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Destin Lasco Shares What Made his Freshman Season So Successful

Lasco reveals he focused a lot on academics, especially his second semester, saying that if his grades were taken care of, then the rest takes care of itself

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Jordan Wilimovsky on Olympic Trials Prep: “We’re gettin there”

Remaining the 3rd-fastest American in this event this season was KSwim’s Jordan Wilimovsky, registering a time of 15:10.44.

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Reece Whitley Reflects on NCAA Season

Reece doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that he’s not stoked on how NCAAs went, but he is grateful that he and the bears had the opportunity to race in Greensboro

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Bruno Fratus on Trying to Taper After Finding Out OLY Qualifier 2 Weeks Prior

Fratus explained in the post-race interview that the Brazilian Federation only recently made the decision to use Mission Viejo as his selection meet

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Nic Fink on Learning How to be Unafraid to Lose

Nic Fink and Andrew Wilson went 1-2 for Athens Bulldogs Swim Club in the 100 breast, with Fink again dropping under a minute as he did in prelims.

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Abbie Wood on Making the Transition from Junior-teamer to Senior Star

We talked through the transition from being a fast swimmer as an 18-under to trying to compete on a national and international stage at the senior level

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Kasia Wasick on Pro Swim: “My goal was to swim FINA A cut without resting”

ISL Sprint Star Kasia Wasick acheived her goal in Mission Viejo, coming into the meet with no rest and getting under the FINA “A” cut with a 24.73

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Michael Andrew’s Thoughts on 1:57 200 IM in Mission Viejo: “Ehhh”

Andrew pulled out his second 2021 PSS win in the 200 IM with a season best of 1:57.98. He now moves up to No. 8 in the world

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Madisyn Cox Talks UGA Training Trip, 8×250 IM/8×100 Free with Melanie Margalis

Out-splitting Kathleen Baker on the breaststroke 37.40 to 39.13, Madisyn Cox built an indestructible lead to win the event with a season-best of 2:10.00

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Hugo Gonzalez on Training at Cal: “They just go hard every day”

Mission Viejo’s 200 Back final felt like Pac-12s, as the Cal bears went 1-2-3-4-6-8, with Gonzalez placing 2nd at 1:57.51

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Beryl Gastaldello Breaks Down Irvine Training Camp with Dave Salo

After competing at the pro swim in Mission Viejo this weekend, Beryl Gastaldello talked with us abut the training she had done prior to the meet with Salo

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Ryan Murphy: “I honestly wish every meet was morning finals”

Ryan Murphy blasted off the start from lane 3, flipping in 25.6 to lead the field by half a body length over and ultimately stopping the clock in 53.11

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Michael Andrew Explains Building Base for 200s Long Course in Hawaii

Michael Andrew came into this meet seeded at 2:13.00 in the 200 breast, and went PR’s in both prelims and finals, ending the morning with a 2:11.3

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Lilly King on 200 Breast: “2:22’s kind of becoming the new norm”

Annie Lazor began to close the gap over the second half of the race, but King held on and got the win, 2:22.38 to 2:22.73

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