Getting to Know ... Tanner Cummings

This week we are getting to know Tanner Cummings, a sophomore from Bowling Green, Ky., who was a part of the silver medal 200 free relay team at ACCs in February.

Q: What is your favorite pump-up song?
A: Right Above it by Lil Wayne

Q: What is your favorite pregame meal?
A: Eggs and fruit

Q: Where is your favorite place you have competed?
A: IUPUI

Q: Excluding your sport, what is your favorite sport to watch?
A: Hockey

Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: The Wolf of Wall Street

Q: What is a hobby that you have that most people do not know you have?
A: I have a YouTube Channel

Q: Do you have any pregame rituals?
A: I slap myself in a certain order and jump up and down while shaking my arms

Q: If you could pick any college to compete against, who would it be?
A: Kentucky

Q: Who is your hero/role model?
A: Michael Phelps

Q: If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A: Breakfast

Q: What is your favorite animal to see at the zoo?
A: Snakes

Q: What is your biggest pet peeve?
A: Sprinting warm up/warm down

Q: If you could go against anyone one-on-one, who would it be?
A: Caeleb Dressel

Q: If you could see one artist in concert, who would it be?
A: J. Cole

Q: What is your favorite song to sing karaoke to?
A: No Air by Jordan Sparks

Q: Besides your own, what is one sport you wish you were really good at?
A: Baseball, I'm trynna get paid

Q: Who is your celebrity crush?
A: Madison Beer

Q: What celebrity do people often say you look like?
A: Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker and Tom Holland

Q: Who is your favorite fictional character?
A: Iron Man

Q: What is your best memory/experience playing your sport?
A: NCAA's my freshmen year

Q: Why did you choose Louisville?
A: The team, campus, coaches, and I thought I would be able to improve the most here

Q: How do you know coming to Louisville was the right decision for you?
A: Because when I go home I always want to come back

Q: What is one thing our program has taught you?
A: How much more you can give when you think you can't

Q: What is your favorite thing about our team/program?
A: Spending time with the team outside the pool

Q: What is the best part about being a student-athlete at Louisville?
A: Athletic events for free and interacting with all the other student athletes on campus

Q: What do you miss most about being on campus?
A: Have all my best friends around

Q: What are you doing with yourself during your free time?
A: Blowing up on TikTok

Q: What's one thing you wish you had with you during this time?
A: A regular sized pool

Q: How are you continuing to stay in shape during this time?
A: Weightlifting and Murph's

Q: How have you and your teammates been keeping in contact?
A: Facetime and Zoom calls as well as playing video games together

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