My turn was good, but the timing wasn't right, and that kind of took me off. I was a bit surprised (by Jack's time). But definitely, it'll give me something to shoot for tomorrow. I'm feeling pretty good right now.

I've focused on it a lot this year because I started to fall behind on it. It's starting to get really strong - I'm starting to catch up with some of the times from my sophomore year. It was somewhat of a surprise how much my improvement came up so quickly.

I've always liked the 50 - I never had much endurance. I was kind of a 200 free person for a while when I was 12 or 13. I did the 200 free, 200 back, 200 fly. But as I got older, I fell away from it and started doing the shorter stuff.

I was kind of surprised (to be top-seeded in both). But it's my senior year, and there's nothing to hold me back this year. Just go all-out, all the way.

The human element allows for the right kind of discussion to get a true consensus. It's powerful, it's poignant and it's human, and for us it works.

The biggest thing that seems to be out right now is the refinery capacity down there (the Gulf Coast), and they are also having problems getting oil from the Gulf Coast to some of the Midwest refineries.