00:00 In terms of college meet, as of right now, next month, the first weekend in January,
00:08 I have an inter-squad meet, so we race against each other.
00:13 The weekend after that, I have TTYR Pro Series, where everybody from America comes and we
00:18 swim against each other.
00:21 The weekend after that, I have a dual meet against Georgia, another D1 school.
00:27 And then the last week in January, I have another dual meet against LSU.
00:33 Swimmer Nikolai Blackmon will be hoping that these meets raise his standard in the sport
00:38 while he attends the University of Tennessee.
00:40 So what else can he do to raise his game?
00:43 Swimming in open water helps improve your performance, doesn't it, Poole?
00:48 I think it would because when you're swimming in open water, you also get waves and stuff
00:55 from the ocean, and that kind of knocks you around.
00:58 So it should help you in a calm setting like a pool, but you'll also have waves from other
01:03 people coming into your lane and stuff like that.
01:06 As he fine-tunes his training, his father believes he will do well to evaluate the role
01:11 of open water swimming in making him a better swimmer.
01:15 Of course, you have the 50, you have the 100, you have the 200, you know.
01:20 But of course, when it's the Gwameleon Olympics, you have to see where there's a mission box
01:24 that you check it into.
01:25 Because again, time is of the essence, and it's what you can take on board.
01:31 And they will find that his body type is obviously changing, so some things are coming easier,
01:38 and some things will come a little harder than what it is.
01:42 Dropping seconds towards Olympic qualification is all that matters, and Blackmon is seeing
01:47 growth.
01:48 Yeah, I can see myself going to another level, because going into this school, they realized
01:53 that I needed to fix some things based on my stroke and my flip turns and how I start
02:00 off the blocks.
02:01 And I've been working on it for the past four months so far, and I can see some improvements
02:07 coming along right now.
02:09 Only time will tell how his tide turns.
02:11 Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport.
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