Kylie Tucker, Treasurer

Kylie’s swimming journey began with a simple moment in Grade 3: coming home from a school swim lesson, her mom asked how her hair was dry after swimming all afternoon. Kylie replied, “Because I didn’t put my face in the water.” Determined that her daughter wouldn’t grow up afraid of the water, Kylie was enrolled in swimming lessons that summer, and by age 9, she was swimming competitively in her local summer swim club. 

Throughout high school, Kylie continued to race every summer, building not only skill but a deep-rooted love for the sport. Later, while living in Ottawa, she joined two masters swim clubs before life took her on a 20-year break from competition. It wasn’t until a casual swim in Whistler, surrounded by the mountain air and clear water, that Kylie realized just how much she missed the rhythm and challenge of swimming. When she returned home, she joined Vernon Masters—and hasn't looked back.

Kylie’s passion for swimming is matched by her incredible determination. As a kid, Kylie swam her first 25m butterfly race just minutes after having a toenail surgically removed. Most would have taken that as a reason to scratch—but not Kylie. She swam through the pain, set a personal best, and discovered something unexpected: she could do hard things. That mindset became the foundation of her swimming philosophy.

Decades later, when her coach challenged her to swim 200m butterfly, Kylie leaned in, trained with purpose, and was rewarded with a silver medal at the 2023 Canadian Masters Nationals. And her love of the sport didn’t stop at the pool’s edge.

When the Vernon pool closed for maintenance, Kylie faced one of her biggest fears: open water. Despite a strong dislike of fish, seaweed, and all things lurking beneath the surface, she joined fellow swimmers in Kalamalka Lake and discovered an entirely new dimension of swimming. What started as a workaround became a new passion (obsession). She completed Kelowna’s Across the Lake Swim, followed by increasingly longer distances, culminating in the 36km “Big Effort” swim—which, true to form, she finished with a stretch of butterfly. In 2026, to celebrate her 50th birthday, Kylie will take on one of the most iconic swims in the world: a solo crossing of the English Channel.

Kylie brings to the board a unique blend of experience, a fearless can-do attitude, and a deep understanding of what it means to challenge oneself, grow, and build community through sport. She’s committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and empowering swim community—where swimmers of all levels can discover, like she did, that they’re capable of more than they ever imagined.