We sat down with Jassen Yep, the Indiana Hoosier who came into Bloomington with a 1:57 200 breast and recently won an NCAA title in the same event with a 1:48. Yep takes us through his journey at Indiana and how he made the progression from barely recruited (he was not a walk-on, but he did come in with very little scholarship money) to #3 performer all-time in the 200 breast.
While Yep planned to retire after NCAAs, this wave of success and enjoyment of his sport has led Jassen to reconsider. The Hoosier will now keep training while he finishes his Master’s degree in sociology with US Trials in June in his sights.
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Coleman can we get yamato okadome on the pod??
#guesswhowasrightfromthebeginning
#Yepwasnotawalkon
It would be epic if he could swim quickly in the long pool.
Someone please share this with Julian Smith
I NEED to see him swim some LCM. At worst he’s going :59 mid…
yup and thats likely all it will take to make it onto the worlds team (not to mention the wugs team) — and with it, potentially 2 relay medals…
so we got someone to stage an intervention w jassen — now we need someone to stage an intervention w julian. i dont even need them to commit to swimming past this year! at minimum all we want to see is at least (1) one long course meet out of them — and let the cookie crumble where it may!
so all that fuss about labeling yep as a walk on is now confirmed he wasn’t a walk on😭
i feel like it was always semantics — my main takeaway was that he had a sleepy freshman and sophomore year and only really took a step forward as an upperclassman. he definitely could have been dropped or not even have made it onto the roster in a roster limit world
He was the #3 performer of all time* fyi. It’s Leon, Will, and then him. He’s not 4th.
thank you, fixed!