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

It took less than a minute for Phoebe Bacon<\/strong> to declare herself a force. Her moment came on a sunny Saturday morning in Irvine, Calif., the fourth day of this summer\u2019s U.S. Nationals, when she swam a time of 59.12 to qualify for her first-ever national final as the second-ranked swimmer.<\/p>\n

She was just 16 years old, she was a virtual unknown to many even deeply involved in the sport, and she was the 21st-fastest swimmer in history.<\/p>\n

For the record, Bacon is also a big fan of hiking\u2014even on a rainy day, she insists\u2014and one of her favorite hobbies outside of swimming is rebuilding a jeep with her dad. And no, she doesn\u2019t mind the inevitable questions about her last name that come up almost every time she meets somebody.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll ask them their name, they\u2019ll ask me my name, and I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m Phoebe Bacon.\u2019 They\u2019re like, \u2018Wait, what?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Yes, Bacon,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cAnd then the big one is, \u2018I didn\u2019t want to ask you this, but I really want to know: Do you like bacon?\u2019 And I always respond with, \u2018Yes, I love it. My whole family loves it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In the final, the biggest moment so far in her career, Bacon would swim next to Regan<\/strong> Smith<\/strong>, also just 16 but already a World Championships veteran and world junior record-holder. On the outside of that teenage duo were Kathleen Baker<\/strong> and Olivia Smoliga<\/strong>, the two U.S. Olympians in the 100 back from 2016. For Bacon, swimming with well-known swimmers like that quartet has taken some getting used to\u2014but she has found the Olympians to be surprisingly\u2026 human.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely still a little bit intimidating. Being next to Kathleen Baker or Olivia Smoliga, it\u2019s still intimidating because they are at such a high level, but they\u2019re also people I really look up to,\u201d Bacon said. \u201cIt\u2019s also really fun in the ready rooms with them being able to just talk when everyone\u2019s super nervous about the big finals swim, and we\u2019re sort of in the ready room just talking. We\u2019re saying like, \u2018Oh, you painted your nails pink? That\u2019s really cute.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Baker got most of the public acclaim after that race for breaking the world record, but Bacon finished fourth, her time of 59.30 a bit slower than her morning effort but still a chunk better than her lifetime best at the start of the year (1:00.81) or even from the start of the day (1:00.07).<\/p>\n

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For that effort, Bacon qualified to swim for the U.S. junior team for the first time at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, and she recalled with glee the moment that she received the invitation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really big honor,\u201d Bacon said. \u201cWhen I made it and (USA Swimming National Junior Team Director) Mitch<\/strong> (Dalton<\/strong>) came up to me and gave me the \u2018you\u2019re going to Fiji\u2019 paper, I was just like, \u2018Oh my god. I\u2019m about to go represent my own country, Team USA, in a meet with all these other amazing swimmers.\u2019 It was just such a great feeling and such an exciting moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Nationals wasn\u2019t a perfect meet for Bacon. She was part of a large contingent representing the Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club, but from her site at American University, it was just her and her coach, Tim<\/strong> Kelly<\/strong>. And Bacon, the sort of swimmer who benefits from having teammates get her fired up daily in practice and at meets, missed their presence on deck in Irvine.<\/p>\n

When asked why she believed her summer season was so successful, Bacon\u2019s thoughts darted to her teammates, recalling how they had constantly been pushing her in practice. She remembered one set in particular, from a few months before Nationals, when her practice group was assigned 30×100 (short course yards): four fast repeats followed by one easy, six times through.<\/p>\n

On the first group of four, Bacon held around 59 seconds, and then one of her teammates spoke up.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter those first four, I think Will Tenpas<\/strong> said something to me like, \u2018Come on, get up here with me. Stay with me on this one,\u2019\u201d Bacon recalled. \u201cThat really just hit me. I was like, \u2018Alright, no more going 59s. 57 or below.\u2019 I ended up holding the rest of the set one or two 56s, a couple 57s and then 58s. It was really just all due to us cheering for each other and getting super excited and hyped up for that set. It was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More from Phoebe Bacon:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What was it like making your first National final?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cIt was definitely a little intimidating at first, but after that prelims swim when I made it, I was just super excited, just was like, \u2018Alright, I made it to the final. From here, let\u2019s see what I can do.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Why do you think you swam so well this summer and this entire year?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cI think it had to do a lot with my teammates and the new practice schedule that I\u2019ve been on. This past fall, I went from the silver group, which is eighth grade through freshman year of high school, into the gold group, which is 15 and older. I was doing more practices, plus I had two lifts. Just the whole group I was with, I was always racing boys and girls. There was always somebody that was in front of me, that was beating me and really pushing me during every practice, and I really think that was a big part in my success over the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is it about having a strong, tight-knit training group that really motivates you?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cI really just think it\u2019s just the most important part of swimming. They make practice fun. They make the meets fun. I bring joy and enthusiasm to all the meets that they go to with me and I go to with them, and every practice, I always try to say something to somebody or just get everyone excited for what we\u2019re doing so it\u2019s not like we\u2019re dreading practice and we\u2019re having fun in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the most surprising thing you\u2019ve witnessed when you\u2019re around famous swimmers?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cReally that they\u2019re just normal people. Yes, they are incredible swimmers\u2014they are famous, they\u2019re in magazines, their pictures are all over\u2014but really, just talking to them, it\u2019s just like I\u2019m talking to another teammate. They\u2019re not bragging about what they\u2019ve done. They\u2019re just sort of like the same as me. They\u2019re like, \u2018Oh this is going to be scary. I\u2019m a little bit nervous for the race.\u2019 They\u2019re not bragging to me like, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019m going to do great in this race.\u2019 They\u2019re just being themselves and talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

