Gregg Troy Quotations

I was really proud of the way they swam this evening. We had a very average morning and it hurt us a little in the team scores. The ones that did get the chance to come back tonight did much better, had better attitudes and just raced better than this morning.

We are going to miss them, but the supporting cast is better because of them. They are just flat-out tough, day-to-day, and they did it with work ethic.

I think it's a pretty good reflection of his training. To come off a big team meet like the NCAA championships and 10 days later travel to the other side of the world and swim this well is incredible.

I think it's important for people who didn't race well last week to do better this week.

I think what makes it's a big accomplishment because we're not hiding him. He is racing different events and doing a full training schedule all the time. It's not by design; he just does not like to lose. That type of streak would be like a quarterback not throwing an interception for three seasons.

We had good swims today. We're ready to go, but we've got a little more in the tank than we have the last few years. While the women raced well today, the men raced even better.

We had some good swims today. But it was pretty much a soft meet lineup today. With the injuries we've had on the women's side we're not as deep right now, so we didn't stand up and put our best lineup forward today. Tennessee has a good team though, and we knew they would race us tough.

We qualified most of the people we wanted to for the NCAA meet. We felt like there were some disappointments today. We felt like we could have been closer on the guys' side. So we've got some things to work on, but overall we're in pretty good shape for the NCAA meet.

We've improved in a lot of areas the past few weeks. So we saw some good things. We have 10 days now to understand that we're entering a new level of competition.

Ryan is probably the hardest worker we've had the pleasure of coaching at the University of Florida. He listens to instruction well and isn't afraid of taking on a challenge. The most amazing (thing) is that he is the same beach boy as he was when he first came in. Success has not gone to his head one bit.

Ryan is certainly the best swimmer we've ever had at the University of Florida. He holds the school record in both butterfly events, both individual medleys, both of the backstrokes. He's got the freestyle. He's on every relay and could probably hold a few more of our records. He just hasn't had a chance to swim the events.

Ryan is certainly the best swimmer we've ever had at the University of Florida.

It's going to be in that type of ballpark.

I'm really proud of these girls. With all of the adversity we've had to fight through this season and during this meet, they were outstanding.

I'm really proud of Caroline. With as much illness as she's had to come through this season, she did a really great job of standing up and racing.

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

You couldn't ask for a better role model.

The guy works hard, does what you ask him to do and he is committed every day. It's not a surprise that these things happen. He has trained with this in mind all year, so it's hard not to be ready to go.