BOOTSMA ON USA SWIMMING!

Bootsma: Coming into Her Own  
Even though she won the 100 backstroke at last summer's U.S. Open, Rachel Bootsma is still coming to terms with who she is as a competitive, world-class swimmer. When you factor in that she's really only been swimming competitively since she was eight and didn't hit National times until she was 14, the 16-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minn., hasn't had a lot of time to take in everything.  Read more...