I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.

I'm so sick of the water.

This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.

When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get there.

I grew up around the pool with my sisters. Both of my sisters swam. I was always there. So I thought, why not? My mom put us in the water for water safety, so we were comfortable in the water in case anything ever happened. I learned that way, and started liking it more and more.

We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now.

I got the stamina. I can close.