We got guys that aspire to be NCAA champions. You got go against those top guys to feel what it is like.

We don't have a ton of second swims to show for, but our guys really worked their tails off. If we can keep getting these types of performances, we could get as high as fourth or maybe even third.

We're confident in our training. We started the new year with the goal of duplicating our top times from November, and then get faster as we go along.

These guys expected it. They went out champions in my book and that's the way I'll always look at it.

To me they are all good guys. I don't look at them as role models because I aspire to be one of them, and I will soon.

I think he'll be fine because he's a champion, ... In these situations champions come to the top and if he can get the ball down to the other end then I think he'll play - he wouldn't let himself or the team down by saying he's right when he's not.