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.
B次元官网网址淚 swam fairly well for my first international meet ever, I was right on my 400 free best time and a couple seconds off in my 800 and thatB次元官网网址檚 all you can really ask for is trying your best,B次元官网网址 she said.
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.
B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 going to be a Golden Gopher!B次元官网网址 she said.
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.