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

Amid a long swim meet, momentum can be too strong a force to overcome. Start off strong, and fatigue can\u2019t squelch the resulting upswell of positivity. But open up with a rough performance, and it may be hard to rebound, to stay positive for the important races to come.<\/p>\n

This summer at U.S. Nationals, Katie McLaughlin<\/strong> dealt with a double whammy on day one. The meet\u2019s very first race was the 200 fly, previously McLaughlin\u2019s signature race and the one where she was a World Championship finalist just three years ago. McLaughlin finished 10th. Minutes later in the 100 free, the 21-year-old ended up 11th.<\/p>\n

That meant two \u00a0of her stronger events were over with no championship finals appearances to show for them. Not that the swims were by any means poor\u2014particularly her 54.55 in the 100 free. \u201cIt just wasn\u2019t necessarily what I wanted,\u201d McLaughlin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of things in my swimming that I have been working on and working towards,\u201d McLaughlin said. \u201cI think I have been improving, and at that point, it maybe didn\u2019t reflect in the time, but coming out of those, I didn\u2019t want to tell myself that they were bad. I think I was just a little bit frustrated and motivated for my next ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

That afternoon, McLaughlin was at a crossroads\u2014and she refused to let the negative emotions from those first two swims spoil the entire meet. Always a social being, McLaughlin focused on enjoying the parts of the meet that didn\u2019t involve swimming. Behind the blocks before her races, she reminded herself that there was no reason she should feel pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just reminded myself that I swim because it\u2019s fun for me and not because I have to do it and I\u2019m lucky to have the opportunity, rather than \u2018I have to do this or else,\u2019\u201d McLaughlin said. \u201cIt\u2019s just taking every race like, \u2018Okay, let\u2019s see what I have right now or what I can do right now,\u2019 rather than thinking that every race is going to define my swimming career.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So McLaughlin kept her cool. She grinded through the next few sessions of the meet and pulled out a pair of consolation final wins. And then on the fourth day, she put together the kind of swim that she wouldn\u2019t let herself think about, the sort of performance that had eluded her for years.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Because it wasn\u2019t just one disappointing late July morning that was so frustrating for McLaughlin. Ever since suffering a major neck injury in early 2016, she had struggled to find the form she showed in her early teenage years. She could chalk up a rough summer of 2016 to her injury and the ensuing recovery, but in 2017, she admitted, she had hoped to be better.<\/p>\n

All that baggage vaporized when McLaughlin swam the 100 fly in Irvine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really, really excited for the 100 fly, so I knew going into that day that that was my best chance and the one I was most excited for,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was pretty easy to get back up when my favorite event and one that I was really looking forward to was coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n

After qualifying for that final and racing in lane three, McLaughlin\u2019s face showed pure elation and joy\u2014as did the faces of her Cal teammates standing on the side of the pool. She had finished in 57.51, faster than she had ever swum before\u2014and as the runner-up, she had secured a trip to the Pan Pacific Championships.<\/p>\n

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The trip to Pan Pacs was familiar terrain for the now-21-year-old McLaughlin. Back when she was 17, the 2014 edition of the meet in Gold Coast, Australia, was her first exposure to senior international racing, and she was the bronze medalist in the 200 fly at that meet. This time around, she finished ninth in the 100 fly\u2014with the fourth-fastest time of the meet\u2014and in the 200 free, and she helped the American women to a silver in the 4×200 free relay.<\/p>\n

