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Kylie Masse<\/strong> has had plenty of time to ponder, well, time. It\u2019s a commodity usually so cut and dry for swimmers: Hours in the pool adding up to months of preparation, all to translate into tenths or hundredths of a second of improvement.<\/p>\n

Even before the coronavirus pandemic ramped up its global spread in March, Masse felt a version of the time dilation rendered by the Olympic year. Then all the hectic speed of 2020 came to a screeching halt two weeks before Masse and her fellow Canadians were to test themselves at Olympic Trials. And then swimming-free weeks later, Masse is trying to find the silver lining of the disruptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as it hit January 1, 2020, we were just on fast-forward until mid-March when the pandemic started escalating,\u201d she said last week. \u201cI feel like those months flew by and I\u2019m just really looking forward to having this extra time to try to continue to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like many others, Masse has found social isolation to be a bumpy road. She\u2019s thrown herself into hobbies like cooking and gardening, and accelerated her coursework with unexpected free time, bunkered at home with family in Ontario.<\/p>\n

But even while not in the water, the 24-year-old Olympian has her eye on how she can prepare, physically and mentally, to perform best when she gets to compete again.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never have a perfect race. There\u2019s things that you can always improve on,\u201d she said. \u201cThe sport is measured to such a small degree, and hundredths of a second matter. So there\u2019s always little things and habits to break and little things to improve on. I\u2019m really just looking at that extra time to get better and see how fast I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

A time to reset<\/h4>\n

Masse could be an authority on the perfect race<\/a>, because she\u2019s closer to it than most will ever be. The two-time reigning World Champion in the women\u2019s 100-meter backstroke, Masse has staked a claim as one of her generation\u2019s best backstrokers. She set the world record<\/a> at the 2017 World Championships at 58.10 seconds, taking down<\/a> Gemma Spofforth\u2019s<\/strong> tech-suit record from Rome in 2009, the oldest standing women’s world record at the time. Though the mark has since changed hands to a pair of Americans \u2013 first Kathleen Baker, <\/strong>then<\/a> Regan Smith<\/strong> \u2013 Masse holds five of the top 10 swims all-time<\/a> and seven of the top 15, per FINA\u2019s database<\/a>. She also successfully defended her World Championship in 2019<\/a>, showing off her clutch gene.<\/p>\n

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

Masse also holds the Canadian record in the 200 back. She has five career Worlds medals plus golds at the World University Games, the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Championships. With the progress she\u2019s made over the last four years, it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise for Masse to improve on the bronze medal won in Rio in 2016.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 has changed the path to Tokyo. Masse has been out of the water since Swimming Canada\u2019s High Performance Centre in Toronto shut down in mid-March. She has stayed connected to a strength and conditioning regimen via remote classes and dipped into other fitness areas, from online barre and yoga classes to family bike rides, anything to keep fresh mentally and physically<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The swimming sabbatical has altered Masse\u2019s academic calendar, too. She is aiming to graduate from the University of Toronto in December with a degree in kinesiology<\/a>. But instead of taking the four courses she needs in the fall, after what she hoped was a successful Tokyo Games, she\u2019s splitting the difference with two online summer courses to lighten her next semester as training (hopefully) resumes.<\/p>\n

Things could be a lot worse, Masse points out. And she\u2019s thankful for what she does have.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve just tried to keep perspective and just try to stay positive the best I can,\u201d she said. \u201cI just keep thinking of how grateful I am to be spending time right now with my family and just to be grateful that I can go outside \u2026 and be grateful for the little things.\u201d<\/p>\n

A time to lead<\/h4>\n

At 24, Masse isn\u2019t old by swimming standards. But she\u2019s experienced beyond her years, at the forefront of a cresting wave<\/a> of Canadian talents. That has furnished a leadership role that Masse has embraced.<\/p>\n

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Flying the Flag – Canadian backstroke ace Kylie Masse – Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol<\/p><\/div>\n

In a conversation with Swimming World<\/em> in April, Canadian High Performance Director John Atkinson<\/strong> cited Masse as one of the most vocal participants<\/a> on an athletes\u2019 call. The federation was soliciting feedback on what athletes needed to navigate the crisis, and Masse was one of those taking the lead to encourage others to speak up and check in regularly.<\/p>\n

With national teamers spread through the country, Masse volunteered as a communications hub. She\u2019s grateful to Swimming Canada for continuing to connect athletes and providing resources to cushion the blow of isolation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know how much it helped me being able to call up a friend or FaceTime a friend and do a workout online together,\u201d Masse said. \u201cIt was really nice to have that kind of social interaction as well as motivation. That was something that I mentioned on the call with the national team members, like, hey everybody, I\u2019ll always be here if you want to call or FaceTime workout or not even work out but just chat.\u201d<\/p>\n

The camaraderie could unlock the next level for a burgeoning program. The national team got an overhaul after a disappointing 2012 Olympics that didn\u2019t yield a single women\u2019s medal. In Rio 2016, it netted four individual medals at the Games, highlighted by Penny Oleksiak\u2019s<\/strong> tie for gold in the 100 freestyle<\/a> with Simone Manuel,<\/strong> plus a pair of relay bronzes. By the 2019 World Championships, Canada claimed five individual medals (golds from Masse and Maggie MacNeil<\/strong>) and bronze in all three relays.<\/p>\n

The success is built on young swimmers like Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> (22), Emily Overholt<\/strong> (22), Kelsey Wog<\/strong> (21), Rebecca Smith<\/strong> (20), MacNeil (20), Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> (19), Taylor Ruck<\/strong> (19) and Oleksiak<\/a> (still somehow just 19). That posits Masse as a veteran, and she\u2019s taken on that mantle wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmongst the national team, we have such a great connection and respect for each other although we may be spread out across the entire country,\u201d Masse said. \u201cI\u2019m not necessarily close to anyone now geographically that I\u2019ve been talking to, and we are all in our own programs during the normal training season. And because swimming is our whole entire life and it pretty much all revolves around that and with that being gone right now, it\u2019s been really valuable to just to try to keep in touch with each other. \u2026 So it\u2019s really just trying to stay connected and lean on each other and know when it\u2019s safe to do so, we\u2019ll all be back in and ready to take on the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her aid to others begins with absorbing the uncertainty of the moment. She thinks her experience in the last Olympic cycle helps, as much as anything can. It\u2019s another aspect in which she\u2019s had time to hone her outlook.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just how you\u2019re handling the current situation we\u2019re in and how you\u2019re handling your thoughts and emotions towards everything,\u201d she said. \u201cHaving the experience with dealing with similar things, emotions and nerves that you would experience at a major championship have definitely taught me lessons and I\u2019m probably using them right now without even thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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