My name is Kyle Vergnano-McRae, I’m 18 years old, I’m a 2nd year Graphic and Web Design student at John Abbott College. I’ve been swimming competitively for the past 9 years, I’ve swam under 3 different clubs. I swam for MIS for 2 years, I then went on to swim for my high school College Bourget’s swim team les Voltigeurs for 4 years, on my 4th year of Voltigeurs I also joined a real team called DDO, this year will be my 4th year swimming with DDO. At the moment I only have my provincial standards however this year im hoping to get my cuts for some national level competitions and also hope to get my usports cuts within the next 2 years, this will allow me to get into university a lot easier and be able to compete against some of the fastest swimmers in Canada that attend university in Canada. I’m very passionate about the sport and hope to be able to continue it till university and maybe join a masters team when I’m older so that way I can stay active and still be able to compete but at a less serious level. Throughout this blog I will share my experiences and how I prepare myself to become a better athlete.