Intense focus pays off for Hansen, one of world's best swimmers.

Swimming: Intense focus pays off for Hansen, one of world's best swimmers

David King

Express-News Staff Writer

Brendan Hansen has had one of those years that makes those hundreds and hundreds of hours of pre-dawn workouts worthwhile.

Hansen, who swam one of his specialties, the 200-yard breaststroke, Saturday night at the Short Course Grand Prix at Palo Alto Natatorium, has not lost in the breaststroke in 2006.