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The 2012 NCAA Championship Swimmer of the Meet, started off his senior season on the World Cup Series. In this interview with Garrett McCaffrey, Tom Shields talks about how the experience sharpened his racing skills. He also talks about his approach to his senior season with the Cal Bears. He's already got 4 individual NCAA championships and 2 team titles and he says the Cal men are in a better spot this fall than ever before.
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Host Garrett McCaffrey is a Division I swimmer who spent 4 years covering the sport as a journalist. His talents in front of and behind the camera brought the swimming community such fan favorites as Split Time, McCaffreyCap, the Morning Swim Show, and numerous swim meet broadcasts. Garrett now coaches club swimming and competes as a masters swimmer. Through posting training videos, interviews and races online, Garrett has created a readily available community for swimming fans to have a dialogue and learn from the best in the sport. Garrett hosts SwimSwam News, SwimSwam Interviews, and SwimSwam Event Recaps.