No, McLaughlin hadn\u2019t qualified to swim the 200 free, but given the choice to swim anything she wanted, she ended up racing the individual event in prelims on a whim. She ended up swimming under 1:57 for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 200 free has always been one of my events and something I definitely like to train for and race, but I didn\u2019t really expect to go that fast at Pan Pacs,\u201d McLaughlin said. \u201cBefore the meet, (Cal coach) Teri (McKeever) and I were talking about it, and we figured that I would swim it, take every opportunity I can. If it doesn\u2019t go well, that\u2019s okay\u2014we have more coming down the line.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s also maybe why I had a good swim, because I didn\u2019t really have much pressure. I was really just doing it to race. I think that\u2019s really awesome and something about our sport that I need to tap into when I race, just enjoying it and racing to race.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And so McLaughlin ended up on the 4×200 free relay, and she swam the third leg, directly after Leah Smith<\/strong> and before Katie<\/strong> Ledecky<\/strong>. Ironically, she also appeared on that relay at the 2015 World Championships\u2014where she swam the second leg, directly after Smith and directly before Ledecky.<\/p>\n

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McLaughlin, Kelsi Dahlia and Kendyl Stewart after the 100 fly at U.S. Nationals — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

But that trio\u2019s relay reunion did not mean that all was the same as it had been three years earlier. Back then, McLaughlin was preparing to enter her freshman year at Cal. After this year’s Pan Pacs, she returned to Berkeley for her senior year and some knowledge that she didn\u2019t have back in 2015\u2014that swimming isn\u2019t a straight-line progression.<\/p>\n

Ask McLaughlin what she wants to accomplish in her final year as a Cal Bear, and she won\u2019t mention times or championships. All that, she has learned, is out of her control.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to enjoy it, and whatever that means day in and day out, that\u2019s what it is. I feel like if I say, \u2018I want it to be the perfect senior year, and I want everything to go well and everyone to swim fast,\u2019 that\u2019s just sometimes not how it goes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think just taking every day and the hard practices, and when it\u2019s raining and freezing and we\u2019re rolling the lane lines, just kind of slow it down and see how lucky I am to have had this experience. I am going to miss it so much, so I don\u2019t want to take any of it for granted because it\u2019s coming to an end, and I know when it\u2019s done, that\u2019s going to be hard. I don\u2019t really have a goal because I don\u2019t want to define it by, \u2018It was successful, or it wasn\u2019t successful.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the perspective McLaughlin gained from the years of ups and downs\u2014and the perspective that made this summer\u2019s triumphant return to Pan Pacs a little bit sweeter.<\/p>\n

\n

More from Katie McLaughlin:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you finished second in the 100 fly at Nationals, what did that mean to you, getting second and getting back on the Pan Pacs team?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cThat was really awesome. I think the best part of that was the support of my teammates. I was very happy for myself, obviously, but looking over and seeing my team and Teri being just as excited as me was honestly very cool.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my swimming, but I am a big team person, and I think every one of my teammates knows that they mean as much to me as my swims do and how much they have helped me, I hope they know. That\u2019s what made it very cool, how excited my team was. Yeah, maybe it was my performance, but I think it really says a lot about Cal and our program, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

What was it like to be on the U.S. team, be at Pan Pacs\u2014how was that different from being an 18-year-old at Worlds or a 17-year-old at Pan Pacs four years ago? A lot has happened\u2014life has happened\u2014and you were in a similar situation.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cNo matter what meet it is\u2014I don\u2019t know if this sounds clich\u00e9\u2014but I think me as a swimmer now is different from me in high school. It\u2019s not necessarily that I was bad in high school\u2014I\u2019ve just grown a lot since high school. I think my experience at Pan Pacs this time was different than my experience at Worlds or Pan Pacs in high school, just because I have grown so much as a person.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think every meet I\u2019m at now is different from what it was back then. I don\u2019t think it was because it was Pan Pacs or Worlds that it felt different. I think I\u2019ve really grown as a person and a swimmer, and that\u2019s why it felt different.\u201d<\/p>\n

