Kaylina Bansal competes for McCaskey swim team as a student at Lancaster Country Day School under a cooperative between the two schools.
Kaylina specializes in a long-distance race, 500-yard freestyle, though she is flexible for other races, especially relays, should her coach ask of her.
Since elementary school, Kaylina has swum for the 5 Star Swim Club Team at Lititz Rec Center. And in the summers, she swims for Skyline Pool’s swim team.
According to Kaylina, McCaskey’s team is growing with the spirit of “togetherness and teamwork.” The swim team trains particularly for success in the relays with hopes of placing in the league meet.
Outside the swimming pool and back at Country Day, Kaylina’s special interest involves dancing. She captains the Country Day Dance Team and trains at Encore Dance Studio in Lancaster.
At school, Kaylina says she loves math and science courses, and she takes 6 AP courses during her daily schedule. She hopes this rigid academic schedule will lead to her career goal of becoming a pediatric oncologist. She says this career interest has stemmed from her life experience with her friends’ siblings who have battled pediatric cancer.
