Coach always puts us in the same lane. We train together and we've become better friends. We always hang out. Even though he's a guy, I look up to him because he's a badass swimmer. |
I had a goal this year, to make the NCAA (Championship). I was training for that aspect; that was my motivation. |
It opened my eyes to the real world of swimming. It let me compete against people around the world. With my club team I was just continuously racing against the same people. |
Sometimes there's a fight here and there because a girl beats a guy, a guy will go off on a girl. Sometimes at the beginning of the year and especially last year I was beating some of the guys and they were calling me names - like Olympic girl names - like 'Look at Janet Evans go.' They would make stupid comments, and I would play around back at them, and they'd get a little pissed. |
We usually do a lot better in the Big East competitions. That's where we show who we are. |
When I dive into the pool, I go for it. I'm in there at most, five minutes a whole meet, so I give it all I've got. |