How specifically do you think you\u2019ve grown as a person and a swimmer in the last three years?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Dan D’Addona<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI think I just know myself more and my body. I think I can take ownership more of what I\u2019m doing as a swimmer and a person and spend my time in the right ways. Obviously, moving away from home is a big change, so I\u2019ve learned everything, from nutrition to sleep and when to do laundry and figuring out the little things about everyday life. I think I\u2019ve been able to grow in that way and also as a swimmer and a person generally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve just been able to figure it out a little bit more, if that makes sense\u2014figure it out training-wise or what I need to do when I\u2019m faced with a conflict or if something doesn\u2019t go my way, not beat myself up over it but learn how I need to recover from that. You know what I mean? Just learning how to treat myself and the people around me and my body and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that you care less\u2014correct me if I\u2019m wrong\u2014it\u2019s that you have more perspective and big picture?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Yes. 100 percent.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s just from life?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cYeah, definitely. Just as a college student and especially at Cal, being surrounded by some of the smartest people in school and also the best athletes, the best swimmers in the country, it just gives you a little bit of perspective. And what I have been through with my injury and stuff, I think that also gave me a lot of perspective, figuring out what\u2019s important to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwimming is very important to me, and being successful obviously is very important, and I\u2019m going to do everything I can to be the most successful I can. But if not, knowing that that doesn\u2019t define me\u2026 It does matter to me, and that\u2019s what important to know, that it does matter to me, and I don\u2019t have to be a swimmer or do anything specific just because other people want me to.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat being said, I am on a team, which is very, very important to me, and that helps me also gain perspective. If I want to be better, I\u2019m lifting the people around me, too, and if I see others around me doing better in school and life and as a person in swimming anything, that also can help me. I think it all has given me perspective, looking at the big picture and what I\u2019ve gained from this sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

How did being at Pan Pacs feel the same as it did three or four years ago? What was similar?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cA lot of the people were obviously the same. Getting to spend time with a lot of people that I usually just see for three or four days at a meet that are some of my really good friends like Leah (Smith), that was the same where that was something I definitely missed the past few years not getting to go on these trips. When I got to this summer, it felt the same as it had been, just picking up where everything left off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the whole summer, what was the most gratifying moment? Was it seeing your teammates after you made the team at Nationals?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cI think so. And Teri got named to be one of the coaches at Pan Pacs. I think that was definitely one of the best things for me because with what I have been through and my experience at Cal, Teri has, through the bad and the worst and the ugly and the hard, been with me every step of the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was awesome that when I finally broke back through to where I want to be, she got to be there with me because she has worked just as hard as I have to help me get back on my feet, so I think that definitely was one of the coolest things.\u201d<\/p>\n

People talk about comebacks, but other than the few months when you couldn\u2019t swim, you never went anywhere. There was the sense that you couldn\u2019t break back to that level. What are you most proud that you got past of all the difficulties that you\u2019ve had in the past two years?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cI think honestly the most proud that I still love swimming and that I don\u2019t feel like I have to do anything to prove anything to anyone. I swim because I genuinely enjoy it and I love to race and I love my teammates. That\u2019s what I\u2019m really proud of, that I fought through some hard times for myself and my team and Teri and everyone in my life that supports me and has been around me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were definitely some times where it was really hard, and I felt pressure that, if I don\u2019t do well, people are going to look bad at Cal or at Teri because I struggled. Looking at the big picture, it doesn\u2019t matter what others think. It\u2019s really about the people around me who support me. Just taking every day and enjoying what I\u2019m doing and not worrying how that affects the outside world.\u201d<\/p>\n

So you\u2019re most proud that you didn\u2019t let the bad things define you?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n

How did you stay in the position where you genuinely enjoyed swimming? Were there times when you didn\u2019t and you had to work for that?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there was ever necessarily a time when I hated swimming, but I think there was a time when I was very frustrated with it. I never despised it because it\u2019s given me so much in my life that I can\u2019t hate it. I think it was just frustration with swimming.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t even know if it was with swimming but just myself, kind of, sometimes, when I was struggling with it. \u2018I am training really hard\u2014why am I not performing like I want to?\u2019 I think that was kind of a struggle, but it was never resentment towards swimming or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 100 fly-200 free double (at NCAAs)\u2014I assume you\u2019ll do that again?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. Maybe? It kind of depends on how my season goes. To be honest, at this time last year, I thought I was for sure doing the 500 at NCAAs. So it really depends. I kind of enjoyed doing it\u2014it was a kind of a fun challenge because, \u2018Why not?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it was definitely hard, but that\u2019s okay. Racing is going to be hard. It\u2019s going to hurt. We\u2019ll see. I\u2019m open to doing it again for sure, but we\u2019ll see if that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing well in at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

