Nick Collins '03--First of all, I want to congratulate Elijah on a great 1000 swim right after Florida training. I wish him the best over the rest of this season and his remaining two years at Wabash.

When I first heard about my record being broken (a text from Ben Hewitt), I immediately began to recall my record breaking swim. We were swam against DPU @ DPU, and the meet occurred after our NCAC conference meet. My main competition was Gary Mineart (Wabash) and Landon Williams (DPU). My lap counter, the one and only Jeremy Fackenthal. I do not remember a lot of the swim itself, I know that I had the classic song, "Radar Love" by Golden Earring in my head. It was and still is a great song to swim distance to because of the consistent beat and how it builds in conjunction with your tempos as the race goes on. Beyond that, I remember the turns and thinking to myself, "I will not lose this race." Nearing the finish, I can recall seeing the excitement of Coach Pebworth and my teammates as I closed out my race. Being the PAK that I am, after the victory I congratulated Landon and told him I looked forward to our 500 race.

Breaking that record set the tone for the rest of the meet. We won the meet 165-135. You can view the results here.

Best of luck to the Little Giants heading into the Conference Championships!