{"id":390599,"date":"2019-08-17T08:55:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T15:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=390599"},"modified":"2019-08-17T08:55:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T15:55:10","slug":"margo-geer-from-worlds-to-pan-ams-the-hardest-summer-i-have-ever-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/margo-geer-from-worlds-to-pan-ams-the-hardest-summer-i-have-ever-had\/","title":{"rendered":"Margo Geer From Worlds to Pan Ams: ‘The Hardest Summer I Have Ever Had’"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a whirlwind of a month for Margo Geer<\/strong>. From Singapore to South Korea, then Alabama to Peru to Michigan, Geer has been around the world in a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis summer was a lot. It was very challenging, probably the hardest summer I have ever had with swimming. But I learned quite a bit. Anytime you get to represent the USA, it is life-changing. I had a lot of fun, but it is good to be home,\u201d Geer told Swimming World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Geer has been training with the post-grad group at Alabama, having made the move from Indiana’s pro group to follow new Alabama head coach Coley Stickels<\/strong>. This summer, she was preparing for the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea and she swam on the prelims relay for the 4×100 free relay that won the silver medal.<\/p>\n

But instead of staying for the rest of the meet, she hopped on a plane back to the U.S. to continue training for her next stop, the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, where she won gold<\/a> in the 100-meter freestyle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to worlds. We had a training camp in Singapore for 10 days, then we went to South Korea. I swam my relay on the first day of competition, then came back to Alabama, where I am training. I was there for nine days and then left for Lima shortly after,\u201d Margo Geer said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Geer won the 100 free in 54.17 but it was slower than her season best 54.09 that she swam in January. She was also on three gold medal winning relays and collected a silver in the 50 free.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came away with some medals. Time-wise, I wasn\u2019t super satisfied, but getting on the podium was really big,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Instead of going back to Alabama right away, Geer flew from Lima to Michigan to spend some vacation time near Lake Michigan and volunteered to run a youth swimming clinic in Zeeland, Michigan, with the West Michigan Swimmers club.<\/p>\n
It capped an extremely busy month for Geer, but one that reiterated her love for the sport.<\/p>\n
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