'She had the fastest girl in the world right beside her and she never lost control. She always kept focused on the main goal, which was to make the final. '(Tuesday) is a new ball game.' Pierse, who was sixth in the 200m breast-stroke final at last summer's Beijing Olympics, is having a giant year in her development. Earlier this year, she broke the world record in the 200 breast-stroke short course event. And she bettered her Canadian long course records as well in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes.

Publication: Edmonton Sun
Date: Tuesday July 28th, 2009
Source: http://www.edmontonsun.com/sports/othersports/2009/07/28/10284386-sun.html