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The operative word for Rob Kent<\/strong>, the general manager of the Toronto Titans in the International Swimming League, is adaptation.<\/p>\n

It applied for a team that had, by his reckoning, 70 to 80 percent of its roster in place last December, when COVID-19 remained a word quarantined to the Asian scientific vernacular. It applied through changes to the international swimming calendar, to the ISL schedule, to the location of the league\u2019s second season<\/a>, to individual athletes\u2019 situations \u2026 to everything that 10 months of a global pandemic can change.<\/p>\n

And when the changes hit closer to home last month, Kent was ready to adapt to something that had nothing to do with the pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the world has learned that one skill is adaptability, and the ISL certainly learned it,\u201d Kent told Swimming World<\/em> Wednesday. \u201cAnd to our credit, we\u2019ve been able to adapt quite well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Anton

Anton McKee at a Toronto Titans practice in Budapest; Photo Courtesy: MIKE LEWIS<\/p><\/div>\n

Kent won\u2019t be in Budapest when the Titans make their debut in Match 3 Saturday, squaring off against the LA Current, Aqua Centurion and fellow expansion side Tokyo Frog Kings.<\/p>\n

A diagnosis of prostate cancer has Kent marooned at home in Canada, and while the prognosis is good, he has surgery coming in November. Instead, his son and \u201cright-hand man in this process\u201d Dylan Kent<\/strong>, the team\u2019s assistant GM, is in the Budapest bubble to lead the Titans into existence. They scarcely expect it\u2019ll be the last bit of unexpected adversity to weather in this process. But the Kents are excited to see the work of team-building<\/a> that began nearly a year ago come to fruition.<\/p>\n

The Titans came into existence last December, and the process of recruiting talent is something that Rob Kent speaks fondly of. They were afforded a two-week exclusive period to recruit Canadian talent, wooing much of the bumper crop of the nation\u2019s swimming talents to the team, including seven Canadians who swam in ISL\u2019s inaugural campaign. Among them are Yuri Kisil<\/strong> (formerly of the London Roar), Emily Overholt<\/strong> (NY Breakers) and Kelsey Wog<\/strong> and Kylie Masse <\/strong>(both of the Cali Condors<\/a>).<\/p>\n

With the addition of Brent Hayden,<\/strong> who comes out of retirement, the team is build around a solid Canadian backbone. It would\u2019ve been even more so had Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> not bowed out of the season with a shoulder injury<\/a>, or if Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> had joined the Titans as rumored.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have some great Canadian talent, on the men\u2019s and women\u2019s sides, but predominantly on the women\u2019s side, and we were more than happy to scoop them up,\u201d Rob Kent said. \u201cBut we wouldn\u2019t have taken them if they weren\u2019t good, and they\u2019re good. There were no pity ones where we just took them because they\u2019re Canadian. They\u2019re world-class swimmers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kents and head coach Byron MacDonald<\/strong> went approach team-building strategically. Knowing they lack a star a la Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> or Sarah Sjostrom,<\/strong> they prioritized depth and chemistry and hope relays can be an equalizing force. Hayden and Masse, both leaders for the national team, are assuming that same mantle for their club.<\/p>\n

\"Blake

Blake Pieroni at Toronto Titans practice; Photo Courtesy: MIKE LEWIS<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe really built the team to have a good team culture,\u201d Rob Kent said. \u201cWhen we were talking to swimmers and interviewing them for the positions on the team, it wasn\u2019t just based strictly on time, although that was key. When we had a choice, we picked people we thought would have good chemistry and mix well.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Toronto Titans have largely cornered the market on Canadian talent \u2013 Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> of the London Roar and Markus Thormeyer<\/strong> of the Tokyo Frog Kings notable exceptions \u2013 they\u2019re not an exclusively Canadian concern. One of the first signings<\/a>, Iceland\u2019s Anton McKee,<\/strong> is someone Rob Kent believes is an under-the-radar get. Sergey Fesikov<\/strong> has been a bridge to a substantial Eastern European contingent. Shane Ryan<\/strong> brings ISL experience from the LA Current and an all-around sprinter\u2019s aptitude, as does Blake Pieroni<\/strong>. Rookie Louise Hansson<\/strong> leads a Swedish group, and finding swimmers like McKee and Julie Meynen<\/strong> of Luxembourg from less heralded (and not already spoken for) national sources has an exploitable market wrinkle.<\/p>\n

Though most of the Titans arrived in the bubble Monday and spent the first 12 hours awaiting initial COVID-19 test results, Dylan Kent feels they\u2019re jelling quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a really good squad,\u201d Kent said from the Duna Arena. \u201cI suppose I have nothing to compare it to, but really a great group of guys and girls. Everybody\u2019s excited to be here, excited to train, takes it seriously but it\u2019s also fun and eager to bond and things like that. \u2026 It\u2019s a great group top to bottom, and it\u2019s great to see them already filling into the roles.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Toronto Titans can ease into life in ISL a little. Aqua Centurion, with a diminished Italian core, finished fourth in Match 2. LA Current was third in Match 1. Tokyo is talented but in the same debut boat.<\/p>\n

Either way, the Kents are eager to see a project long in the works, one that began in a very different world, get off the ground and into the water.<\/p>\n

\u201cTokyo I think is going to be a tough team,\u201d Dylan Kent said. \u201cA lot of those guys are coming off Japanese short-course nationals, so I think a lot of them are riding a little bit of a longer taper, so especially for the first meet, you never know. Everybody\u2019s kind of an X factor right now because you don\u2019t know the quality of their training for the last six months or so. \u2026 We\u2019re going to get out there and see what we can do right off the bat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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