A few weeks ago I received an anonymous text with a picture of a few swimmers with alcohol. When I first received that picture my heart sank and I became upset because these individuals were being stupid and drinking while in-season knowing that there was a big meet in the next few weeks. As a Resident Assistant and the manager of the swim team, I contacted the individuals in the picture and talked with them individually to try and get their side of the story. After talking with the three of them I then told Coach Kalmikova about what I received and mentioned that I talked to those involved. I did not want to go into too much detail through text or really even over the phone, I wanted it in person, but she reasonably she kept asking questions so I told her almost everything that I knew. When I went to talk with her and Steve the following day, they became very angry at the fact that I went to the swimmers first. They said that I should have told them what was going on then ask if I should talk to them, not the other way around. While I understand that another plan of action could have been taken, I will admit that I still fully do not understand what was wrong with my path. I would want someone to talk with me before telling an authority figure so that is what I did. I was the person with this information randomly given to her so I dealt with it the best way that I knew how. There was no hidden agenda or a way to act a Coach, but nonetheless that was how they perceived it. Instead of me doing something right for Coach, I did what I thought was the right thing to do.
