Hannah Aspden<\/strong> from the YMCA of the Triangle Area spoke with Swimming World<\/em> after her events on the final night of the 2016 Paralympic Team Trials.<\/p>\n

A member of the 2015 IPC World Championships silver medal winning 400 freestyle relay, Aspden has her sights set on making that relay again this summer.<\/p>\n

Swimming next to the new S9 American record holder Michelle Konkoly<\/strong>, Aspden posted a 1:06.83 in tonight\u2019s 100 freestyle, a nearly half second improvement from her prelims time of 1:07.26.<\/p>\n

The 16 year old swam the fourth best S9 100 backstroke in the world this morning with a 1:13.63. Tonight she was a touch faster in 1:13.08. One of her coaches, Tom Hazlett<\/strong>, hoped this morning\u2019s swim would be enough to put her on the 2016 Paralympic team.<\/p>\n

Aspden spoke about how her swimming has been going after spending the past few months sick and about the tough competition for a relay spot.<\/p>\n

Hazlett offered more insight into Aspden\u2019s recent progress. He also reflected on the experiences of his other two athletes Logan Wilson<\/strong> and Lucas McCrory<\/strong>, who also saw improvements from prelims to finals and used the meet as a learning experience.<\/p>\n