Whats better-being the Swimmer of the Meet or runner-up Mr. Kenyon last year?
[Laughs for 20 minutes] I would say Mr. Kenyon competition was much more-I had help there, but here at nationals there’s much more of a team dynamic. A lot of how good I did was due to other people doing well as well. Like Kegan [Borland] won the consolation finals, and that got me really pumped up for my race. In a way we all fed off each other-every good performance led to another. Another exciting thing about nationals was that the top three scorers came from Kenyon. I was first, then Joey Gosselar got second and Josh Mitchell got third. What’s it like walking into Nationals-held this year in Texas-as a Kenyon swimmer? [Quoting ‘Mean Girls’] “It’s kind of like being plastic.” [Laughs] No, but in a way, it is. Everyone just looks at you and knows about you. We wear special warm-ups that we break out for nationals and there’s so much history and tradition. I was coming back already a national champion and my freshman year I didn’t know what to expect. This year we weren’t expected to