LONG WAY TO GO. >> WE CERTAINLY DO AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE COMPETITION TO COME. AMONG THE ATHLETES COMPETING ARE NINE CURRENT FORMER AND FUTURE MEMBERS OF NC STATE'S SWIM TEAM. SOPHIE HANSEN IS FOURTH FOR THE BREASTSTROKE FINAL. SHE IS REPRESENTING SWEDEN. AMONG THOSE CHEERING ON SOPHIE INCLUDE THE DIVING HEAD COACH. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE HIM JOINING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I APPRECIATE BEING HERE. THE MAC I CAN'T IMAGINE IT EVER GETS HOLD SENIOR STUDENTS COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS. >> YES, EVER SINCE SHE GOT BACK FROM NCAA, GETTING TO THE OLYMPICS WAS THE FIRST GOAL. ONCE SHE QUALIFIED, WE HAD ANOTHER CALL OF NOT JUST QUALIFYING BY GETTING A MEDAL. SHE HAS TRAINED VERY WELL AND WE COMMUNICATE EVERY SINGLE DAY. I AM USUALLY HER ALARM CLOCK. I WOKE HER UP THIS MORNING WHEN I SENT HER A VIDEO OF THE TEAM WISHING HER LUCK. >> THAT IS AWESOME. HOW HAS HAVING A YEAR DELAY HAD AN EFFECT ON HER AND OTHER ATHLETES? >> FOR US, IT HELPED US TO BE HONEST. A YEAR AGO, WAS SOPHIE READY? WITHOUT A DOUBT, YES BUT WAS SHE READY FOR THE POSITION THAT SHE IS IN TONIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. I THINK WINNING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR HER, WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG SWIMMERS AT THE MEAT THAT ARE JUST GETTING GOING IN FOR US, IT HELPED US. WE WILL TAKE IT. >> THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW. YOU AND I GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER AS I COVERED THE ROAD TO RIO AND RYAN HELD ONE GOLDEN I WAS WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY. IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE THERE TOO BECAUSE I WAS WITH YOU DURING THE TRIALS AND IT WAS SO EXCITING. TALK TO ME HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP SUCH TALENTED SWIMMERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD? >> IN RYAN'S CASE, HE HAD JUST DEVELOPED REALLY QUICKLY AND HAD THAT MOMENT OF IT WILL HAPPEN AND RYAN SUCCESS HAS HELPED US MORE BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE DREAMING BIG ARE HERE AND WE KNEW SOPHIE HAD THE MINDSET OF A MEDAL IN THE OLYMPICS. SHE FIT WHO WE ARE AND SHE FIT RIGHT IN. SOME OF THE OTHER ATHLETES THAT WE HAVE, OUR PROGRAM HAS SHIFTED MORE FROM JUST A COLLEGE FOCUSED PROGRAM TO THE BIG PICTURE OF THE OLYMPICS AND ALL THESE BIG INTERNATIONAL LEAGUES. A LOT OF THEM BEING HERE AND HAVING SUCCESS HAS ALLOWED US TO EXPLORE THAT WITH OTHERS. >> SHE WILL SWIM IT OUT AT 10:15 WHERE YOU CAN WATCH. >> OUR STAFF IS COMING OVER WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS AND I AM PROBABLY WAY MORE NERVOUS THAN SHE IS. I DID NOT TELL HER THIS BUT IT IS MY WIFE AND I'S ANNIVERSARY ON THE 27th SO THAT COULD BE A GOOD GIFT. >> THIS IS REALLY LIKE YOUR SUPER BOWL. IS IN IT? IT IS SO FUN TO WATCH YOU SEE HOW PROUD YOU ARE AND WE WILL BE CHEERING HER ON EVEN THOUGH SHE IS TEAM SWEDEN, SHE IS NC STATE.