Linda Dawn McEachrane (born September 7, 1983) is a former swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She is a 2004 USA Freshman Swimmer of the Year, and is named 2002 National Sportswoman of the Year by the Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee.
McEachrane is also a former varsity swimmer for
Tulane Green Wave
The Tulane Green Wave are the athletic teams that represent Tulane University, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tulane competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). There are 14 Green Wave interco ...
, and a business graduate at
Tulane University
Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...
in
(2006).
McEachrane qualified for the
women's 100 m freestyle at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens
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, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 58.00 from a TTOC sanctioned time trial in
Port of Spain
Port of Spain (Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a municip ...
.
[ She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympian Agnese Ozoliņa of Latvia. McEachrane cruised to third place by 0.36 of a second behind Kazakhstan's Yelena Skalinskaya in 58.92. McEachrane failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-second overall in the preliminaries.
Six years after graduating from the University, McEachrane was officially inducted to the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame for her full commitment and dedication to the sport of swimming.]
References
External links
Player Bio – Tulane Green Wave
1983 births
Living people
Trinidad and Tobago female swimmers
Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago
Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago
Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
Olympic swimmers for Trinidad and Tobago
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Trinidad and Tobago female freestyle swimmers
Sportspeople from Port of Spain
Tulane Green Wave women's swimmers
Trinidad and Tobago expatriate swimmers in the United States
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