Personally, as the leader, I think that if you can get your team one good swim, more [good] swims are going to follow. It's not to say that we couldn't have turned it around, but I think I got the ball moving in the wrong direction.

Fran Crippen

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It's kind of weird. I'm excited in one sense, but in another, it's kind of sad, because it's my last home dual meet. This week I've just been thinking a lot about the past meets we've had and all the good times I've had.

— Fran Crippen

There's just no better feeling. Being the senior captain on a team that's won eight straight [ACC] titles -- it just doesn't get any better than this.

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I think I could be top-eight in all my events, which would be fantastic. I'm on a relay that can be top-eight. I think we can contend.

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I'm just not trying to think about it as my last meet as a Virginia swimmer. After it's all over, I'll think of that. All the hard work we've done, I'm just going to go and have fun and swim fast.

— Fran Crippen

We think we're a top-10 team so we're shooting to be in and around there, and we think there [are] some teams ahead of us that we can surprise.

— Fran Crippen