I’m sensing a theme here. I keep running into swimmers I’ve featured before. Today we run into Alison Terry again.

She was the first Black Swimmer to make a US National team. That was 1999, for the Pan American Games. Unfortunately, she fell just short of making the US Olympic team the following year.

Alison struggled with many things in her young life, but she was able to overcome them to have success in the sport. I am glad that her place is secure in the top 20 Black History Swimming Firsts.