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Amy Bilquist<\/strong> finished her collegiate career in spectacular fashion in March.<\/p>\n

The Cal senior was part of three NCAA winning relays, finished runner-up individually and finally put together<\/a> the championship meet she had been dreaming of since she arrived on campus in the fall of 2015.<\/p>\n

But after all of that success in the water, Bilquist stunningly announced last week she would move back to Scottsdale<\/a> leading up to the 2020 Olympic trials, moving back to her old club team before she moved cross country to Carmel Swim Club before her junior year. She swam for the Westside Silver Fins for most of her years in Arizona, but changed to Scottsdale her final six months before moving to Indiana.<\/p>\n

Why change things after all of that success? Bilquist said it was a difficult but tactical decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked back on my swimming career and reflected on the periods when I have the more dramatic success, and it has been when I had dramatic changes,\u201d Bilquist told Swimming World<\/em>. \u201cSwitching from Arizona to Carmel, I had huge success. Then moving to Cal, same thing. I feel like I am at my best when I am pushed outside my box.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, my training at Cal will carry over, just like my training at Carmel will carry over.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it is the extra challenge that has brought the best out of Bilquist in the past.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have always wanted to succeed and be the best I can be. But when you are thrown into a new environment, you are not the best. It pushes me to try harder. It is all about learning things that make me better,\u201d she said. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I moved to Indiana, my mom wasn\u2019t there yet and my dad was working a lot and I had to be on my own. It was learning things about myself. It is scary, but I like doing things like that.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bilquist will live with her older sister Berit in Scottsdale, something she hasn’t done since she was 8 when her sister left for college.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing back to where I have so many great memories of my roots \u2014 that is really important to me at this stage,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to have fun and enjoy my journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

She will train at the same city where she grew up, when she was coached by the late Ryan Kent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be able to be close to what Ryan built<\/a> and make sure it doesn\u2019t disappear. I want to be close to where it all started,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Amy Bilquist and Ryan Kent. Photo Courtesy: Amy Bilquist<\/p><\/div>\n

Bilquist has felt Kent’s presence in her life a lot lately \u2014 especially at the NCAA Championships. All it took was a song.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis senior season was a big moment of loving the sport,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I was growing up, I used to walk out to ‘We Will Rock You.’ That was our song. I would get first in prelims so I could have the song. Ryan used to clap along. That song came on about 10 minutes before finals this year at NCAAs \u2014 every day. I cried every single time. \u2018I feel you Ryan, let\u2019s go do this.\u2019<\/p>\n

Something so simple like a song brought me back to those moments as a little girl.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still do love swimming. That was the moment that I realized I still love it.\u201d<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

After the 2016 trials, Bilquist wasn’t so sure.<\/p>\n

She had a stellar meet and finished third and fourth in the backstroke events, just missing the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the moment, I was completely devastated. It was so hard to process. In my head, I thought I could make the team. Everyone else thought I was kind of the dark horse,\u201d she said. \u201cI just believed in myself and thought I could make it. Everyone else thought I should be happy to be so close. That was hard to process because I was so close, but I did so well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bilquist now looks back on the experience in a completely different way.<\/p>\n

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Amy Bilquist and Terry McKeever. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cNow having taken perspective on it, I am proud of it. Teri (McKeever)<\/strong> never gave up on telling me I should be proud of myself,\u201d she said. \u201cI was 18. No one expected me to do that, even though I did. I went best times and dropped a ton. For the first time in a long time, I was confident in myself behind those blocks. Third and fourth at Olympic trials \u2014\u00a0to amazing people. Instead of using that as a moment of defeat, which I did right away, now it is a proud moment. You want the whole world and want it right now when you are 18.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat was the biggest test of my character ever. It brought out some things in me that I wasn\u2019t proud of. I was so upset. I had to find my values again and find out what is important. I had to fall in love with the sport again. I don\u2019t know who I would have been if I had made that team. I don\u2019t think I would have grown as much.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

—<\/p>\n

Bilquist returned to Cal after trials and after a strong freshman year. But things changed. She dealt with injuries and never really accomplished what she hoped to in the pool during her sophomore and junior seasons.<\/p>\n

Senior year didn’t start so well, either, as she was finally cleared after healing from a stress fracture injury only to break her foot the next day after she was cleared.<\/p>\n

She somehow was able to push through all of that and have the best meet of her college career at the NCAA Championships, helping Cal get second.<\/p>\n

The meet was so full of dominating experiences that Bilquist could only sum it up one way: \u201cIt felt like we won.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Bilquist, the meet was more than a victory<\/a> \u2014 it was vindication.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Dan D’Addona<\/p><\/div>\n

—<\/p>\n

Bilquist now begins her career as a professional swimmer.<\/p>\n

Her first stop was at the TYR Derby Pro Swim in Louisville, where she finished third in the three-round 50 free.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely thought I would be the first out. I ended up finishing sixth. I went 25.1, which is the fastest I have been in a bit to advance to finals and got third,\u201d she said. \u201cJust adjusting to the \u2018pro life,\u2019 It doesn\u2019t feel quite real yet since I am still in school. That event was great across the board. They really treated us like kings and queens. We had a tour of the Ali museum and the Downs. I was pretty excited to get all dressed up and go to the Downs. I had never been to a horse race.\u201d<\/p>\n

She turns her attention to long course and nationals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe long course meets are all tune-ups. Getting in a couple tuneups is what I need. I usually pull it back in the summer before the big meet,\u201d she said. \u201cNationals is the main focus.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least for this year.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Next year will be all about the Olympic trials, and Bilquist learned so much from her experience four years ago, that she will be ready mentally<\/a> for the pressure-packed meet.<\/p>\n

It is about reminding herself how much she loves the sport.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor me, this next year, I am just trying to stay in the place of having fun and loving the sport. That is how I have competed at my best. That is what I want to do,\u201d she said. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTrials is just another meet. There are amazing swimmers who don\u2019t make the Olympics. It is a celebration this round. A celebration of all the hard work, all the time, a celebration of the journey, getting my hand to the wall.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That maturity and mindset has transformed Bilquist the past four years. She is moving forward, but remembering back to her roots all at once.<\/p>\n

\u201cBelieving myself and connecting with that ‘We Will Rock You’ little kid Amy. I want to make the experience positive no matter what happens. I want to make the team with every ounce of my being and I am going to give it everything I have. No matter what happens, swimming is the biggest part of who I am today. But now I have the maturity to know that it isn\u2019t everything I am.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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