Linda McEachrane
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Linda Dawn McEachrane |
| Nationality |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Born |
7 September 1983 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Marlins Swim Club |
| College team | Tulane Green Wave (USA) |
| Coach | Edward Tuberoso |
Linda Dawn McEachrane (born September 7, 1983 in Port of Spain) is a retired Trinidadian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] 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.[2] McEachrane is also a former varsity swimmer for Tulane Green Wave, and a business graduate at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana (2006).
McEachrane qualified for the women's 100 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 58.00 from a TTOC sanctioned time trial in Port of Spain.[2][3] 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.[4][5]
Six years after graduated 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.[6]
References
- ↑ "Linda McEachrane". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tulane's McEachrane Named to Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Swim Team". Swimming World Magazine. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Women’s 100 Freestyle Prelims, Day 5: Inky Leads the Pack with a Swift 54.43". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ Dunaway, Roger (4 July 2012). "Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame Selects Jurries, McEachrane, Fowler and Cummings for 2012 Class". SportsNOLA. Retrieved 19 April 2013.