Senior Dustin Bartram drags himself out of the pool after his exhausting men’s 100 yard freestyle race. Instead of having anger built up within him, the rage is forgotten as he walks over to cheer on his teammates for the remainder of the meet.
Bartram admits he isn’t the most social flower out there and explains how this is the most likely reason for his pent up anger.
“I’m not really a sociable person and I’m not very nice,” said Bartram.
Despite wrestling for two years, Bartram was still unable to unleash his full amount of anger on the mat.
“With wrestling, after a match, I still wanted to hit someone,” said Bartram.
In order to solve his anger issue, Bartam decided to search for a better outlet to resolve his rage. For him, swimming did the trick. After each race, Bartram confesses that he is too tired to even think about being angry.
“Swim tires me out a lot more,” said Bartram. “It teaches me to have a good mind set and to push yourself as hard as you can.”
Instead of having a male coach, Bartram now faces the switch of having a female coach to aid him and correct his mistakes. This change in coaching has also contributed in cooling Bartram’s anger issue.
“It’s her way or the highway,” said Bartram. “I don’t like to argue with women, so I just do what they tell me.”
After high school, Bartam plans to continue his role in the United States Army where he currently attends Drill on the weekends.