“There’s a lot of people that’s inspired me over the years just in different ways but when I first started paddling, my biggest mentor was Caroline Brunet. She was an Olympic Kayaker because when I saw her I was like
“The saddest moment was probably knowing that we didn’t qualify the year before in K4, and all the work that we put in was just based on 1 race. I remember it was one of my lowest points because the
“The happiest moment was not the Olympics per say, but knowing I was going the Olympics, that race at trials. Also Pan Ams is also a really good one, it was the first Gold that I got to win, and
“What I loved about going to the Olympics was getting to experience something I’ve always wanted to since I was a kid. I remember when I was a kid I wrote on a piece of a paper ‘Going to the
“First time I made Team Canada I was so excited, I remember I was at home and we were waiting to get the list of who gets to go to World Cup and everything like that, and even at Worlds.
“My mom got me into paddling, I use to do a lot of other sports beforehand and she was like ‘hey do you want to do this summer program?’ at Point Claire Canoe Club, and I was like ‘alright!’ and
“I think the hardest thing is the disappointment of not meeting your expectations. One of my most disappointing races was my Junior World’s trials, some would say I should’ve won the C1 1000m at trials and I didn’t pull through,
“When I stopped paddling it was mainly financial, I had to move on with school, had to make money for school but just couldn’t afford it anymore which kind of sucked. I gave it my all and things were kind
“My most memorable memories are always the crew boat wins. Last time we were in Welland it would’ve been War Canoe, winning Juvenile War Canoe and then winning IC4 with the boys at Canada Games, that was a sick race,
“What inspired my comeback this year was just my love for the sport, miss being around with friends, being around the club, that’s the biggest thing especially since I stopped training super competitively and racing super competitively. It’s a huge