Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Student |
Languages |
English |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began swimming competitively in 2010. She took up open water swimming at age 14 in 2018 at a Swim Ontario training camp in Miami, FL, United States of America. She swam at her first open water competition several months later at the 2018 Junior World Championships in Eilat, Israel. |
Why this sport? |
She began open water training after being selected for the Canadian junior national team. "My sister ran over to me at school and said, 'Mum got a phone call. You're on the junior Canadian open water swim team'. I never really planned on going down that road [open water swimming]. I like the pool, love the pool." |
Club / Team |
Burlington Aquatic Devilrays [CAN] / North Carolina State University [USA]: |
Name of coach |
Mark Bernardino [university]; Braden Holloway [university]; Mark Perry [national]; John Atkinson [national] |
General Interest |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Competing in the 5km event at the 2018 Junior World Championships in Eilat, Israel. (insidend.ca, 01 Feb 2019) |
Hero / Idol |
Canadian swimmer Kylie Masse. (insidend.ca, 01 Feb 2019) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Practice makes progress. The more you practise, the better you get." (insidend.ca, 01 Feb 2019) |
Other sports |
She has competed in swimming at national level in Canada. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 21 Sep 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 17 Nov 2020) |
