When I started on the club team, I was the slowest person out there and never imagined that I could ever be good. I was able to stick it through and push myself and that's how I got where I am now.

I felt that I had a good, smart race for sectionals. I felt that I didn't over swim it and I felt confident that I could make it (to state) again. Yeah, it feels great going down again.

This time it feels like I belong there and I'm supposed to be there.

I need to push through some mental issues, some things that are holding me back from going fast. Being top five at state would be a great accomplishment, because there hasn't been a swimmer at North to do that in a long time.