
MHS grad Hinds thrives as pro with eye on Olympics
Midland High grad Natalie Hinds has unfinished business in the pool.
Hinds did not swim to her satisfaction at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials following an illustrious career at the University of Florida where she was a 20-time All-American.
After taking a hiatus from the sport, Hinds got the fire to return in the fall of 2018, and the 6-foot-2 sprinter has her sights set on the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, June 13-20, 2021, in Omaha, Nebraska where she hopes to punch her ticket to the postponed Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Hinds, 27, is training to compete in the 50-meter freestyle, 100 free, 100 butterfly, and possibly the 200 free at the Trials.
“Really at this point, I just take everything day by day,” Hinds said. “Thinking too far into the future stresses me out so I’m just trying to focus on practice every day and what I need