At the collegiate level, is swimming more about times or victories?
LANGLAND-It’s really about both, but I think that with victories come great times. At our meets, in the morning we try to go for time to get placed in the top finals, but in finals at night all that counts is victories. Q-Despite the loss of some big names from last year’s squad, the 2010-11 UCSD men’s swimming & diving team looks like it has the potential to take a step forward at this year’s NCAA Division II Championships. Is that a fair assessment? Why? LANGLAND-I think it’s definitely a fair assessment. We definitely lost some big names, but we gained some also. The past two years have been really great teams but I think that the new swimmers this year really have brought a new energy and drive that will really make the team great. I think looking at our performance as a team this past weekend at Arena Invitational is a great example of this. Q-Is there a swimmer on this year’s UCSD men’s team that you think is going to surprise a lot of people before the season is over? Who, if an
