My freshman and sophomore years when we came in and just dominated the meet, we dyed our hair black. Last year we won the meet, but didn't do it in quite the big fashion, and we were blonde. We figured we'd go back to black and go back to the good old days.

I didn't grasp the magnitude of it all until I got (there).

I don't know what cancer did to me but I put on probably 10 pounds of muscle and got a lot stronger in the weight room and during our dry-land stuff.

If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it's definitely take care of your shoulders.

There is no other way that this senior class wanted to go out. It really hasn't hit me yet. When we won our first title three years ago, it was exciting and we never knew it was going to turn into this. Words can't really describe how I or my teammates feel right now.

Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.