Emma Sticklen Reflects on Historic SEC Performance, 5th Year as Texas Longhorn

Emma Sticklen won both the Commissioner’s Trophy and SEC Swimmer of the Meet honors at her first SEC Championships. At that meet, Sitcklen won the 200 IM, 100 fly, and 200 fly, setting an SEC record in the 200 fly and Texas program records in all 3. The 5th year reflects on her career at UT and looks ahead to her last NCAA Championships as a Longhorn.

**Editor’s note: There were some technical issues during recording, so there are portions of the conversation where the audio and video are not synced**

• 0:00 Emma Sticklen Introduction
• 1:47 Goals for SECs
• 4:30 Preparing for SECs
• 7:20 Learning to Perform Under Pressure
• 13:40 Getting DQed in 400 Medley Relay
• 16:17 Swimming Backstroke on Relays
• 20:24 Breaking Madisyn Cox‘s 200 IM School Record
• 26:26 Texas 5th Years
• 30:15 Olympic Trials
• 36:57 Sprinting a 200 Fly
• 42:19 “Don’t get weird”
• 46:52 Last NCAAs
• 50:16 Suit-Up Saturday

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