Sarah Bednarcik

Current Age Group: 30-34
Team you are a part of: FAST / Michigan Masters 🙂
When did you start competitively swimming? when I was 10 in a summer swim league
How long have you been in Michigan Masters? about 10 years – almost 11 this fall!
What is your favorite swim event/race? the longer the better, so distance free, but I also really love the 200 breaststroke.
So far, what was your favorite Masters Swim Meet? oh gosh. Probably the first state meet I attended (I think at EMU in 2014?) – getting to see other adults loving to race, be competitive, and be friends outside of the pool.
What is your favorite set? Currently:
- 500 pull
- 5x100s pace
- 400 pull
- 4x100s pace -1 sec per 100
- 300 pull
- 3x100s pace -2 sec per 100
- 200 pull
- 2x100s hard
- 100 pull / moderate
- 100 all out

What is something you need to improve or constantly working on in the pool? technique! and learning to balance rest and workdays.
What are your big swim goal(s)? Find some fun open water swims I haven’t done before; swim every event in every age group.
Favorite swim Olympian? Fran Crippen was always a big name for me (we’re both from Eastern PA, and he was a legend), even before I really knew how much swimming meant to me.
What do you like to do outside the pool? This time of year, a lot of gardening and reading outside 🙂