Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.
Wilhelm Wubbena
NAME: Wilhelm Wubbena
PARENTS: Kerstin and Wilhelm Wubbena
SIBLINGS: Wilho Wubeena, 16
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Swim
FAVORITE SPARE TIME ACTIVITY: Hang out with friends; traveling.
FAVORITE FOOD: Pasta, pizza
FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: Imagine Dragons
FAVORITE MOVIE: Hunger Games
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Walking Dead
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY WHEN YOU WERE A KID? Nintendo
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? Finish high school in Germany.
OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO’S HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? HOW? My brother; we are like twins.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT SWIMMING? Swim meets
EVENT(S): Freestyle, relays
WHAT’S YOUR APPROACH TO YOUR EVENTS? Streatch, fix my goggles and cap.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? It’s my first year of swim and I like it.
WHAT’S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR (team)? Great friends.
WHAT’S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR (personal)? To shave my times.
WHAT’S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL THE REST OF THE SEASON? Focus.
TALK ABOUT YOUR SWIMMING NOW; WHAT ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT IN YOUR ABILITY TO DO? Freestyle; I like to be in relays.
WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST TO IMPROVE ON IN PRACTICE? My freestyle, flip turns, starts, butterfly.
WHEN YOU’RE THROUGH SWIMMING FOR BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’LL LOOK BACK AND REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE? I really liked my first year in a swim team and I will be sad to leave Bryant High School to go back to my home country, Germany. I signed up for a swim team in Germany for the next year.
