Cait Whittard earns CanAmMex selection
By Bernie Puchalski - June 23, 2021
Cait Whittard continues to enhance her scholarship rowing resume.
The Grade 11 student at Denis Morris was recently named to Canada’s squad for the CanAmMex regatta, a developmental regatta featuring athletes from Canada, Mexico and the United States.
“I was really happy with that but sadly there is no regatta this year,” the 16-year-old St. Catharines native said. “Just to be named to the team is an accomplishment.”
If not for COVID, the event would have been held this July at Lake Fanshawe in London, Ont.
“Although there will be no CAM in 2021, Rowing Canada Aviron feels it is still important to announce a CAM squad,” a press release stated. “This squad represents those athletes who would have been invited to the CAM selection event. Additionally, if we are able to run regional programming or camps over the summer, this is the group that would be invited to participate.”
Athletes were notified by email but Whittard found out when she was informed by her coaches at the Ontario Next-Gen Performance Centre in Welland.
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