turn, fails to touch the wall with two hands at the same time during a turn, touches the bottom of the pool for any reason, incorrectly performs any part of the stroke or pullout, or fails to complete the race they will be disqualified. When swimming butterfly if the swimmer false starts, fails to touch the wall during a turn, fails to touch the wall with two hands at the same time during a turn or when finishing the race, touches the bottom of the pool at any point during the race, incorrectly performs any part of the stroke, or fails to complete the race then they will be disqualified. When a swimmer is disqualified from a race, their time does not count for further races, and their place in the race is invalid. The swimmer receives no credit for the race. [1]
This second website, [[2]], is about legendary swimmers who have made a name for themselves through their success in swimming. To this list I would like to add Misty Hyman. Misty won the gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games when she swam the 200m. butterfly. Again, I have ten plus years competitive swimming experience, and I have also personally met and swam with Misty Hyman. [2] I would add this reference to this section to prove that Misty Hyman is legendary, and did win the gold medal in the 200m. butterfly in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sidney, Australia.
This third website, [[3]], titled "Rescue and Treatment" is about what signs to look for in a drowning victim and how to save and treat that person. I have been lifeguarding for five years, and I am actually the manager at the local pool where I am from. I am certified through the American Red Cross in lifeguarding/first aid and in CPR with AED. To this section I could add the signs of a swimmer, a distressed swimmer, an active drowning victim, and a passive drowning victim. It is important to know what each type looks like in order to be able to distinguish between them. A swimmer maintains rhythmic breathing, is coordinated with their arms and legs, is swimming in a horizontal body position, and is moving through the water. A distressed swimmer can continue their swimming, but may call for help. This swimmer may be floating, treading water or sculling. They may also try to wave to get the attention of someone to help them. These swimmers can be in a horizontal, diagonal, or vertical body position, and they usually are not moving or moving extremely slow. Active drowning victims can not call for someone to help them because they are struggling to breathe. These victims are vertical in the water, and are moving their arms up and down frantically trying to keep their heads above the water. These victims have no locomotion, and they have about 20 to 60 seconds before they submerge underneath the water. Passive drowning victims are not breathing, have no movement, and are either horizontal, vertical, submerged, or face up or down in the water. [3]
This fourth website, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phoenix_High_School_%28Oregon%29&action=edit&redlink=1 ]], is about my high school. I attended Phoenix High School all four years and so I know a lot about it. I participating in the majority of clubs offered through the school, and I also played volleyball and I swam on the swim team. However, there is not a page made for Phoenix High School, but if I were to make one I would say that the school is located in Phoenix, Oregon at 745 N. Rose St. It is part of the Phoenix/Talent School District #4. The current principal is Jani Hale, the assistant principals are Gordon Crowston and Brent Barry. About 800 students attend Phoenix High School. This school offers sports teams in football, volleyball, cross country, soccer, wrestling, swimming, basketball, track and field, skiing, baseball, softball, golf, equestrian, Talented Feet Jump Rope Team, Cheerleading, and Dance. The school activities include choir, Brain Bowl, Peer Mediation, DECA, FFA, Latin Expression Club, Key Club, Leadership, Math Team, Honor Society, newspaper, STARS, Japanese Exchange, Yearbook, Club Medical, Thespian Troupe 1777, Model United Nations, Speech and Debate Team, Art Club, and Science Club. [4] For more information about Phoenix High School you can visit the official Phoenix High School website: [4].
This fifth and last website, [[5]], titled "Lifeguard" is about what a lifeguard is and what the duties and responsibilities of a lifeguard are. Because I have been a lifeguard for 5 years, and I am certified in lifeguarding with first aid, CPR and AED, I have the knowledge to add to this page. To this page I would add what the characteristics are of a professional lifeguard, and what the primary responsibility and the secondary responsibilities are of a professional lifeguard. The characteristics of a professional lifeguard as developed by the American Red Cross are 1) to be knowledgeable and have appropriate skills, 2) to be reliable, 3) to be mature, 4) to be courteous and consistent, 5) to be positive, 6) to be professional, and 7) to be healthy and fit [5]. The primary responsibility of a lifeguard as said by the American Red Cross is "to ensure patron safety and protect lives- including his or her own [6]" Secondary responsibilities of a lifeguard, as defined by the American Red Cross are such things as "filling out required records and reports, performing maintenance or other tasks assigned by his or her supervisor, [and] inspecting the facility daily and reporting any unsafe conditions or equipment to a supervisor [7]".
This third website, [[6]], titled "Rescue and Treatment" is about what signs to look for in a drowning victim and how to save and treat that person. I have been lifeguarding for five years, and I am actually the manager at the local pool where I am from. I am certified through the American Red Cross in lifeguarding/first aid and in CPR with AED. To this section I would add the signs of a swimmer, a distressed swimmer, an active drowning victim, and a passive drowning victim. It is important to know what each type looks like in order to be able to distinguish between them. A swimmer maintains rhythmic breathing, is coordinated with their arms and legs, is swimming in a horizontal body position, and is moving through the water. A distressed swimmer can continue their swimming, but may call for help. This swimmer may be floating, treading water or sculling. They may also try to wave to get the attention of someone to help them. These swimmers can be in a horizontal, diagonal, or vertical body position, and they usually are not moving or moving extremely slow. Active drowning victims can not call for someone to help them because they are struggling to breathe. These victims are vertical in the water, and are moving their arms up and down frantically trying to keep their heads above the water. These victims have no locomotion, and they have about 20 to 60 seconds before they submerge underneath the water. Passive drowning victims are not breathing, have no movement, and are either horizontal, vertical, submerged, or face up or down in the water. [8]
