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Holland Ready For Breakthrough At State Meet

Last year at the state meet Heritage junior Carly Holland lost her two events by an average of .5 seconds. She plans on changing that this weekend.

ROGERS (KFSM) - Swimming is a sport of inches. Last year at the state meet Heritage junior Carly Holland lost her two events by an average of .5 seconds.

“When you look at them, it's only .5 seconds ,” Carly Holland said. “Of course it's very close. When you look at it maybe you need to train harder in practice.”

“The person who has the best start, turn and finish, that's what it is,” Heritage coach Julie Sakalares said. “It’s whoever gets to the wall first.”

That has been the mindset in practice every day this year- Get to the wall first. No more second place finishes.

“When I make a goal I'm going to try to make for it,” Holland said. “It is hard but when you have teammates there for you it is going to help you.”

That's what makes Carly Holland so unique. If you watch her at a meet, you'd think she was only there to socialize with her teammates. She has that much fun.

“When you put yourself behind your team, that just shows you're a leader and you're all about your team,” Sakalares said.

So at the state meet Holland will have that mentality and those teammates will help with the stress of finishing first, not second.

“You can over-think it,” Sakalares said. “You just need to relax and have trust and faith in your training.”

The state meet is Saturday in Little Rock. Holland will compete in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

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