{"id":124425,"date":"2020-12-17T14:51:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T20:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=124425"},"modified":"2020-12-17T14:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T20:51:32","slug":"womens-college-hockey-endicotts-jenna-seibold-and-bus-sammy-davis-are-freezing-for-a-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2020\/12\/17\/womens-college-hockey-endicotts-jenna-seibold-and-bus-sammy-davis-are-freezing-for-a-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s College Hockey: Endicott’s Jenna Seibold and BU’s Sammy Davis are freezing for a reason"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jenna Seibold estimates it\u2019s a two minute walk from her dorm at Endicott College in Beverly, MA to the Atlantic Ocean. The freshman two-sport athlete (field hockey and ice hockey) isn\u2019t sure what made her do it the first time, but early in her first semester, she decided to take a dip. She loved the adrenaline rush and the feeling of calm the plunges gave her, so she set herself a challenge to do it every day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ocean swim feels like a reset, said Seibold. It feels like physical therapy on sore muscles after a tough training day. She finds it clears her mind and it feels like her day doesn\u2019t actually start until she\u2019s taken her dip, even if it doesn\u2019t happen until the afternoon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Seibold started the swims for herself, but found motivation in so many people doubting that she\u2019d keep it up. Friends and family have been fascinated and supportive, but most people who hear about what she\u2019s doing for the first time are skeptical. Truly a competitive life-long athlete, Seibold finds fulfillment in proving those who doubt her wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe doubt from other people that I won’t keep going is a big part just because that’s always in the back of my mind, (especially) it\u2019s cold out and I don’t know if I’m going to go in today. Just the doubt from other people really helps,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It also really helped her to learn that she was not alone in finding this practice rewarding. Seibold\u00a0 found validation and kinship in watching extreme athlete Wim Hof\u2019s documentary<\/a> about the benefits of exposure to the cold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are similarities between the feeling of peace and calm that comes from submerging in cold water and the rush of cold and rightness that comes with that first step onto the ice, but Seibold said she hadn\u2019t consciously made that connection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI honestly didn\u2019t even think of that. We haven’t been able to play a game or anything for a while. When you’re playing hockey, the sense of calmness it gives you and also that adrenaline rush when you’re out on the ice and you’re so happy. (The hockey rink is) a place for me that I enjoy to go to. It’s my relief for the day (and I\u2019ve missed it). I feel (the ocean swim) is something right now that I look forward to every day. It’s like my substituting what I would have been doing when I play hockey,\u2019 Seibold said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEverything else just doesn’t feel like it’s going on when you’re when you’re in there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Day 15\u2705 @TRFoundation<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/43jbXXH7FD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 sammy davis (@sammydavis_16) December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n