What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Why? Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal. Being the youngest athlete in the final, it was a great achievement in a high-pressure situation.
What is your favorite Saucony shoe? TheProGrid Hurricane 12
What are your current goals? To make the team for World Championships in 2011, to set me up for London Olympics.
What is your favorite pump up song? Muse, Knights of Cydonia.
What is your favorite downtime activity? Golf & Swimming, though I’m not particularly good at either!
Who do you look up to? Why? Michael Long, Kelly Slater & Glenn McGrath. Athletes who perform at the top level, but maintain perspective in their lives.
Where is your favorite race location? I have never raced :) but probably Sydney Olympic Park.
What keeps you going when you are about to give up? Breathing. I try to learn about myself as a person, not just an athlete. Breathing keeps me alive and learning to control it helps me to control my actions.
Complete the sentence: If I were stranded on an island, I could never be without…. the island.
What is your worst injury you have had? Hand & wrist problems as a teenager stopped me from competing in Shot Put, but I believe that it taught me patience and perspective to deal with future problems.
If you could no longer perform as an athlete, what would be your choice of career? School Teacher.
If you could have one superpower, what would you choose? The ability to choose more superpowers.
