Broken, But not Finished.

This time last year Hannah Pugh had just been notified that her swim season was over due to a torn right biceps.

Today, Hannah is less then a week away from competing at State in the 100 meter backstroke.

"Its an unreal feeling. To come back from an injury like that is incredible." Pugh said.

She had two options to get back to swim as soon as possible. Have surgery, which had a shorter rehab assignment, but could have a stronger chance of re-injury. Her second option was to remove all physical activity and do 8 weeks of physical therapy.

Pugh said, "Since i didn't do surgery the time table was just a little bit longer. I choose to heal it on its own so I can come back stronger. But I've had physical therapy four days a week for the past eight weeks. So i was able to get back to the team just before the start of the season."

Throughout this season, Pugh was been working non-stop to rehabilitate her arm and drop time to qualify for state.

"I have been really happy with all of my meets so far this season. Especially at regionals were i had the lowest time of my career. Which was my state qualifying time." Pugh said.

Pugh placed 6th overall in 100 Meter backstroke at regionals. Because she had the best performance so far this season, she has her mind set on Topeka. Which puts nothing but a smile on her face.