It won't be a lot different for us. The guys are familiar with this pool and this atmosphere. They will be comfortable and ready to go.

Ultimately, we're looking for strong swims to set us up for sectionals. We did that (in this meet). A lot of guys had great swims on the varsity level.

His lifetime best in the 500 was 5:11, so that was a pretty incredible drop. Then to do it again there in the 50 certainly says something about his ability as a swimmer.

Brian popped off an incredible swim.

For Vietnam to step forward [on security cooperation], they have to step forward in two directions. They don't want to be roped into a US containment policy towards China. They want the US to remain engaged [in Asia], but they don't want to get too close.

We know over the last year, in the build-up, there had been attempts to get him to step down, to attack his leadership. I don't see the fire from these sparks. It seems to have died out.