From Deseret News archives:
BYU swimmer targets Hong Kong Olympic team
__IMAGE1__Yes, the BYU swimmer was born of a Chinese mother and an American father in Hong Kong. Though she only lived there for a short while after her birth, she has dual passports and dual citizenship, leaving her fully credited to swim for the team from her other country.
Of course, before she decides if she has enough oomph left to train for a
Her specialties are the butterfly and the individual medley, and she says midrange distances are her forte.
She has plenty of victories this year for the Cougars and has been named Mountain West Conference swimmer of the week twice. She was the only Cougar to qualify last season for the NCAA nationals as a sophomore, and she hopes to peak at the right time to yet again find herself swimming in the national championships.
She'd rather have members of her team there with her though, and the team is working hard to peak for the Mountain West Conference championships in three weeks.
\"We try to peak for conference, we wear our fast suits and go for the national cuts then,\" said Grant, who, along with her teammates, practices about 20 hours a week, leaving her muscles feeling like putty much of the time. And every time the group leaves the pool they run right to food after discussing cravings throughout practice.
The BYU women's team finds itself in first place in the MWC this season with a 7-0 record and only one meet remaining, against in-state rival Utah, today.
\"All of us have done really well. The freshmen have helped a lot with points and energy and have contributed a lot,\" said Grant.
Coming to BYU was the first time Grant really felt a part of a team despite swimming since she was six and swimming competitively since she was eight.
\"I love the support of a team. Our motto this year is 'For Each Other,'\" she noted.
And the junior now craves that team support and the support of the coaches so much that she's a little concerned she won't meet her goal of competing in the Olympics for Hong Kong. She's been competing for the Hong Kong club teams for three years now as just out of high school the opportunity came around for her to try out for the Olympics in 2008.
She didn't make it to the Olympics, but she was chosen for the National Team World University Games last year in Serbia and did well considering she hadn't been training long course.
She heads over to Hong Kong every summer to train, but she's not sure if