What are the keys to successfully pulling off that double?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cI think I was very lucky that I got to be in the A-final for both because I did have a few extra minutes (to rest) while the B-final was going. Qualifying in the morning, dropping to eighth (in the 200 free), no matter what my time was, the worst I could do was eighth, so I think the best thing for that was taking the 100 fly and doing the best I could, and in the 200 free, also doing the same thing with a little less power behind it because I was a little tired. I think taking it one at a time. I don\u2019t know how it would have looked if I had gotten ninth in the morning in the 200 free instead of eighth. That definitely was a key there, a few extra minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

How about between races? Is there some magic sauce to doing that?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cI warmed down a few laps, my teammate brought me some water, Teri came over and capped me, and then it was ready for the next one. It was cool\u2014I didn\u2019t walk out because I didn\u2019t have time to walk over to the ready room, and I was in lane eight, so everyone walked by me. Robin<\/strong> (Neumann<\/strong>), one of my teammates, was in the heat, and so she walked by, and we were like, \u2018Let\u2019s go!\u2019 So that was also a little uplifting for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the vision for the rest of your swimming career? Does it go past March?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cYeah, definitely. I\u2019m swimming next summer for sure because I made the Worlds team, so I\u2019m going to that. And then I\u2019m going to stay up here at Cal and train through Trials at least. I have another semester of school, so I\u2019ll be here training and then kind of just taking it by ear then, so we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

You talked about not wanting to make your career about success vs. failure, so do you just want to put in everything you can and hope for the best and enjoy it? Is that what it\u2019s about for as long as you do this?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201c<\/em>Yeah, I think so. As long as I\u2019m still enjoying waking up and going to practice and challenging myself and finding new ways to be better, I think that\u2019s important. There\u2019s a lot of things in life that I want to do that are outside of swimming, so I think if at any point if I want to do that instead, I don\u2019t want to be bound to it, but I definitely still love swimming and don\u2019t want to be done any time soon as of now. So we\u2019ll see. I definitely have until Trials in me, and then we will see.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s after swimming for you?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know\u2014I\u2019m kind of thinking about a lot of things. I\u2019ve been thinking about maybe going to some sort of grad school for education and being a teacher. I\u2019ve also always to be an event planner, so there\u2019s that. And then there\u2019s like\u2014I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like go to grad school in something, whether it\u2019s education or something else and seeing whether I like it and not feeling pressure to decide on what I want to do for my life. And I guess that\u2019s maybe not a very organized way to look at my life, but whenever I feel like I want to move on from something, I don\u2019t want to feel bound to it. We\u2019ll see where that takes me.\u201d<\/p>\n

What are some things outside of the pool that you really enjoy doing?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cI really enjoy going to SoulCycle. That\u2019s like my me time. When I\u2019m having a rough day, I just go and do a little spin class and sweat it out. I also really enjoy spending time with my friends \u00a0and family. It doesn\u2019t have to be doing anything in particular.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not really a musician or an artist\u2014I\u2019m really bad at drawing\u2014so nothing like that. I guess that\u2019s a little boring. Just spending time with my friends and family\u2014I\u2019m more of a social person, so I like being around people. Going to the beach or playing in the ocean. I like going on road trips\u2014that\u2019s always fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not often you hear an athlete at the level you are saying they like extra workouts.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cI get that. I understand. It\u2019s a fun workout. It\u2019s a hard workout, but it\u2019s fun. It cleanses your brain. And there\u2019s no pressure\u2014you just go and workout, and then it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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