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TORRANCE, CA. It was a typically stunning Southern California day, causing a large crowd of young swimmers to cluster in the Torrance Aquatics Center\u2019s shaded bleachers. They listened attentively as a tall, athletic woman spoke about her challenges and accomplishment in one of American sports\u2019 most competitive endeavors: swimming.<\/p>\n

Kara Lynn Joyce<\/strong>, who qualified for three Olympics and collected four silver medals in the 4\u00d7100-meter freestyle and the 4\u00d7100-meter medley relays, addressed approximately 100 members of the Swim Torrance club about her experiences at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Games, and what led to her phenomenal success.<\/p>\n

It was all in a day\u2019s work for Joyce, who continues to give back to her sport since retiring from competitive swimming following the London Olympics. Active in a number of philanthropic endeavors, including Play Like a Girl<\/a>, a non-profit that encourages girls to unleash their full potential through physical activity, Joyce was featured in \u201cTouch the Wall,\u201d a 2016 documentary about the journey she and Missy Franklin<\/strong> took to qualify for London. She is also the founder of the Lead Sports Summit,<\/a> which gives teenage girls who swim the tools to hone their skills as athletes. \u00a0LEAD\u2014short for Leadership, Empowerment, & Athletic Development\u2014instructs these young women about how they can come together as a team, lean on each other\u2014and lead together.<\/p>\n

After signing numerous autographs and posing with a couple of her silver medals, Joyce spoke with Swimming World<\/em> about her success, her efforts to inspire young athletes and the importance of LEAD in supporting teenagers as they develop as athletes and people.<\/p>\n

– Three Olympics plus four Silvers equals a lot of success.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I feel very fortunate to have the career that I did. I went to my first games when I was 18 and my last games when I was 26. Now, I\u2019m seven years removed from 2012. It\u2019s one of those things that you appreciate more as time goes on.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re in it and you\u2019re still working towards your goals, you don\u2019t really bask in the glow of your accomplishments. I feel very lucky to have gone one time, and then to end my career the way it did was really special. It\u2019s purely because of so many great people who came into my life and supported me.<\/p>\n

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Kara Lynn Joyce shows her young fans some love. Photo Courtesy: M. Randazzo<\/p><\/div>\n

Being able to come around and do things like this\u2014 I remember meeting my first Olympian, I remember meeting every great swimmer that reinforced the goals and the dreams that I had. I realized they weren\u2019t crazy\u2026 and [that] Olympians are just normal people too, who do cool things.<\/p>\n

– You\u2019re committed to inspiring young swimmers to pursue their dreams in and out of the pool.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To me, it\u2019s not about making the Olympics or winning an NCAA title. [It\u2019s about] pursuing your dreams, your goals and being part of something that\u2019s bigger than you. This is just the avenue that these kids have chosen to learn more about themselves and to better themselves.<\/p>\n

You take that as far as you can and\u2026 especially for sports in general, it gives you back so much. Way more than you even realize.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s more than accolades and medals. It\u2019s about relationship-building and team-building. And humbling yourself and working towards a common goal. All of those things together\u2014they are important after you hang up your googles for the last time.<\/p>\n

– You went to Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor\u2014right around the same time as Betsey Armstrong, who won gold with the U.S. Women\u2019s Team in the 2012 Olympics, was going to Huron High School.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I\u2019ve met Betsey before\u2014my high school\u2019s across the parking lot from Michigan! I\u2019m aware of how incredible Betsey is. Michigan is really good at water polo. I moved to Michigan from New York, where it wasn\u2019t on the radar at all. One of the girls on my high school swim team\u2014Alison Gregorka<\/strong>\u2014went on to make the 2008 Olympic team.<\/p>\n

I love following the women\u2019s water polo team. I think it\u2019s so great when other women support other female sports and get behind it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a great community to be a part of\u2014not just the women\u2019s swimming community but the female athlete community.<\/p>\n

– You\u2019ve taken all the positive lesson you\u2019ve learned from life and athletics and put this into <\/strong>LEAD. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

I started LEAD about three years ago, so we\u2019re coming up on our third summit. We host a yearly event and it\u2019s just for teenage girl swimmers to focus on leadership, confidence, nutrition, sports psychology [and] mental health.<\/p>\n

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Joyce posing with part of her Olympic booty. Photo Courtesy: Taylor Baucom\/The Players’ Tribune<\/p><\/div>\n

We bring in specialists from all those fields as well as a handful of female Olympians.<\/p>\n

For four days we have 150 girls and a dozen different speakers who give keynotes and run breakout groups, where the participants really get to have intimate time with the girls. And to help them better themselves.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s really not your typical swim camp; over four days we have one two-hour session in the water. It’s a clinic that the girls get to have fun with. [The LEAD summit] is about all the other tools that as an athlete doesn’t involve actually getting in the water. It\u2019s not your kick, it\u2019s not your body position. It\u2019s your mental strength, your confidence\u2014empowering you with more knowledge.<\/p>\n

The more tools in the toolbox, the better decisions you\u2019ll be able to make\u2014whether that\u2019s to help you overcome pre-race anxiety or the information needed for your body to feel the absolute best it can so that you can have the performance that you work hard for.<\/p>\n

LEAD isn’t about making 150 girls 150 Olympians, it\u2019s about helping these girls be the best athletes they can be. But also, learn the tools that you need as an athlete to carry yourself as a great young woman and be part of your community and your friend group.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s my passion and it\u2019s impacted me in a way that I never anticipated. \u201cOne teaches; two learn;\u201d I feel like I\u2019ve learned so much form the girls and I feel very lucky to have this in my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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