Student Research Symposium Program Portal: Submission #52

Abstract The study that I went through the process of investigating dove into how an athletes nutritional diet can impact their performance. Throughout my study I chose to utilize a case study research method in order to carry out the investigation and to reach my conclusion. My study uses a sample pool of four swimmers who practice year around. This sample pool includes two females and two males as well as an appropriate representation of types of swimmers throughout my study. The rest of my abstract I intend to carry out in the near future and well update in early March. Through my results I concluded that both types of male swimmers benefit in their times from consuming a high amount of carbohydrates before their race. On teh other hand I found mixed results with the female results. The sprint swimmer significantly improved their times when they ate a lot of carbohydrates. Whereas, the distance female swimmer did better when eating less food.