Mackenzie Padington has been diving into pools all over the world for the last month and a half.

Instead of participating in graduation, the former Killer Whale swimmer, travelled with Team Canada to Paris for a swim meet, then to a staging camp in Austria for two weeks followed by two weeks in Budapest, Hungary for the

Padington qualified for World Championship in what she called B次元官网网址榯he race of her life.B次元官网网址�

She had the chance to swim alongside what she called B次元官网网址渨orld class athletesB次元官网网址� at the championship in Budapest.

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Padington finished 16th of 38 in the with a time of 8:40:68. She didnB次元官网网址檛 qualify for the final, which was won by Katie Ledecky with a time of 8:12:68.

In her other event, the she finished 12th of 36 with a time of 4:09:88. She didnB次元官网网址檛 qualify for the final which was won by Katie Ledecky with a time of 3:58:34.

At the moment she is in Montreal for the which take place from Aug. 4-7. After the competition she is returning to Campbell River for the rest of the summer before heading to the University of Minnesota.

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She is also planning on representing the Killer Whales at upcoming meets where she canB次元官网网址檛 swim for the university, which means on paper it will say that her home club is the Killer Whales.

B次元官网网址淚 wanted to represent the team that got me where I am,B次元官网网址� she explained.