▁Ryan ▁was ▁ 1 2 ▁so ▁his ▁father ▁could ▁coach ▁sw imming . ▁ ▁L och te ▁was ▁taught ▁to ▁sw im ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁five ▁by ▁both ▁of ▁his ▁parents . ▁He ▁was ▁often ▁k icked ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁father ' s ▁sw imming ▁classes ▁for ▁mis be h aving , ▁which ▁often ▁included ▁pulling ▁other ▁children ' s ▁legs , ▁blow ing ▁b ub bles , ▁and ▁hiding ▁at ▁the ▁other ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁pool . ▁L och te ▁only ▁began ▁taking ▁sw imming ▁seriously ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁junior ▁high ▁school . ▁His ▁father ▁said , ▁" I ▁would ▁send ▁him ▁to ▁go ▁show er ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁mess ing ▁around . ▁He ▁spent ▁more ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁show ers ▁than ▁he ▁did ▁in ▁the ▁pool ." ▁At ▁ 1 4 ▁years ▁old , ▁his ▁loss ▁at ▁the ▁Junior ▁Olympics ▁changed ▁his ▁attitude . ▁He ▁later ▁commented : ▁" I ▁suddenly ▁said , ▁' I ' m ▁sick ▁of ▁losing '. ▁After ▁that ▁I ▁trained ▁hard ▁and ▁I ▁never ▁lost ▁there ▁again ." ▁ ▁College ▁career ▁L och te ▁attended ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Florida ▁and ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁major ing ▁in ▁sport ▁management . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Florida ▁G ators ▁sw imming ▁and ▁div ing ▁team , ▁he ▁sw am ▁for ▁coach ▁Gre gg ▁T roy ▁in ▁National ▁Colleg iate ▁Athlet ic ▁Association ▁( N CAA ) ▁and ▁S out he astern ▁Conference ▁( SE C ) ▁competition ▁from ▁ 2