By Rick Madge
Dominique Bouchard of the Oakville Aquatic Club still remembers the 2012 Olympic Trials. In the 200 backstroke, she did a personal best and beat the tough FINA qualifying time by more than a second. But that was only good enough for 4th in a ridiculously strong field. In fact, her 2:09.70 Trials time would have placed her 10th in the Olympic heats. She also finished 4th in the 100 backstroke with another PB, barely missing the qualifying time.
In her words, she was very disappointed and kind of sad, and wasn’t sure if she wanted to do this any more. But she had 1 year of NCAA left with the University of Missouri, so she took some time off after the trials to reflect and re-evaluate. Did she want to keep up the insane training schedule and the rigorous life style?
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