Her eyes are on distant prizes as well. In 2024, she hopes to qualify for the postponed world championships in Kobe, Japan, then make a return trip to the Paralympic Games in Paris.

After that?

“I would like to go to at least LA 2028,” she said.

Beyond the Los Angeles Games, she hopes to put her degrees to work.

“I would like to do something where I can kind of get into the business aspect of sports,” she said, “potentially doing some sport marketing when I’m done or ... working hands-on with younger athletes and on the training side of things.”

As collegiate adaptive athletics programs burgeon at places like the University of Arizona and San Diego State University — both well-represented at recent national championships — Mason sees career opportunities in such programs.

“I definitely do,” Mason said. “I think the more exposure adaptive sports gets creates more opportunities for jobs. This is just the beginning.”

Even though she was part of a 4x100 universal relay at nationals, Mason doesn’t yet know whether she’ll be on the mixed relay in Paris — on the same blue track at Stade Sébastien Charléty that saw three world records set recently on the Diamond League circuit.

Mason’s flight to France was scheduled to leave June 28, giving her (and Team USA coaches) a couple weeks at camp to see who’s in shape before submitting relay entries for the race set for July 16.

She’d like to replicate the Tokyo 2020 gold she won as part of the “4M” team (including Noah Malone, Nick Mayhugh and Tatyana McFadden) that set the mixed-relay world record of 45.52 seconds. The U.S. has never lost that event in global competition.

For now, she’s staying in her own lane mentally — not focusing on her potential rivals.

“I have actually no idea who will be at worlds this year at all,” Mason said. “I don’t know who’s going to show up. But I know that I’m going to show up.”

Singular Focus: Brittni Mason Is Ready To Shine

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