Olympic swimmer Martha McCabe has added to her distinguished career accomplishments by winning the silver medal in the Pan Am Games women’s 200 metre breaststroke Thursday. She was bested for the gold by another Canadian Kiera Smith, who finished a mere 0.13 seconds ahead of McCabe. Smith’s overall time was 24.38 and both swimmers beat the Pan Am record of 2:25.41 that Smith set during the preliminaries. Martha is well known to local fans as an Olympic competitor and as Leaside’s Athlete of the Year in 2013. She won a medal at the world championships and finished a solid fifth in the 200 breast at the 2012 London Olympics. Martha is the daughter of Joe and Nancy McCabe of Heathbridge Park in Bennington Heights and an alumnus of Leaside High School. She trained at the University of British Columbia. These days she lives and works in Toronto. Martha is a member of the RBC Olympian program and swims at the University of Toronto Aquatic Centre.
