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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Katrina Konopka<\/strong> never expected to wind up at the University of Arizona. Having grown up in Wisconsin and then moved to South Carolina in middle school, she figured she\u2019d stay within the eastern half\u00a0of the country for college\u2014even when she got that first email from the Wildcats.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked at it and was like, \u2018I\u2019m probably not going to go to Arizona,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long, though, for Konopka to fall for the laid-back culture of the desert, the family atmosphere of the Wildcats\u2019 program and the opportunity to swim for legendary sprint coach Rick<\/strong> DeMont<\/strong>\u2014known as \u201cRocket.\u201d<\/p>\n

And almost immediately, she saw the results. Less than a year after arriving in Tucson, Konopka swam in her first Olympic Trials, where she finished fifth in the 50 free with a time of 24.84. Her 24.68 in the semifinals ranked her 19th in the world for 2016.<\/p>\n

A few months after Trials, Konopka was named to the U.S. squad for the Short Course World Championships in Windsor.<\/p>\n

In that short time since she arrived in Tucson, Konopka had learned how to sprint at an elite level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came from a team that did a lot of yards,\u201d she said. \u201cOur team was very 400 IM-based, so I did a lot of distance. Coming to Arizona, I learned how to use power in the water to grab water better. A lot of small details make a really big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Training with DeMont, Konopka put emphasis on improving her body position, elbow position and, more recently, breathing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to completely stop swimming when I breathed,\u201d she explained, \u201cand basically turned over on my back. We\u2019re just trying to keep me more on my stomach so I don\u2019t lose my body position.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s still trying to figure out how best to stay calm before a 50 free\u2014\u201cI get too jumpy,\u201d she said\u2014but in recent months she has nailed down her race strategy for the 100 free. With DeMont’s guidance, Konopka figured out that she can attack a 100 free from the start and still hang on, thinking of it as \u201ca 50 with more air.\u201d<\/p>\n

Konopka\u2019s elevation into one of the country’s premier sprinters hasn’t been without its bumps. She just barely missed out on scoring individually at her first NCAA championships in 2016, finishing 18th in 50 free\u2014eight one-hundredths away from a spot in the consolation finals\u2014and 22nd in the 100 free. In the team race, the young Wildcat women ended up 12th overall.<\/p>\n

Coming off a bit of a letdown, Konopka arrived at the Olympic Trials with no expectations but valuable experience in hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cNCAAs taught me just to stay calm, stay focused and know what you\u2019re getting into and that you can do anything,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Her sights set on a spot in the semifinals of an event, Konopka had to wait through the first half of the week for her primary events to come up. She finished 34th in the 100 back and 79th in the 200 free before the 100 free came around.<\/p>\n

Konopka finished in 55.34, just off her best time of 55.05. The time was fine but the results devastating. She was 17th, two one-hundredths slower than 16th-place finisher Kirsten Vose<\/strong> and out of a spot in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat pushed me over the edge for the 50,\u201d Konopka said.<\/p>\n

Two days later, in the final prelims session of the meet, Konopka swam in the final heat of the women\u2019s 50 free. She finished third in the heat behind Madison Kennedy<\/strong>, the top seed entering the meet, and Olivia Smoliga<\/strong>, already an Olympian in the 100 back. Her time of 24.90 was her first-ever swim under 25 seconds and good for a lane in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the sudden I was seeded fifth in the morning and was like, \u2018Holy crap!\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cAnd then I was like, \u2018What\u2019s happening?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Konopka was overjoyed, but minutes later, back in the warmdown area, she received a reminder from Arizona associate head coach Brandy Maben<\/strong> that her work was not yet done.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrandy was like, \u2018I\u2019m not going to be proud of you until you make the final.\u2019 There\u2019s a lot of people that that would not motivate them. She knew I was going to make it, but I just didn\u2019t know it yet. They had a lot more faith in me than I had in myself,\u201d Konopka said.<\/p>\n

During the hours leading up to her semifinal swim and then in the ready room itself, Konopka had her nerves to keep in check, so she resorted to one of her favorite swim meet habits.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talk\u2014a lot\u2014before I swim,\u201d she said. “I was just bouncing between teammates, talking about whatever they talk about. We talked about Disney movies. We would talk about swimming and the meet and how people were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the ready room, Konopka struck up a conversation with Kennedy, and the pair passed time chatting about humorous videos on Facebook. Minutes later, both went out and earned spots in the final, with Konopka picking up the fourth seed.<\/p>\n

One evening later, during the penultimate race of the meet, Konopka walked out behind lane six for what she calls \u201cthe biggest race I\u2019ve ever swum in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think my heart stopped when I stepped out on pool deck and just heard everybody screaming,\u201d she said. [My team] afterwards was laughing at me because I threw up the Wildcat for, like, two seconds, and they were like, \u2018You should have held it longer!\u2019 I was like, \u2018I didn\u2019t know what to do!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

