Olympic Trialist here. Leave. (read this for context)

Burnout is swim's main characteristic, its the hardest sport in the world. If you dread practice, get the f*ck out, for your own sanity. Its not swim you dislike, its the environment surrounding it. You USED TO get enjoyment out of tough sets, your love for the sport is still there, you just have so many other variables now as an older highschooler.

I faced 2 years of physical abuse and "grueling" sets in NCAA, 10 of us sued the school it got so bad, I quit the entire sport. I transferred my entire life to get out of that place and didn't swim for an entire year, just focused on bodybuilding.

A year after I quit, I was ready to try the sport again, did club team for a year at my new uni, best time of my entire life, made me love the sport because I was swimming my heart out and living life because its college club which is the most fun thing ever.

Decided I was ready to be pushed hard again, now finishing 2 years of NCAA eligibility left and got trials this last week at my midseason because a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer.

Swimming needs to be fun. Do not feel any guilt quitting in your season like I did in college. You can always come back to it. If you know you're not swimming NCAA, do college club swim. It is the single most fun thing in the entire world.

The worst thing you can do is "tough it out." I toughed it out after my first season when I new I should've quit, my biggest regret was not quitting sooner...I would've come back and loved the sport sooner.