No Gators!

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In addition to their dry-land work, some swimmers - including Olympians Lily King and Cody Miller - are doing a little open water training.

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A summer without a culminating championship has been “weird but good,” King said.

“I’m going to be honest. It’s been kind of nice. Haven’t exactly had a break since I’ve been 8 years old. So it’s kind of nice to just kind of step back for a little bit and just swim for the sake of swimming and not necessarily for the sake of performing in a meet.”

“Yeah, if you don’t love it, you’re certainly not doing it now, swimming in a pond,” said Cody Miller, 28, the Hoosier breaststroker who won Olympic bronze and gold medals in 2016. “But anything is better than nothing.”

On this day, Zane Grothe is the first of seven swimmers to arrive. Grothe, 28, who set two American records in 2017, said he is “gung-ho” about the pond. He was out of the water for six weeks entirely.

“Every day, I’m like, ‘Man, I’ve got to work hard. I’ve got to get in shape, I’ve got to get in shape,’“ he said ... before adding there is nothing important for 13 months.