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By Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/p>\n

Fifty-six of the 1885 swimmers that qualified for Olympic Trials will compose the 2016 USA Olympic swim team. Thomas Stephens<\/strong>, a seven-time NCAA All-American, entered in the 100 and 200 meter freestyles, will not be among them. And that\u2019s okay\u00a0with him.<\/p>\n

A top-ten 200 free recruit coming out of The Collegiate School in Richmond, Va., Stephens graduated from Stanford in 2015 with a degree in Management Science and Engineering. Since then he has been pursuing a Masters degree in Palo Alto with swim training consisting of lifting and club water polo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was going to scratch the 200,\u201d he said, \u201cbut David<\/strong> [Nolan<\/strong>] told me I couldn\u2019t. I am going to do the best I can and see if I can go a 1:54 or 1:55. I think I can go 51 in the 100. Stephens\u2019 best times are 1:50.19 (which had him seeded 41st out of 115 swimmers) and 50.35 (51st out of 98). While his training may appear minimal, he did swim in a high school alumni heat last December and posted a 45 in the 100-yard free. But this week, his mother is just hoping that officials don\u2019t disqualify him for delay of meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m doing this just for the competition. After that it is just spectating and watching Drew<\/strong> [Cosgarea<\/strong>], David, Lia<\/strong> [Neal<\/strong>] and Maya<\/strong> [DiRado<\/strong>]. I\u2019ll be watching Townley<\/strong> [Haas<\/strong>]. I\u2019m excited to see these people on the biggest stage,\u201d Stephens said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is more for teammates than just Thomas Stephens. The swimming is more a convenience, a free ticket. It is not some personal vendetta to prove myself; it\u2019s just for fun. It will be interesting to just truly swim for fun for the first time in a long time with nothing attached.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to get after it in the 100. If I eat it, it is just fine. I have no expectations and nothing to lose except maybe a little dignity. I\u2019m here to see the people I care about more than trying to make the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n

A former captain of an NCSA All-Star team that went to Ireland and a Youth Olympic team member that traveled to Singapore, this meet is not\u00a0what he considers\u00a0the capstone of his swimming career. \u201cThat would be those relays at NCAA\u2019s\u201d\u2014a quintessential experience that often binds teammates forever.<\/p>\n

The 200 free race revisited. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning in his 200 heat, Stephens clocked a 1:53.37.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt good for the first 75. I hadn\u2019t used my legs yet so I put those in gear and just tried to keep up with who was next to me (Brett Pinfold, University of Wisconsin). Beating 1:54 was a \u201ctriumph,\u201d Stephens said.<\/p>\n

Prior to his heat, he had asked DiRado what her best 200 time was. She responded 1:57.7, \u201cso I decided I had to put a hard cap on that. But a 600 in the warmup pool had me out of breath, so I decided to do the best I could.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe week has been satisfying and all about relationships. Seeing all the people you\u2019ve raced, sweated and pushed yourself to the limit with is really great.\u201d The college experience for him has been everything \u201cand more\u201d he said. \u201cRelationships are for life. I\u2019ll see these people in five, ten years and we\u2019ll pick up right where we left off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any regrets?\u00a0 \u201cYes. I wish I\u2019d done 2K for the last two weeks. I\u2019d have hurt a little less and felt a little less nauseous, but other than that\u2014no regrets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked in a word to sum up the swim, Stephens paused, labored hard for seven seconds and uttered, \u201csatisfying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aa it should have been.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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