For you, what is the scariest part of these big races?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cWhen I\u2019m behind the blocks, I\u2019m always scared about the start. If I could, I\u2019d start in the water and push off because the start just freaks me out. I\u2019ve really never had a great dive or backstroke start. I\u2019ve been working on it more and more. It\u2019s always my biggest fear, but once I get past that, I know my underwaters are there, my stroke rate is there, and it\u2019s going to be a good race.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the scariest part of a big meet in general?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cThe scariest part of a meet probably would be the morning warm-up before your prelims swim. It\u2019s early, usually. You don\u2019t want to get in, but you\u2019re like, \u2018I have to get in. I have to warm up.\u2019 You\u2019re just like, \u2018Alright, I have to warm up well. I have to do everything I need to do.\u2019 I can get scared\u2014if I\u2019m not hitting my tempo, I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh gosh, I\u2019m not going to swim well.\u2019 Prelims warm-up can psych you out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Junior Pan Pacs\u2014what was that like as your first Team USA experience?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cIt was honestly just amazing. It was so much fun. It was such a fun and exotic place that I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever get the chance to go to again. All the racing, everybody else and me, we really just did well. It was fun to watch everyone swim so well, especially Jake\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Carson Foster<\/strong>\u00a0in their 400 IM. That race was just incredible. It was and probably will be one of my favorite trips that I\u2019ve ever been on, just because of the whole team environment and atmosphere that we were in.\u201d<\/p>\n

You\u2019re a junior in high school, right around the time you\u2019re starting to think about college. What are the aspects you\u2019re looking for in a potential school?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cThere\u2019s a couple. One would be the whole school environment, the school town, making sure I really like the whole school mixed with the college town. A big part would be the academics. I want to go to school that has a lot of choices for academics. I have thoughts on what I want to learn, but I really don\u2019t know, so I feel like if I go to a college that has a lot of options, I\u2019ll be able to see and read about different ones and be like, \u2018This is what I want to do.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think you might want to do?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cI\u2019m thinking about going into sports medicine. I\u2019m not positive, but that\u2019s definitely very high on my list. Another big part to what I want to have in a school is a swim team like I have back here in Maryland\u2014having everybody cheering for each other always, being excited for practice, having fun, going and getting dinner with all of them after practice and just sitting there talking with each other. Just having fun but also getting the work in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swimmers talk all the time about having to make sacrifices. What are some of the most difficult things you\u2019ve had to say \u2018no\u2019 to because of swimming?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cA lot of times, my friends on the weekends will be like, \u2018Oh, let\u2019s go hang out at this person\u2019s house, watch a movie or go in their pool.\u2019 This happens a lot on Friday nights or on Saturday nights because I just want to be able to sleep and get a lot of sleep into Sunday morning. I have to say, \u2018Sorry, guys, I can\u2019t. I wish I could.\u2019 They do understand. They\u2019re really great. They\u2019re like, \u2018I understand you can\u2019t come to my birthday party. You\u2019ll be missed.\u2019 Having them there to support me in that way is really helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you consider yourself a swim geek?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say so. I\u2019ll pay attention to what\u2019s going on in the swim world. I\u2019ll read Swimming World Magazine<\/em>. I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m only reading about swimming. I love watching soccer. I love watching ice hockey and football. I love watching other sports because they are all so fun and interesting to watch or go to a football game. I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m exactly a swim geek.\u201d<\/p>\n

When was the moment you realized that swimming was something you cared about the way you do?
\n<\/em><\/strong>\u201cProbably coming into freshman year of high school, after I went to my first Olympic Trials. I wasn\u2019t really planning on making any teams\u2014I was just going there to have fun and check it out. And then coming into freshman year, we had high school season, which is super fun around here. \u2018Let\u2019s see what happens.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh school season came, and I swam really well. I had a great high school season. I was super happy with it. Our whole team did well. All of Stone Ridge did great. I was like, \u2018Wow, there\u2019s so much to do in the swimming world, and there are so many great meets and so many great people to meet and become friends with.\u2019 I was just like, \u2018Yeah, I want to do this for the rest of my life.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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