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McHugh is feeling confident and is looking forward to her 1500 free tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check out the full results <a href=\"http:\/\/omegatiming.com\/2019\/phillips-66-national-champs-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last summer at the 2018 National Championships McHugh qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju last week where she finished sixth place in the women\u2019s 400 IM. With a quick turn around from worlds to this week&#8217;s National Championships she earned gold in the women&#8217;s 800 free on Day 1 and carried that momentum into her swim tonight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cMy freestyle has been feeling really good this week. I was really excited for this race. I knew the girls in that heat were going to go out really fast and I had to stick with them. The beginning of that race is a little bit of a weakness for me. I\u2019m still learning that, but I knew they would be out fast so if I could stick with them, then I thought I would have a good shot,\u201d Ally McHugh said. \u201cThose girls are awesome and I\u2019ve swam against and trained with probably half that heat. It\u2019s really fun to train with those girls.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a great collegiate season where McHugh earned her first <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCAA title in the 1500 Free, she announced her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ally-mchugh-moving-to-wisconsin-to-train-for-olympic-trials-video-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">move to Wisconsin<\/a> to train for the 2020 Olympic Trials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>McHugh has quickly adapted to the new training atmosphere after moving to Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;It\u2019s all about mentality for me. Being myself again and feeling like myself in the water and just being around a great group of people that motivate me and support me and I know that they have my back. That, for me, is the biggest thing that helps my confidence, just being surrounded by the right people and just having fun,&#8221; Ally McHugh said. &#8220;When I\u2019m having fun &#8211; I\u2019m swimming well. Having this mentality that I deserve to be in that heat and I can race those girls and finding that again and the determination to get to the wall first.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>McHugh loves both freestyle and IM and trains equal amounts of both. McHugh believes that all her freestyle and endurance training is what contributes to her freestyle leg and success in the 400 IM.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I am just focused on this next year of training. 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