Student Snapshot: Zoey Fedele

Stellar Swimmer

By Isabel Gnagy

Zoey Fedele is pictured here with her coach
Mr. Artz at the Spire Institute on January 7th, 2017
Photo cr. William Mayer

2017 is a new year for some people and for some it's just another day. But for Zoey Fedele it’s a new year to train and reach newer heights in her swimming career. Even being the only freshman on the Madison High School swim team and this being her first year of being a high school student, she has already broken four records as announced in the morning announcements on January 11th. Zoey broke the school record in the 100 fly with her new time of 1:00.18. The swimmer says that “My main goal is to get a 58.00 in the 100 fly.” She also has broken the records for the 200 Free, 500 Free and 200 IM. Even though she has already broken the school record once she aims to break that record and her own record again.
Zoey says her best, most memorable moment in swim this year is breaking her PR at Perry on December 16th, 2016. She says that it took her six months to break it. Zoey pushes herself to be her best in swimming. She says that she tries extremely hard to keep a balanced diet and she swims 10 hours every week to keep herself in shape. She will continue to train and push herself. Zoey has a goal to go try out for the 2020 Olympics.
Zoey is just like most high school students, she wants to do her best in school while she’s here. Her goal for school is to maintain her straight A’s. As a freshman she says her favorite class is health class with Mrs.Craigo. Zoey likes Health because she can learn about her body and ways to maintain a healthy state, both mentally and physically.
Just like Mrs.Craigo, Zoey has a liking toward the rapper Eminem. Her favorite movie is 8 Mile. This movie captures the story of Eminem and his journey to launching his rap career. The movie got its name from the 8 Mile road, the Michigan Highway, that separated the lower class and the middle class of Detroit, Michigan. Zoey finds inspiration from Eminem and she aspires to grow and challenge herself as a swimmer as Eminem did as a rapper. Zoey hopes that she can leave her mark not only on Madison High School’s sports departments but hopefully in the world of swim. Zoey is a hard worker and a stellar swimmer who will continue to do well in swim,
and she will definitely continue to break records.