She ended up finishing fifth, a remarkable performance for the 19-year-old\u2014especially one who entered the meet so far from the public radar\u2014but she couldn\u2019t help but be disappointed after she came so close.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew it was going to be really hard and that it was going to be an uphill battle, but there\u2019s still a slight possibility that it was going to happen, so I was a little bit disappointed,\u201d Konopka said. \u201cBut it was really cool to have my team there\u2014when I walked off deck, they were all standing, giving me hugs. Brandy and Rick both came up to me and were like, \u2018We\u2019re so proud of you. We knew you could do this all along.\u2019<\/p>\n

She paused. \u201cI\u2019m tearing up thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, that moment which remains so vivid in Konopka\u2019s memory more than a half-year later did not actually qualify her for any specific international team\u2014the Olympic Trials, after all, is notoriously top-two-or-bust. Or at least Konopka figured at the time.<\/p>\n

In October, an email from USA Swimming offered her the chance to compete at the Short Course World Championships. After checking with DeMont to ensure that the meet would not conflict with the college team\u2019s schedule, Konopka eagerly accepted.<\/p>\n

On day one in Windsor, Konopka led off the U.S. 400 free relay team in prelims. Joining Konopka on the squad were Katie Drabot<\/strong>,\u00a0Ali DeLoof<\/strong> and one experienced veteran in Kennedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the first relay, I was incredibly nervous, and [Kennedy] could tell that we were all kind of nervous,\u201d Konopka said. \u201cShe just looked at all of us and said, \u2018If they didn\u2019t think they could do it, they wouldn\u2019t have put you on it.\u2019 That\u2019s really what helped me get through the rest of the relays at the meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Konopka helped the U.S. team qualify seventh for the final. Although she was not a member of the finals quartet, her U.S. teammates won the race, so Konopka got a gold medal for her efforts.<\/p>\n

A day later, Konopka was back in the water to anchor the women\u2019s 200 medley relay in prelims. Her split of 23.99 was good enough that the U.S. coaching staff entrusted her to anchor the finals quartet, competing alongside DeLoof, Lilly King<\/strong> and Kelsi<\/strong> Worrell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During her warmups, U.S. head coach Arthur Albiero<\/strong> approached Konopka and mentioned that the team might have a shot at the world record, a 1:44.04 set by Denmark in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Okay, this is game time. I can do this,\u2019\u201d Konopka said. \u201cRocket likes to tell me to go hunting, and so I was like, \u2018Okay, it\u2019s time to go hunting.\u2019 I dove in and was like, \u2018All you have to do is the best 50 you can do.\u2019 And so that\u2019s what I went for.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it would turn out, Konopka did not have much to worry about, as Worrell gave her a lead of more than two-and-a-half seconds. The teenager held her ground, splitting 23.93 and touching in 1:43.27, well under the world record.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just instantly started crying. I really wanted get out and give my teammates a hug, but I had to swim over to the side to get out before. Lilly was the first one to grab my hand out of the pool, and it was the best feeling in the whole world,\u201d Konopka said.<\/p>\n

Of course, the World Championships would not last forever, and soon enough, Konopka departed frigid Canada and returned to the desert with an NCAA season ahead of her and business to attend to.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats enter the spring with one of the youngest squads in the country\u2014there are no senior swimmers on the roster\u2014and the top time in the country in the women\u2019s 200 medley relay.<\/p>\n

Freshman Kennedy Lohman<\/strong> and fellow sophomores Taylor Garcia<\/strong> and Annie Ochitwa<\/strong> joined Konopka to post a 1:34.63 at the Texas Invite in December. That time broke a nine-year-old team record set in 2008 by a squad that included Annie Chandler<\/strong> and Lara Jackson<\/strong> and went on to win Arizona\u2019s first NCAA team championship.<\/p>\n

Individually, Konopka has her sights set on more than just placing in the top 16 in the country in both sprint events, even if the 50 and 100 free are loaded with talent, especially within the Pac-12. But now, as a sophomore, she knows what she\u2019s getting herself into at the NCAA championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s such a high-energy meet with everyone cheering. It was about taking that energy and not getting distracted\u2014which as a freshman, is hard to do. I was a little bit all over the place and very nervous\u2014I was actually throwing up before the meet started. Hopefully that\u2019s not the case this year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Plus, this time, she already has a world record, and as she admits, \u2018it\u2019s a little bit of a confidence boost to keep it in your back pocket.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read more about Konopka, Ella Eastin<\/a>, Michael Chadwick<\/a>, Mallory Comerford<\/a> and other rookies on the U.S. Short Course World Championships team, check out \u201cAn Opportunity of a Lifetime\u201d<\/a> in the February issue of Swimming World Magazine. All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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