 The whispers, because that's what they were, they were whispers of anger and frustration from those girls who, just like myself, had worked our entire lives to get to this meet. And so that first day, he swam the 500 freestyle, which is not an event that I do. And so I watched on the side of the pool as he swam to a national title to literally no one's surprise, beating out Olympians, beating out American record holders. Keep in mind,