Texas Senior Will Licon Talks Racing Off-Distance Events, Longhorns' Mindset Going Into NCAAs

Will Licon On 2:55 300 Breast: 'It Hurt'

FloSwimming caught up with Texas Longhorns senior ​Will Licon​ after his team's solid performance in an un-scored off-distance meet against Arizona in Austin, Texas, on Saturday.

The Longhorns and visiting Wildcats raced various 25s, 75s, 150s, 300s, and of course ​Clark Smith's​ infamous 2000-yard freestyle.

We talked with Licon about the mental benefit of swimming off-distance events, his 25 breaststroke showdown with Texas star backstroker ​John Shebat,​ and much more. Check it out.


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