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Building the Foundation: What Grant Fleming Taught Me About Doing Things Right

Grant Fleming and I have been in the same league for years but never really crossed paths until his friends started hyping him up enough that I had to get him on the show. UVA commit, senior year just kicked off, and he had a lot to say about swimming, school, and everything in between. This episode ended up being one of my favorites because Grant doesn't just give surface-level answers. He actually thinks about why things work. Technique first, speed second Grant told me abo

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Building the Foundation: What Grant Fleming Taught Me About Doing Things Right

Grant Fleming and I have been in the same league for years but never really crossed paths until his friends started hyping him up enough that I had to get him on the show. UVA commit, senior year just kicked off, and he had a lot to say about swimming, school, and everything in between. This episode ended up being one of my favorites because Grant doesn't just give surface-level answers. He actually thinks about why things work. Technique first, speed second Grant told me abo

Staying Locked In: What Christian Shenk Taught Me About Discipline, Sleep, and Choosing the Long Game

I've known Christian Shenk since we were thirteen, racing against each other at the Tri-State Cup back when our biggest worry was making the next cut. Since then he's grown into an Army West Point commit, and this fall marks his last "normal" summer before he trades civilian life for a very different kind of commitment. I knew going into this conversation that Christian would have good stories. What I didn't expect was how much of what he said would stick with me days later.