{"id":499490,"date":"2022-03-15T09:02:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T16:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=499490"},"modified":"2022-03-15T09:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T16:02:40","slug":"maggie-mac-neil-named-swimming-canadas-swimmer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/maggie-mac-neil-named-swimming-canadas-swimmer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Mac Neil Named Swimming Canada&#8217;s Swimmer of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Maggie Mac Neil Named Swimming Canada&#8217;s Swimmer of the Year<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By Jim Morris<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maggie Mac Nei<\/strong>l didn\u2019t know what to expect from herself heading into last summer\u2019s Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old London, Ont., native was considered a medal contender after winning the 100-metre butterfly at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, Korea, but her training and competition schedule for the Olympics had been disrupted by COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably would have had more swimming goals time wise, and medal wise, if we had a normal year going into it,\u201d said Maggie Mac Neil. \u201cBut not really being able to compete with the best in the world for a year leading up to it, I wasn\u2019t really sure what to expect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pressure was on after winning in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mac Neil responded by claiming Canada\u2019s first gold medal at the Tokyo Games,\u00a0breaking her own Canadian record to win the 100 fly. She then captured silver as a member of the 4\u00d7100-m freestyle relay and bronze with the 4\u00d7100-m medley\u00a0team that set a Canadian record.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/butterfly-u-michigans-maggie-mac-neil-olivia-carter-continue-to-dominate-aim-for-double-fly-repeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mac Neil, Olivia Carter turn Michigan into Butterfly U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo come home with a full set (of medals) was definitely amazing,\u201d said Maggie Mac Neil.<\/p>\n<p>In December Mac Neil managed another dominating performance at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25-m) in Abu Dhabi, winning four gold medals and setting a world record in the 50-metre backstroke.<\/p>\n<p>For her achievements in 2021 Mac Neil has been named Swimming Canada\u2019s Female Swimmer of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really an honour, it means a lot to me,\u201d said the University of Michigan swimmer. \u201cSwimming in Canada, especially for females, had increased since Rio and I think we\u2019re still on an upward trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many good swimmers on the team and just being able to swim with them, and learn from them, that means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last several months have been a whirlwind for Mac Neil. In October she received the Best Female Athlete of Tokyo award from the\u00a0Association of National Olympic Committees. Attending the award ceremony in\u00a0the port city of Heraklion on the Greek island of Crete along with her mother was a highlight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was exciting to go and meet other athletes that I didn\u2019t get to meet at the Olympics,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a really special award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, she was named NCAA Big Ten Championships Swimmer of the Meet for the third time after winning three individual races and two relay titles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly it\u2019s been a lot,\u201d said Maggie Mac Neil. \u201cOverwhelming for sure. Coming off my Olympic success and then going back to school in the fall was really hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m kind of struggling to see what I want to do next but I\u2019m definitely enjoying this right now and enjoying the ride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tokyo Games, which were delayed a year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, were Mac Neil\u2019s first Olympics. Strict safety protocols meant family and friends couldn\u2019t attend and restricted athletes\u2019 movements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was\u00a0weird with the Olympics the way it was,\u201d she said. \u201cIt took more than a couple of months to get back to normal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think my life has changed a lot for the better for sure, but it\u2019s been an adjustment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finding herself a role model for young athletes is something Mac Neil is still adapting to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really hits me when little kids come up to me and want pictures and autographs and things like that,\u201d she said. \u201cI remember looking up to swimmers. People would come speak at my club or do camps. That always made a big impact on me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to do the same things for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mac Neil\u2019s career followed a steady progression with her competing at World Junior and Junior Pan Pacific Championships. She was named Swimming Canada\u2019s Breakout Swimmer of the Year in 2019, the year she made her first senior national team.<\/p>\n<p>Being an Olympic and world champion now makes her one of the swimmers to watch at any competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople started looking at me differently back in 2019 at the worlds,\u201d she said. \u201cI just popped on the scene. I had been a relatively good development swimmer for the Canadian team at that point but I hadn\u2019t really pushed out to the senior level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter winning at the Olympics and setting a world record, I feel I am very familiar to them. I try not to think about that too much and put too much pressure on myself. I always do the best I can do. I just want to know I put my full effort in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maggie Mac Neil took a month off training after the Olympics. The break helped her physically but \u201cmy emotional mental health probably took a lot longer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s already focusing on this summer\u2019s FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The Paris 2024 Olympics are also on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParis is definitely a long-term goal so I\u2019m always working toward that,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to take time and think about the milestones and the meets along the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always enjoyed competing. I love swimming but I swim to compete. I love the entire sport but competing really is the most fun for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Swimming Canada<\/i><i>. 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