Category: Stories

Mercedes Hamilton (7/8)

“I look forward to graduation. I look forward to seeing where it takes me, hopefully I can write more blogs like when we work together and stuff. I kind of want to write blogs for my own website. I kind

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Mercedes Hamilton (6/8)

“Know when you need to get help. The first couple steps to recognize if you’re depressed or if you have anxiety, if you’re upset about something. Recognizing that and having the strength to talk to someone about that. From my

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Mercedes Hamilton (5/8)

“You get there on your official visit, you are in grade 12 and once you’re finally set foot on campus, you’re there for the next 4 years. They own you, you are their product, you can’t do a lot of

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Mercedes Hamilton (4/8)

“So I was at Ohio State for 3 years, didn’t play much, the most I would ever play in a game would be like 5 minutes. And I got about 12 games in 3 years, and looking at it on

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Mercedes Hamilton (3/8)

“My sister and I got put on different Provincial Team’s in grade 11, and we flew all the way to Toronto, played each other in the finals for the gold medal. It was double overtime, my sister scored the winning

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Mercedes Hamilton (2/8)

“My dad’s like my best friend. My mom was kind of involved with our sports, she’d come and watch and stuff. It was more of my dad’s thing, it’s kind of how we bonded. My parents are divorced and we

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Mercedes Hamilton (1/8)

“My dad was my coach and we saw an ad looking for coaches in the area and he was like, you know what, let’s play field hockey, do something other than soccer.’ And kind of cross training for soccer. Soccer

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Nik Wamsteeker (7/7)

“Happiest moments are always such a mix of stuff, I don’t think I’ve ever feel like just happy or sad, it’s always a mix. Definitely that Nationals feeling, just getting on the plane for the first time to your first

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Nik Wamsteeker (6/7)

“I never really had a mentor or a role model in figure skating just because I’ve never seen myself in someone else, I’ve never been able to achieve that so I just take different stuff from different people. There’s a

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Nik Wamsteeker (5/7)

“Haley, she’s definitely an inspiration, more like of a taskmaster. She cracks the whip, she’s the driving force behind a lot of stuff I do which is pretty cool. It’s tough, not every day is good. It’s definitely a unique

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