Sean Ryan barely missed making the U.S. Olympic team in both the pool and open water. After the narrow misses of 2012, Ryan has already punched his ticket to Spain in the open water 10K. Ryan learned a lot from those setbacks as he explains in this week's 20 Queston Tuesday.

Two-time Olympian Kate Ziegler owned the distance events for a decade in the most competitive era in the history of swimming. But Ziegler has only recently grown comfortable with her rollercoaster career, as she explains in this week’s 20 Question Tuesday.

Christine Jennings had left training on the west coast after an injury derailed her career and Olympic dream. Her future was uncertain. Then, last month, she won the 10K at Open Water Nationals and a spot on the World Championship team heading for Barcelona.

Matt Grevers had a 2012 to remember. After winning two relay golds in 2008 and a silver, he claimed gold by dominating the 100 backstroke in London. And on top of all that, he had a viral proposal video with wife Annie Chandler. He talks about that, and what he is doing now, in this week’s 20 Question Tuesday.

An bicycle accident was a huge setback to Alex Meyer as he trained for the 2012 Olympics after making the team, but he still finished top 10 in the world in London. The Harvard alum talks about making up for lost time, but never looking back, in this week’s 20 Question Tuesday.

Erica Rose knows preparation. World champion in the 5k by age 15, Rose has been one of the most dominant open water marathon swimmers in the past fifteen years.

They are competitors. They are athletes who swim against each other not just every day in practice, but on the ultimate stage at the Olympic Trials. But they are also teammates.

A few weeks before the 2013 Delaware High School State Championships, senior Kaitlyn Jones wasn’t even sure she would swim the 200 IM. Then, when Missy Franklin broke the national independent school record, Tatnall High’s Jones told her coach about Missy’s new record, “I could get that.” Her coach agreed.

It is the finals of the 100 yard butterfly. Hundreds of spectators and swimmers are packed like sardines into New Trier High School at the Illinois High School State Championships for a showdown that was anticipated all season.

For years – decades even – the sport of swimming has never had a great “swimming movie.” But there’s a new documentary on the horizon that could depict the sport in its truest form.