“My most memorable race was when I broke 30 seconds and went a 29-second race in the 50 free.”

“I think that I definitely fell behind a little bit at the beginning of the season because I didn’t train as much as I should have in the off-season, but I do think that I have mostly caught up to where I was at the end of the last season.”

“I think new swimmers need to mentally prepare to practice 16.5 hours a week, have really long days, sacrifice most of their Saturdays, stay up late doing homework, get up for early morning practice, and they need to be able to push themselves to the limit to get themselves through practice and their homework before they can go to bed at night.”