Pupil aims for Olympic dream one lap at a time

Durban — Sarah Sykes dreams of becoming a professional swimmer and the Midlands schoolgirl is working her way there one lap at a time.At daybreak when most tweens are still asleep, the 12-year-old puts on her bathing suit and plunges into a pool of cold water in pursuit of her goal.Recently, the Grade 7 pupil from Treverton Preparatory School in Mooi River competed at the SA Regional Level 3 Championships in the Free State, clinching a gold and a bronze medal in the 50m and 100m breaststroke.“It’s wonderful because she’d only been swimming since August, so to automatically skip…