P.E.I. para swimmer heading to her 1st national-level competition [Video]

A 13-year-old para swimmer with the Charlottetown Bluephins has qualified for her first national competition in Quebec City later this month. Veronica MacLellan hopes her story will inspire more young Islanders to take up her sport. She and her parents, Mike MacLellan and Catherine Allin MacLellan, tell us about her journey.

Thirteen-year-old para swimmer Veronica MacLellan is about to get her first taste of national-level competition as part of the Charlottetown Bluephins Aquatic Club.

She will swim in five events at the Eastern Canadian Championships in Quebec City, March 21-23.

“I was excited. I was kind of nervous. I still am kind of nervous, but I’m really excited,” MacLellan said.

“I’m excited to get new times and do more swims and meet more para swimmers.”

Para swimming uses a classification system with 14 classes of abilities: 10 for physical impairments, three related to vision and one for people with an intellectual impairment.

Veronica and her parents, …

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