College Recruit Rankings Profile: Four-Star Tyler Sell, Class of 2010

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 20. TYLER Sell, already a four-star prospect in the Class of 2010, is our next subject in the Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series. Sell, who comes from Pembroke Pines, Fla., swims for the City of Pembroke Pines Comets and coach Christopher Anderson.

Sell, who has his own profile in the Swimming World College Recruit Rankings powered by Take Your Marks, already has an Olympic Trials cut in the 1500 free (15:46.40).

Additionally, Sell owns an NCAA Division I B cut in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:26.30.

Where and when did you start swimming?
I moved down to Florida from Pennsylvania when I was eight years old. For a while, I lived in Fort Lauderdale and took swimming lessons at the Hall of Fame, but after we found a home in Pembroke Pines, I joined the Comets after a few seasons of baseball.

Who would you name as the most influential person and coach in your swimming career?
Hands down, the most influential person in my life is my dad, for supporting me through all I have achieved or plan on, and for guiding me through life with an unwavering air of optimism. Out of my family, however, my coach Chris Anderson is, without a doubt, the most caring and driven individual I have met in terms of helping me achieve my full potential in the sport of swimming. I am indebted to him for all he has taught me and how much he cares for me and the swimmers of the Comets Swim Team.

What, to this point, is your best moment in the sport and why?
In Ohio, I set a best time and my first Olympic Trials Cut in the mile. That, I suppose, would be the most memorable moment in my swimming career, because I don't believe I have ever felt as if I had taken a larger step in my life than achieving my ultimate goal up to that point. I was more determined in that race than any other swim I have competed in, and the whole experience was one of intense emotion and a sense of extreme accomplishment, one I knew would only fuel my drive to succeed even further, which it has.

Walk us through a day of practice:
In the summer, I wake up at 5:30 for morning practice. Obviously, as any swimmer would know, it is not a very fun experience until after you jump in the water and get warmed up, then you hopefully begin to feel good before your coach decides to nail you with a tough main set. Distance swimmers on the Comets, as on many other successful swimming programs, treat distance swimmers as a different breed. So, after practice has ended, me and the rest of the distance kids are given an extra three-thousand, on average, to complete. And, yes, the toughest, most dedicated swimmers are found with relentless efficiency through those hot summer days, through those excruciating, three-hour long practices.

What is your favorite set?
My favorite set, I suppose, would be something in the midst of a distance set with a fast, climactic ending. Probably something such as six four-hundreds on five thirty, descending, the last being all out, 100 percent sprint.

What is your least favorite set?
Anything with breaststroke, or a long set working on IM. I know those are two areas I need to work on, but I'd rather do twenty one-hundreds freestyle than ten stroke any day.

What are your short-term goals?
My short-term goals are to make the Junior National team and to win Junior Nationals. Those, I believe, are reasonable this early on.

What are your long-term goals?
Long term goals include making the Olympic team and break a few world records along the way.

What colleges are you interested in so far?
So far, the answer is pending, but any Division I college that has a great distance program, and fits my academic interests is the right one for me.

Is there anything else interesting that you'd like our readers to know about you?
In my spare time I enjoy writing, watching movies and reading, when I'm not in the water. Recently, I have had a poem published in a collection entitled Collected Whispers, and I plan on having more stories and poems published in the near future.

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