On Friday the rest of the state will see firsthand how good this Champaign Central senior is when the 70th annual boys state swimming finals open at New Trier. He's a great kid in practice, a great worker, has a good attitude and is humble about his achievements. But I would say I'd definitely like to do best times and maybe go after some of the state records.
Records are a distinct possibility.
He scored state-best sectional times in both events, and his 200 individual time was nearly three seconds faster than the next closest qualifier's. But Trupin, who has three individual state championships to his credit, is taking nothing for granted. I'm going to have to go pretty hard in the preliminaries. Trupin is no stranger to elite competition. He has participated in numerous national and international meets with his club team, the Champaign County Aqua Chiefs.