After the Saturday evening session at the SEC championships, Swimming World caught up with individual event champions Jing Quah, Anna Belousova and Javier Acevedo. Check out full video interviews below.
Quah, a freshman at Texas A&M, re-lived her 200 fly final, when she took the race out hard and held on for an upset win. The Singapore also discussed how she has adjusted to live in the U.S. at A&M, especially considering she came to school while just 16 years old, and how watching her brother Zheng Quah make the transition to NCAA swimming (at Cal) made her’s easier.
Quah’s teammate Belousova discussed her win over fellow Aggie Jorie Caneta in the 100 breast. Belousova explained that the duo did not care who finished ahead of who, so long as they swept the top two spots on the podium. In her first year in College Station, Belousova explained her own transition and what it’s like having so much support at a home SEC champs.
Acevedo, a sophomore for Georgia, discussed his come-from-behind victory in the 100 back, where he out-split runner-up Luke Kaliszak by more than a second on the last 50. Acevedo explained what he was thinking as he pulled off the win and what he has taken away from being teammates with the likes of Chase Kalisz and Gunnar Bentz at Georgia.
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