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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- After trying many team sports, Daniel Carr chose swimming.

He said he wanted a sport where you didn't have to hurt someone to get the ball. When he was only 8 years old, he showed his determination when he won a major swim meet while he still had a broken arm.

"It of depends how much you want it." Carr said.

Daniel's parents said that he is miserable if he has to go more than two days without swimming.

"When I say we are done with morning practice and rest up for the season he still wants to keep going, " CMA Head Coach Joe Novak said.

His practice schedule includes three days a week. Daniel puts in two hour practices hitting the cool water before school at 5:30 a.m., and putting in another two hours after school.

This dedication means giving up many fun things he could be doing with friends.

"Not go to movies... not go to football games. Staying focused on swimming!" Carr said.

His perseverance paid off this season as Carr shattered six meet records and four state marks.

"It still hasn't hit me yet!" Carr said.

He has already set the bar with a new record at the pool at Cheyenne Mountain High School with a time in the 100 meter breast stroke of 57.8 seconds.

"Daniel went faster than the pool record here!" Novak said. "Faster than anyone has swam in this pool.

Faster than the team record here at the high school. He did that as an eighth grader. We just don’t see that from boys."

Daniel's family hopes that the Olympics will be in his future. He hopes to qualify for the Olympics in Rio in three years.

"Every swimmer wants to go to the Olympics," Carr said. "That is definitely one of my goals."

When he's not swimming he continues to be a leader at Cheyenne Mountain Junior High by volunteering in a peer council program which mentors new students.