On Dec. 3, Shawnee High School junior Piper McNeil was in the same 100-meter backstroke preliminary heat with the Olympic bronzemedalist in the event, Regan Smith.
No, it wasn’t a dream. It was the 2021 Toyota U.S. Open Championships in swimming, and McNeil went on to take second place in the Class C Finals of the event with a time of 1:03.99.
She also took fifth place in the Class C Finals of the w…
