With that kind of renewed enthusiasm for competitive swimming, Lisa Blackburn is taking another run at the Olympics.
With her competitive fires still burning at 43, the Bermuda National Champion quit her corporate job and started training with the South Florida Aquatic Club twelve weeks ago.
Buoyed by training with a small group of elite pros at SOFLO that includes world record holder and three-time Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson, Russian European champion Valentina Artemeva and two-time Colombian Olympian Carolina Colorado, Blackburn is motivated to swim fast at the four-day Canada Team Trials in Toronto, the site of the Pan American Games which she is trying to qualify for.
Blackburn is seeded 29th in the 100-meter Breaststroke in 1:12.86; 48th in the 50-meter Breaststroke (32.88) and 63rd in the 50-meter Freestyle (27.69).
The meet features 572 Canadian athletes from 138 clubs, competing for spots on the Canadian national team for the Pan American Games, World Championships, FINA World Junior Championships and World University Games.
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