>> Anchor: THE ROAD TO RIO.
GOES THROUGH METRO DETROIT.
THESE OLYMPIC HOPEFULS HAVE A
LOT IN COMMON.
THE MOTIVATION.
THE DRIVE.
AND THE TRAINING.
THE FOCUS IS ON RIO.
BUT SOME OF THE HARD WORK TO
GETTING THERE IS TAKING PLACE IN
ANN ARBOR.
>> Anchor: WE ARE CLOSE TOO.
WHEN THE UNITED STATES SWIM TEAM
IS SELECTED LATER ON THIS MONTH
IT WILL LIKELY INCLUDE MAIZE AND
BLUE AS IT WAS IN LONDON FOUR
YEARS AGO MICHIGAN SWIMMERS AT
THE HEART OF TEAM USA.
CONNOR JAGER, TYLER CLARY, SEAN
RYAN, MICHAEL PHELPS, ALTHOUGH
MICHAEL NEVER SWAM FOR MICHIGAN.
ADD TO THE LIST FORMER WOLVERINE
COACH BOB BOWMAN NOW COACH OF
TEAM USA.
SOME OF THESE WOLVERINES HAVE
WON OLYMPIC GOLD.
SET WORLD RECORDS AND ALL LIKELY
GOING BACK FOR MORE.
FOUR YEARS AGO IN LONDON TYLER
CLARY SURPRISED EVERYONE CLING
HIMSELF.
SETTING A NEW OLYMPIC RECORD IN
THE BACK STROKE.
>> SHOCK IS THE WORD I USE.
BECAUSE I WAS GOING INTO THAT
RACE THINKING IT WOULD BE RYAN
FIRST, AND THEN ME FIGHTING FOR
SECOND OR THIRD.
>> Reporter: CONNOR JAGER MADE
FIRST TEAM IN 2012 FINISHING SIX
IN 1500-METER EVENT IN LONDON.
AND CONNOR WAS A THREE TIME ALL
AMERICAN IN MICHIGAN.
PROGRAM HE SAID TAUGHT HIM WHAT
IT TAKES TO WIN.
>> ON THE DOUBLE DOORS, OLYMPIC
RINGS SAID IT IS NOT EVERY FOUR
YEARS BUT EVERY DAY.
EVERYONE THERE TRYING TO BE THE
BEST.
AND BEING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT IS
ONLY GOING TO PUSH YOU FURTHER
AND FURTHER TO BEING THE BEST.
>> Reporter: CONNOR'S SPECIAL
FEE IS LONG DISTANCE EVENTS.
ALTHOUGH LONG DISTANCE KING AT U
OF M IS SEAN RYAN.
NO POOL FOR SEAN.
HE COMPETES IN OPEN SWIMMING.
AND A 6.2-MILE OPEN WATER
MARATHON.
SORT OF LIKE NASCAR IN THE
OCEAN.
>> EVERYBODY RIGHT ON TOP OF
EACH OTHER.
EVERYONE ON FEET IN FRONT OF
THEM.
FIGHTING FOR A POSITION.
>> Reporter: THEN MICHAEL
PHELPS THAT CAME TO ANN ARBOR IN
2004 TO TRAIN WITH BOWMAN.
MICHAEL DID ENROLL IN CLASSES AT
THE UNIVERSITY BUT NOT TO PURSUE
A DEGREE.
NEVER SWAM IN A BIG 10 EVENT.
BUT HE STILL IS ON THE WALL AT
THE MAIZE AND BLUE DELI IN ANN
ARBOR SO HE QUALIFIES AS
HOMETOWN HERO.
WITH MORE GOLD MEDALS THAN
ANYONE.
ANY SPORT.
PHELPS STILL TRAINS UNDER COACH
BOWMAN.
THAT RELATIONSHIP BEGAN WHEN
MICHAEL WAS 15.
>> I THINK I WAS A LITTLE KID.
DO 20,000 AND I WOULD DO IT.
I THINK IT IS DIFFERENT.
NOW I PROBABLY DO NOT NEED THAT
SAME KIND OF APPROACH NOW THAT I
HAD BACK THEN.
>> Reporter: EACH OF THE
MICHIGAN SWIMMERS WILL OPEN A
NEW CHAPTER AFTER RIO GAMES OF
THE CONNOR GRADUATED MICHIGAN
WITH AN ENGINEERING DEGREE.
NOW HAS HIS MASTERS IN BUSINESS.
>> I THINK IT IS HEALTHY TO BE
BALANCED AND, I THINK, IT HAS
HELPED SWIMMING TO NOT ONLY
THINK ABOUT SWIMMING.
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HELP ME
BUT MAKE ME WORSE.
>> Reporter: TYLER PLANS TO
PURSUE A NEED FOR SPEED.
>> MY GOAL IS TO MAKE A LIVING
DRIVING RACE CARS.
I CANNOT SEE MYSELF DOING REALLY
A LOT ELSE AFTER SWIMMING.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL PHELPS
HAS NO CLEAR PROFESSIONAL PATH
BUT SAID THAT PERSONALLY HE IS
GETTING READY TO BE A HUS BAND
AND A DAD.
>> BIGGEST CHANGE I SEE IS I AM
MORE LAID BACK.
MORE OPEN.
AND I KEEP THE MOST IMPORTANT
PEOPLE CLOSE TO ME THAN EVER
BEFORE.
>> Reporter: THE NEW MICHAEL
PHELPS.
BOY IT GETS INTERESTING.
NOW OLYMPIC TRIALS FOR SWIMMING.
START ON SUNDAY JUNE TWISTING
AND A WEEK LONG.
LIVE PRIME TIME COVERAGE HERE ON
LOCAL 4.
AND BY THE WAY, ALSO KEEP AN EYE
ON ALLISON SCHMITT FROM CANTON
TRADE AT MICHIGAN.
SHE WON GOLD IN LONDON AND
BATTLED DEPRESSION AFTER
OLYMPICS.
BUT SHE IS BACK AND READY TO
COMPETE AT THE TRIALS FOR A SPOT