Wingspan: How long have you been swimming and what got you started?

Urbine: “This is my twelfth season swimming. My parents wanted me to feel safe when I was swimming and so they signed me up for a swim class. I ended up liking it and being good at it, so I just stuck with it. I swim for Select it’s in The Colony and it’s a club team.

Wingspan: How did you know that swimming was the sport for you?

Urbine: “I knew it was the sport for me because it was something I enjoyed and something I wanted to do. My parents didn’t have to force me to do it, I wanted to do it and i wanted to go to practice. So I just kind of suck with it and I still am.

Wingspan: What fuels your passion to swim?

Urbine: “I’m competitive and I like to win, so I am willing to go to practice and I am willing to work hard. When it comes to racing, I just want to beat the person next to me and hopefully get a time drop.”

Wingspan: What motivates you the most to swim?

Urbine: “I’d say probably family, because we’ve always been a competitive family and we just want to be successful and swimming is one thing that I’ve been successful in for sure.”

Wingspan: What has been one of your greatest accomplishments?

Urbine: “Probably going to the state meet last year and setting the school record in the 400 free relay. That was quite the accomplishment.”

Wingspan: What goes through your head before a race?

Urbine: “Just kind of like my game plan and how I’m thinking to race it strategy wise. Also who I’m swimming next to, to see competition and see if I have a chance of beating them or not.”

Wingspan: What do you struggle with the most in your sport?

Urbine: “You have to be dedicated for it, and there are some days where I just don’t want to swim because it’s for highschool and club, so that’s one thing that I guess I struggle with is trying to balance both.”

Wingspan: What disappoints you the most?

Urbine: “Probably going into a race with confidence and expecting to do well after going to practice for a few months and then swimming and adding time. It’s not what you want, but that’s part of the sport and that’s part of swimming.”

Wingspan: What is your favorite part about swimming?

Urbine: “Probably the dedication. You have to be more dedicated for swimming than pretty much any other sport because if you miss one practice it can set you so far behind, but if you go to all of them it can set you so far ahead. You have to be dedicated especially doing it twice a day, more than four hours a day and usually now about 8,000 yards a day. So you have to be dedicated and willing to succeed.”