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Morning Splash<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

In his own mind, Ryan Held<\/strong> was a presumptuous member of the 2017 U.S. World Championships team. He had the five Olympic rings tattooed on his shoulder. He had followed Michael Phelps<\/strong>\u00a0into the water on an Olympic gold medal-winning relay, then cried on the shoulder of the 23-time Olympic gold medalist as he received the first gold of his own. Afterwards, he had received a hero\u2019s welcome home to Springfield, Ill.<\/p>\n

After all that, why would he not cruise onto the World Championship team in the 100 free? It only required a top-six finish in the event at Nationals. He would make it easily, Held believed.<\/p>\n

Only 12 months earlier, Held had believed in himself, and so had his NC State coaches, but that was about it. He was pretty much an unknown 21-year-old at that point, the second-best sprinter on a good NCAA team. Until he finished second in the 100 free prelims, second in semi-finals and then third in the final to make the Olympic team.<\/p>\n

Well, just hours into the 2017 meet, Held was humbled. The scoreboard said so, and so did his face. Four events into the meet, Held knew deep down that he wasn\u2019t going to Budapest. He had finished seventh in the 100 free in 48.53, four hundredths behind Olympic teammate Blake Pieroni<\/strong> and the sixth-place spot he needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I probably handled it pretty poorly,\u201d Held said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Holy cow. This isn\u2019t me. This isn\u2019t right. I\u2019m supposed to be on this World Championships team. I\u2019m Ryan Held. I\u2019m an Olympian.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jaded by the results of his 100 free, nothing else that happened that week in Indianapolis changed that\u2014not his sixth-place finish in the 50 fly, not his eighth-place finish in the 50 free, and certainly not what happened in the men\u2019s 50 back, when in a field featuring the two Olympic gold medalists, Justin<\/strong> Ress<\/strong> touched the wall first.<\/p>\n

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Justin Ress — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

When Ress finished his freshman year at NC State in 2016, he was a mid-distance swimmer who made the semi-finals in the 100 and 200 back at Olympic Trials. As a sophomore, he made inroads into the sprinting field, even filling in for Held on the 400 medley relay at the ACC and SEC championships.<\/p>\n

Now, Ress was going to Budapest, and Held was not\u2014and Held admits that he could have handled the situation with a bit more maturity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a little bitter that I got shut out from the team and he made it, and I was like, \u2018Man, it should have been me\u2014I should be on that team,\u2019\u201d Held said. \u201cBut those feelings were short-lived. Afterwards, I was so happy for him. Like, \u2018I\u2019m so happy you\u2019re on the team. It\u2019s a great learning experience. Go out, and kick some European butt.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Ress is a sprinter, a threat in both the 50 and 100 back at U.S. Nationals and even in the 100 free. While Held was finishing second in the 100 free at the NCAA championships, Ress took third. Heading into this week\u2019s Nationals in Irvine, Calif., Held has the eighth-fastest time in the U.S. this year at 49.35, and just ahead of him is Ress at No. 6 (49.14).<\/p>\n

With just four spots up for grabs in that event for this summer\u2019s Pan Pacific Championships\u2014as opposed to the usual six for an Olympics or World Championships\u2014it could easily come down to either Ress or Held for one of the spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it\u2019s a little hard because he outshines me in my own events,\u201d Held said. \u201cHe whoops me at all the in-season meets and beats me all the time. He goes stupidly fast in practice. Sometimes it\u2019s hard because I want to be there, I want to have that speed in-season, do what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the relationship like between the two? Just like you\u2019d expect: They\u2019re roommates.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re good friends\u2014we hang out, we go eat together, we play video games together all the time. He lives right above me, so we just hang out in the living room, watch movies,\u201d Held said. \u201cWhen we\u2019re at practice, we\u2019re competitors, and at meets, we\u2019re competitors, but when we\u2019re at home, it\u2019s just two college kids hanging out, just being lazy together.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Worth noting, though, that the college chapter of Held\u2019s life\u2014or at least his swimming career\u2014is behind him. Having finished up his NCAA career with the Wolfpack this year, the only carrots left for him to chase in his career are international teams and medals and, ultimately, another Olympics.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

He leaves the NC State program as a gamechanger, the one who proved that Braden Holloway\u2019s<\/strong> program could place swimmers on the U.S. Olympic team and win gold medals. Still, Held downplayed the legacy he leaves behind, since \u201call of my records are probably going to be broken in four years or so.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Rio, Held carries some of the best memories of his life. He remembers watching closely how Phelps carried himself in the ready room and after his races, both victories and his one defeat. What he saw was a man with his chest held high and an unbreakable spirit.<\/p>\n

Maybe Ryan Held was cocky as he tried to qualify for his first World Championship team in 2017, but not anymore. After the year away, Held said he\u2019s hungry to regain his spot on the No. 1 American international roster. Maybe there\u2019s a little chip on his shoulder, and maybe we\u2019ll see that this week in Irvine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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