# Country Club Laps To Masters Swimming Champion: Peggy McDonnell’s Journey to All-American, EP 299

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Podcast: [Champions Mojo for Masters Swimmers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/champions-mojo-for-masters-swimmers-181640)
Published: 2025-12-30T05:00:00+00:00
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She calls herself a swimming vagabond! The deck at Fort Lauderdale buzzes, and at 70-years old, Peggy McDonnell brings the kind of energy that makes you want to put on your goggles. She didn’t swim in high school or college. She found Masters after a move to Florida, chased a national title in the 200 IM, and shocked herself with an All-American time that arrived like lightning. Then life happened: knee surgery, a finicky neck, and an honest reckoning that made butterfly and breaststroke hard...

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