MUNCIE, Ind. — Before Justin Xia came to Muncie this fall to attend the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, he spent some time looking up swimming records.
The junior knew that while attending the Indiana Academy, he'd be able to participate in athletics at Muncie Burris. He was looking at the Owls' all-time individual event records and thought to himself, "I can probably get some of those."
Xia came in knowing that the school-best times in several events were within a few seconds of his personal bests. So, he set out to get them.
"Seeing that they were within reach and I could get them was really motivating for me," Xia said.