i need help with swimming

[derekn23]

tomorrow at my swim meet i'm going to be swimming the 200 freestyle. i need suggestions on how to pace myself in the beginning, but still get a good time. during our "mock meet", since our real meet was cancelled, i swam a 2:34 and that was with my goggles filled up with water and me stopping for a second to fix them. is this a decent time? keep in mind this is my first year ever swimming, in my life.