I’m writing to you as I am heading home from the long and exciting week I spent in Mesa. Casey and I made a quick stop to climb a mountain (which seemed like a must-do while we were there) and are flying back home as I am typing this. My last event at the Pro Series meet was the 100 freestyle, an event that I have struggled with the last couple of years. This event used to be my absolute favorite event, but due to the way college championship season works I rarely got the opp

Day 2 in Mesa has proven to be just as exciting as the first day. With these meets that extend for multiple days I have always found it nice to settle in from the initial shock of the atmosphere of such a big meet. After being pleased with how I swam yesterday I was pretty excited to swim my 100 backstroke this morning. This being probably my strongest event I was eager to see what I could go. Even though backstroke has been at the center of my focus these past few months I k

I am writing this blog from Mesa, Arizona where Coach Casey and I are for the fourth stop on the Arena Pro Series meets. For those of you that may not be familiar with the Pro Series it is a series of six meets that travel across the nation and serves as an opportunity for some of the fastest swimmers in the country (and world) to compete against the best. These meets operate in a way that allows the elite of the elite to race one another and maintain a level of high compet

​ It's official! I'm all qualified and registered to head to the Mesa, Arizona Arena Pro Series Meet!!! Welcome to the relaunch of my channel! Follow me on my journey to qualify for Olympic Trials as well as document my thesis research for grad school! Please subscribe to my channel!!! Or don't...I'd prefer that you do but hey, no pressure. Twitter! https://twitter.com/NotSoAverageIV Tumblr! http://webbedpaws.tumblr.com/ Instagram! http://instagram.com/notsoaverage_iv #swimm

​ I swam senior championships and qualified for Arena Pro Series and Winter Nationals! The journey continues! Welcome to the relaunch of my channel! Follow me on my journey to qualify for Olympic Trials as well as document my thesis research for grad school! Please subscribe to my channel!!! Or don't...I'd prefer that you do but hey, no pressure. Twitter! https://twitter.com/NotSoAverageIV Tumblr! http://webbedpaws.tumblr.com/ Instagram! http://instagram.com/notsoaverage_iv

​ Welcome to the relaunch of my channel! Follow me on my journey to qualify for Olympic Trials as well as document my thesis research for grad school!Please subscribe to my channel!!! Or don't...I'd prefer that you do but hey, no pressure. Twitter! https://twitter.com/NotSoAverageIV Tumblr! http://webbedpaws.tumblr.com/ Instagram! http://instagram.com/notsoaverage_iv #text #vlog #blog #youtube #notsoaverage #notsoaverageiv #swimming #swimmer #relaunch #ideas #thesis #art #ar