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El Paso born swimmer real shot at Olympic career

Will Licon still has greatness in front of him, the El Paso native has so many more things he can accomplish in the swimming pool.

Right now he is training for the World Championships, and after coming so close to making the U.S. Olympic team last year, he'll be one of the favorites to make it this time around.

Licon, though, will never again accomplish what he did at the end of March at the NCAA Championships, and that's what made it so special.

Competing for the University of Texas for the final time, Licon won five gold medals, set three NCAA and American records and hoisted the national championship trophy with his teammates.