I’m here in California for the Santa Clara International Grand Prix swim meet. It’s great to be here working with the USA swimmers. I arrived yesterday and was able to observe the first heats of the competition. Chad La Tourette and Amber McDermott placed first in Mens 800m free and Women’s 1500 free respectively. Can’t wait to see what happens today.

There are a few clouds this morning, but the weather has been great (which is to be expected in this area of the country). Today I’ll be doing lactate testing with the swimmers.