So some of the best competition he had was on his own team. As a freshman, Randy was the Division III national champion in the 200 backstroke. He finished second in the event his sophomore and junior seasons. Swimming the butterfly, Randy, who has seven Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles to his credit, also helped the Pointers' 400 medley relay team win two national titles in 1998 and 1999. In the process, they set two national records.
Most swimmers only swim one event.
With the collegiate season behind him, Randy is focusing all his energies on the Olympic Trials. Training at Quandt Fieldhouse on the UW-Stevens Point campus, Randy is trying to get used to the dimensions of Olympic swimming. For starters, the races are in meters, not yards. Also, there are fewer walls and, therefore, less turns in Olympic racing. There are two less walls in the sprint races, so it is a different style of racing.