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Riley Trout - One Last Go Around
1/27/2025 12:41:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Senior swimmer, school record holder, and American Athletic Conference medalist Riley Trout is gearing up for her last conference championship meet. She describes the feeling as very bittersweet, with a lot of emotions that she may not even know at this moment. She feels like she got here yesterday, so she is sad to think that it is coming to an end. However, she is excited for the next chapter of her life.
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Looking back on her career, Trout has accomplished a lot. She holds three school records in the 100 back, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay. She also earned a bronze medal in the 200 medley relay at the AAC championships her junior year. Trout feels that getting bronze last year was huge for the team.
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"The reminder that when you put in the work, it does pay off is important because in swimming sometimes you don't always see the results and may wonder 'why am I doing this?'"
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Mental challenges like that are something that Trout struggled with early in her college career. Coming in as a freshman, she associated her self worth with her swimming performance. She struggled her first two years with accepting that she was still a good person even if she wasn't swimming her best. The summer before her junior year, she told herself she could choose to be done and quit or she could change something, put the work in, and do what she has always done. After changing her mentality, her junior year became a completely new season for her. Coming into her senior season, Trout is looking to continue to grow her love for the sport.
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"I told myself going into this season that I didn't want to set too many goals knowing that this is me closing a big chapter of my life."
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As a club swimming coach and student teacher, Trout has a passion for instilling in others that hard work can get you very far. Something that she has learned to live by is the quote: "Look where you live." Waking up each day and doing hard things with those around her, Trout has made it a point to share this quote with others to remind them to be grateful for the moment and place that they are in.
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Riley Trout and the Florida Atlantic swimming and diving team will compete in the American Athletic Conference Championships Feb. 19 – Feb. 22 in Dallas Texas.
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Looking back on her career, Trout has accomplished a lot. She holds three school records in the 100 back, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay. She also earned a bronze medal in the 200 medley relay at the AAC championships her junior year. Trout feels that getting bronze last year was huge for the team.
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"The reminder that when you put in the work, it does pay off is important because in swimming sometimes you don't always see the results and may wonder 'why am I doing this?'"
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Mental challenges like that are something that Trout struggled with early in her college career. Coming in as a freshman, she associated her self worth with her swimming performance. She struggled her first two years with accepting that she was still a good person even if she wasn't swimming her best. The summer before her junior year, she told herself she could choose to be done and quit or she could change something, put the work in, and do what she has always done. After changing her mentality, her junior year became a completely new season for her. Coming into her senior season, Trout is looking to continue to grow her love for the sport.
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"I told myself going into this season that I didn't want to set too many goals knowing that this is me closing a big chapter of my life."
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As a club swimming coach and student teacher, Trout has a passion for instilling in others that hard work can get you very far. Something that she has learned to live by is the quote: "Look where you live." Waking up each day and doing hard things with those around her, Trout has made it a point to share this quote with others to remind them to be grateful for the moment and place that they are in.
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Riley Trout and the Florida Atlantic swimming and diving team will compete in the American Athletic Conference Championships Feb. 19 – Feb. 22 in Dallas Texas.
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