Kylie Masse

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2017 Worlds Preview: Masse, Baker Rise To The Top In Women’s 100 Back

Full Name:	Kylie Masse
Born:	January 18th, 1996
	LaSalle, Ontario
Nationality:	Canada
Status:	Active

Kylie Masse is a competitive swimmer who represents Canada internationally. She is a 2x Olympian, 4x Olympic medalist, and former world record holder in the 100 backstroke. 2016 Rio Olympics Masse wins the bronze medal tied with Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui of China in the women's 100m Backstroke with a time of 58.76, just .01 out of second place. 2017 FINA World Championships Day three of World Championships Masse took down the World Record in women’s 100 back final. Masse surged through the back half to finish in 58.10, taking down Olympic silver medalist Kathleen Baker (58.58) of the USA and 2015 World Champion Emily Seebohm (58.59) of Australia. Masse’s 100 Back World Record Splits: 1st 50 Split- 28.51 2nd 50 Split- 29.59 Final Time- 58.10 200m backstroke semi-final, day six: Masse broke the Canadian National Record with a 2:05.97. The long-burning torch in Canadian women’s 200m backstroke has now been fully passed to Masse. After breaking the World Record and winning gold in the 100 earlier in the meet, Maase has the Canadian Record in the 200m back by almost a second. Masse's 2:05.97 in the semi-final broke Hilary Caldwell’s 2:06.80 from the 2013 World Championships, where she took bronze. In the finals of the 200m backstroke, did …

2017 Worlds Preview: Masse, Baker Rise To The Top In Women’s 100 Back

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Canadian backstroke star Kylie Masse (1:00.34), the Olympic bronze medalist in this race, took off on the back half to outpace the rest of the field

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Today’s highlights included a rare tie in the 200 IM after a hard fought battle between age group phenom Michael Andrew and Georgia’s Jay Litherland.

2017 Santa Clara PSS: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

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2017 Arena PSS – Santa Clara: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Follow along for a live recap of day 3 prelims from Santa Clara.