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By David Rieder<\/em><\/p>\n

Two weeks before high school graduation, most 18-year-olds are plenty occupied with their last assignments and celebrating with their closest friends.<\/p>\n

But Maxime Rooney\u2019s<\/strong> experience was different. He swam the 200 freestyle at the Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Santa Clara against two-time Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to say race with<\/em> him because it wasn\u2019t really a race\u2014he was in a heat with him!\u201d said Steve Morsilli<\/strong>, Rooney\u2019s coach with the Pleasanton Seahawks.<\/p>\n

The Chinese distance ace won that race in the fastest time in the world this year (1:44.82), and Rooney touched four seconds later with a fifth-place time of 1:48.85.<\/p>\n

But that gap was of no immediate concern to Rooney. He was pleased just to finish up some pressing school projects with his graduation coming up on Friday, June 17, and to see proof of his improvement in the pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my season best, very pleased. We\u2019re looking for constant progression throughout the season as we\u2019re maintaining a workload,\u201d Rooney said. \u201cI was 1:49.5 in finals last year in Santa Clara. I think it\u2019s showing great how our timing is popping right for Olympic Trials.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s nothing new for Rooney to fixate on consistent improvements. Morsilli explained how even during his career as a young age-grouper he attacked every time goal or record that his coaches presented him with.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had him in the program since he was eight, so he kind of grew up chasing those things,\u201d Morsilli said. \u201cNot necessarily because of pressure, but because he was able to, and those excited him. I don\u2019t know what makes him that good\u2014he just is that good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond just chasing goal times, Rooney is constantly seeking even the smallest gains in technique and race strategy, poring over videos of his races and asking his coaches to watch him in practice as he works on strokes details such as head and neck position.<\/p>\n

Rooney\u2019s nonstop attention to detail demands significant communication with his coach, and early on, it rubbed Morsilli the wrong way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t real happy with how much he wanted to talk to me,\u201d Morsilli said. \u201cOnce I finally said something to him after practice, things got great. He\u2019s just one of those guys that needs to talk and be verbal about what\u2019s going on and asking questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was years of focused swimming in practice and in races that propelled Rooney from 48th in the 200 free in 2014 to his first National title last summer in San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Initially, that day was no different for Rooney than any other at previous championship meets. In prelims, he lowered his personal best from 1:49.19 to 1:48.68 to pick up the fourth seed for the final.<\/p>\n

But when Rooney arrived in the ready room for the final, he felt present in a way he had not sensed before.<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided, \u2018Let\u2019s just go for it,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cI was really focused on one goal, sticking to my race strategy and executing the race the best way I know how to. That was my only focus. And I think that\u2019s what probably made the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rooney went out fast and led wire-to-wire, holding off Zane Grothe<\/strong> by just one one-hundredth of a second. His time of 1:47.10 dropped more than a second and a half from the lifetime best he had swum hours earlier.<\/p>\n

But Rooney did not let himself get too excited about his breakout swim\u2014he had to refocus on the 100 fly the very next day. It was not until after that meet and a trip to Singapore for the Junior World Championships that he had a chance to sit down with Morsilli to reflect and to reset his goals for the Olympic year.<\/p>\n

After such a successful 2015, neither Rooney nor Morsilli wanted to change too much about his training.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really more along the lines of fine-tuning all the details, increasing bodyweight strength and ultimately just working the hardest that I\u2019ve ever worked,\u201d Rooney said.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Donna Nelson<\/p><\/div>\n

Rooney knows that more will be at stake at the U.S. Olympic Trials than at any other meet of his swimming career to-date. Just like his training will stay mostly the same, so too will his approach on race day.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery swim is going to be high pressure just because of the environment that we\u2019re in,\u201d he said. \u201cI just want to focus on the plan, the goals that I set with my coach. Focus on what I can do and not focus on what other people are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Surely, though, something must change about Rooney\u2019s mindset from any typical age group or high school meet when he gets the spectacle of a meet that is Olympic Trials, with 15,000 pairs of eyeballs on him?<\/p>\n

Rooney listened patiently as I went through the long-winded question. \u201cYeah, absolutely,\u201d he said, indicating that he understood what I was asking.<\/p>\n

Then he proceeded to totally dismiss the notion.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing\u2019s different. It\u2019s still a pool. It\u2019s still a meet,\u201d Rooney said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing that different is the names on the sheets. Obviously I\u2019m going to be racing guys a lot older than high school kids, but ultimately, they\u2019re all still competitors, and I need to remember that it\u2019s still a pool, it\u2019s still water, there\u2019s still blocks, it\u2019s still four laps or two laps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rooney rattled off a list of the big names he had gone up against for the first time in the past year, including James Guy<\/strong> and Velimir Stjepanovi\u0107<\/strong> at the World Cup in Doha, Conor Dwyer<\/strong> and Matias Koski<\/strong> for at Winter Nationals and Sun and James Magnussen<\/strong> in Santa Clara.<\/p>\n

Rooney has a strong chance to become the first teenager to make the U.S. men\u2019s Olympic team since 2008 and the first younger than 19 to make the team since 2000, but that\u2019s not something he concerns himself with.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, when we get to this kind of level, age doesn\u2019t matter\u2014it\u2019s about competing,\u201d Rooney said. \u201cI\u2019m not looking to break a streak. I\u2019m just looking to be the best I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the start of 2015, only Ryan Lochte<\/strong> and Dwyer\u2014both Olympic gold medalists\u2014have swum faster than Rooney has in the 200 free. Rooney and Morsilli both know that his recent track record of improvement should put him in the mix for a top-six finish in the 200 free and perhaps even the 100 free in Omaha\u2014but it won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, he put himself in the mix,\u201d Morsilli said. \u201cHe kind of came out of the woodwork. That\u2019s easy\u2014nobody sees you fail when you\u2019re coming out of the woodwork. He\u2019s got a target on his back. He knows people are looking at him, some of the big guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rooney does have some experience representing the U.S. internationally from his time last August in Singapore. At Junior Worlds, he won gold in the 200 free and silver in the 100 free, and he added medals on all three American relays.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still look at the pictures a lot just because of how fun it was and the memories we made. I still get shivers sometimes,\u201d Rooney said.<\/p>\n

He fondly recalls three moments from the meet: finishing first in the 200 free with fellow California-native Grant Shoults<\/strong> taking second, teaming up with Shoults, Grant House<\/strong> and Sean Grieshop<\/strong> to win gold in the 800 free relay and set a new Junior World record, and the moment when Team USA was honored as the top team of the meet.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI remember James Jones<\/strong> leading \u2018I Believe that We Just Won,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing that I get to be a part of that\u2014I get to be a part of one of the greatest swimming nations in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rooney hopes for an opportunity to be able to do so again in August\u2014this time having jumped from the junior level to the senior national team. But even if he doesn\u2019t reach his goals at Trials, he won\u2019t let that meet define his senior year as unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long, great year,\u201d Rooney said. \u201cI think I\u2019m going to view it as an opportunity to grow and an opportunity to make myself better in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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