Bryana Cielo Named Hartford HealthCare Connecticut Courage Award Winner
Cielo will be presented with a plaque (virtually) and SHU will receive a $1,500 donation to the general scholarship fund in her name.
One Last Race
After being forced to end her career, Bryana Cielo got one final race: “I got up on the block and it felt familiar. It felt like finally coming home.”
Ce que j’ai appris du sport que j’aime profondément
Ça fait 8 mois que j’ai appris que c’était la fin de ma carrière de nageuse.
12 Things That Happen When You Date A Swimmer
#1 – Your significant other is probably more muscular than you… Sorry. We can’t help being jacked. It just happens. You probably can’t beat us in a sit-up contest, either. But that’s ok. You could outrun us any day.
How My Epilepsy Diagnosis Affected My Swimming Career
It was a Sunday morning around noon, about a month ago. A few friends and I were walking into the dining hall to eat after a night out.
An Open Letter To Our Team Captains
Dear Captains, thank you for a season of guidance, leadership, and endless support.
Six Swimmer Moments You Have Outside of the Pool
Ever needed to roughly measure about 50 meters? That looks about the length of a long course pool.
7 Struggles of the Off Season Swimmer
#4 – Training Guilt, one of the seven struggles of the off season swimmer.
A Letter To My Younger Teammates
I know it feels like it’s never going to end. Taking the same drive, to that same pool, to practice with the same people every single day. But please listen to me when I tell you to make the most of it, because it’s going to fly by.
6 Ways to Keep Warm this Swim Season
There have been countless moments in which I have wondered who decided to make swimming a winter sport. Most of these thoughts have taken place while speed-walking to my car on a cold January/February night as my hair freezes to ice.
A Letter to my Closest Teammate
Swim Friends Definition: 2 aquatic athletes bound by the mutual experience of pain, and the mutual respect for the others perseverance through long swim practices, often in highly chlorinated pools, on nights when their other friends were out at parties.
You Finished Swim Practice and You Are Starving
Courtesy of Swimtern Bryana Cielo, a high school swimmer with an opinion shared 15,000+ times on Facebook.
