Louisa Henry won her heat in the 50-metre breaststroke. (Elizabeth Chiu/CBC News)

At the Canada Games swimming meet in St. John's, athletes who look like they're old enough to head off to college dive into the pool to race their best.

Yellowknife's Louisa Henry accomplished her goal. After swimming the 50-metre freestyle, she raced in a preliminary heat in the 50-metre breaststroke — her favourite event — and won.

Not bad for an 11-year-old who just finished Grade Six.

Henry had a feeling she was the youngest of the 2,000 athletes at the games, but confirmed to her that she's going head-to-head against competitors three to five years older.

"It feels really like a little weird because everyone's, like, so [much] older," she said.

"Like whoa, it makes me feel fast."

The preteen has

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