The one quality I will always remember about Eric was his fierce competitiveness ... he was not afraid to race anyone, at any stroke, at any distance. I encourage all of our competitors to go out and race with this quality in mind.

I think overall, we did pretty well. This was a rather young team and they overcame quite a few obstacles during the season. It is always good to finish up with a finals swim at states.

That's what you want to do. You want to start peaking this time of year. He certainly is.