''Every competition is really daunting when it's an international but the Olympic Games is just so special, it's something that every youngster dreams of when growing up.
''I can feel the pressure catching up with me now as the trials are so close, but I will be there with only one aim in mind and that is to make the Olympic team.''
Swimmers who are selected will go straight to Loughborough and take part in a five-day training camp before they compete in the French Championships in Dunkirk.
That is the first in a series of events in which national performance director Bill Sweetenham will chart improvement as the squad builds towards the Olympics in August.
The team will be looking to reverse fortunes following the disappointment of Sydney 2000, when Great Britain failed to win a single medal in the pool.
