{"id":515138,"date":"2022-11-12T10:11:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T17:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=515138"},"modified":"2022-11-12T10:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T17:11:46","slug":"easing-into-sophomore-season-paige-mckenna-reflects-on-ncaa-title-with-torn-labrums-i-was-able-to-see-something-in-myself-i-didnt-know-i-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/easing-into-sophomore-season-paige-mckenna-reflects-on-ncaa-title-with-torn-labrums-i-was-able-to-see-something-in-myself-i-didnt-know-i-had\/","title":{"rendered":"Easing Into Sophomore Season, Paige McKenna Reflects on NCAA Title With Torn Labrums: &#8216;I Was Able to See Something in Myself I Didn&#8217;t Know I Had&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <strong>Paige McKenna<\/strong> claimed the NCAA championship in the 1650 free last March, she knew her biggest fight was still ahead. The Wisconsin swimmer had two torn labrums in her hips during the title race, which she won in 15:40.84, and one of them needed to be a addressed quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo weeks after NCAAs, I was having a hard time walking around campus,\u201d McKenna told <em>Swimming World<\/em>. \u201cThey basically went in and took the labrum around my hip and sewed it back up. Both of my hips are torn but I only got the left done because it was so bad. I was told I wouldn\u2019t last another season with my left hip. I got cortisone shots which helped for a while, but I finally decided to get surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is an awful lot of pain to deal with, especially swimming a mile at a championship level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t even know (how I was able to handle it),\u201d McKenna said. \u201cMy athletic trainer (<a href=\"https:\/\/uwbadgers.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/staff\/estefania-zavala\/340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Estefania Zavala<\/strong><\/a>) has been a huge part of this. We had a pre-meet ritual stretching the hip before every meet. I think when I got in the water, I just didn\u2019t think about it. In the middle of the race, my hips started to hurt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I think the adrenaline of being in the moment, thinking about my teammates cheering and my family in the stands helped me not think about them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really shocked afterward. I wasn\u2019t really processing what just happened. It was my first season and I didn\u2019t really know what to expect. I was totally shocked that I won. Sometimes I am still like, \u2018I actually did that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is still something McKenna is struggling to wrap her head around, especially with the injury and rehab focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to see something in myself I didn\u2019t know I had,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know I could push through the way I did. It shows that you can really do anything if you put your mind and effort into something. It was really important to me. I hadn\u2019t dropped in the mile much and Big Tens really gave me that confidence boost going into NCAAs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-championships-paige-mckenna-overcomes-two-torn-labrums-for-breakthrough-1650-free-national-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that performance at NCAAs<\/a> is pushing her through rehabbing after the surgery. McKenna is cleared to compete but still isn\u2019t doing the workload she would be if she was 100 percent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_500427\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-500427\" data-attachment-id=\"500427\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/easing-into-sophomore-season-paige-mckenna-reflects-on-ncaa-title-with-torn-labrums-i-was-able-to-see-something-in-myself-i-didnt-know-i-had\/paige-mckenna-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paige-mckenna-_PB14069.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;paige-mckenna-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1647731897&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. 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Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paige-mckenna-_PB14069-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paige-mckenna-_PB14069.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-500427\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/paige-mckenna-_PB14069-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"paige-mckenna-\" width=\"431\" height=\"308\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-500427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The healing process began after her surgery in April and has slowly continued into her sophomore season at Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a little rough over the summer. I got cleared to swim and I was just in an endless pool for a couple of weeks. That got pretty boring after a while. I was able to swim in the pool without flip turns or push off the wall or kick. So I was pulling for about an hour each practice,\u201d McKenna said. \u201cBy the time the season started, I was cleared to compete. I am slowly getting back into shape. I have been starting to train IM, which I wasn\u2019t allowed to do last year. It is hard coming back from an injury, but everyone has been really supportive. Our distance group is supportive and we all practice together, which makes it easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, none of this is easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told myself I wasn\u2019t going to put too much pressure on myself this year. Obviously, I would love to defend the title, but given everything I have been through, I am really not going to worry about it that much. If it happens, it happens. If not, I know I tried my best under the circumstances,\u201d McKenna said.<\/p>\n<p>That attitude sounds simple, but any time a huge physical injury takes a toll, there is a mental toll that accompanies it. That is something McKenna continues to battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMental health has been a big focus of mine,\u201d McKenna said. \u201cI posted something on Instagram. It is always good to talk about. I feel like college athletes and mental health, the topic really isn\u2019t talked about enough. I have struggled with it and continue to, being injured. I struggle thinking if I am doing enough. Our coaching staff is good at checking in with the athletes. It is really important. We need to put more of a focus on it. Anxiety of letting the team down because I am not swimming as well. Depression because I missed so much swimming and it is hard to come back from that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But McKenna said talking about it has been extremely beneficial. Now she can focus on her swimming and specific mini goals, rather than worrying about her performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShort-term, it is getting back to the level of fitness I was at. I want to be able to get close to those times,\u201d McKenna said. \u201cLong-term, I have thought about it a lot. But I am not really sure. I feel like a lot of swimmers have a goal to go to the Olympics. I have been thinking about that since I was young. That is in the back of my mind, of course, but we will see where I am for the upcoming trials.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Paige McKenna claimed the NCAA championship in the 1650 free last March, she knew her biggest fight was still ahead. 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