to be the other skiers I’ve met at
nationals. It’s just a great sport.”
Grant’s resume is long an
impressive. In 2010 she placed
second in the jump at the Junior
World Championships in Italy and
then at the 2013 Under-21 World
Championships she placed second
in jump and third in slalom. She
competed in the 2010 Pan Am
Championships as a member of
Team Canada where she placed third
in jump, fourth in slalom, fourth
in overall and second in team. To
top off her list of accomplishments,
she was named Water Ski World
Championships Junior Skier of the
Year in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
“It’s kind of interesting that I’m the
slalom world champion when my
favourite event is the jump,” she said
with a laugh. “I rank higher in jump
than slalom.”
Although she is a professional water
skier, she is also on a full water ski
scholarship to Louisiana/Lafayette
University, where she is majoring
in Speech Language Pathology and
Audiology and is
a member of the
Ragin’ Cajuns varsity
team.
She’ll head back to
school in late August,
but first she has
to compete in the
Western Canadian
championships
on August long
weekend, then she’ll
head to Quebec
in the middle of
August to compete
in her 14th national
championship.
Taryn U-21 World Championship Slalom Podium Spain 2015
She’ll compete at the
Fla., so I like to train in Orlando as
professional “Malibu
much as I can.
Open” in Milwaukee after that and
“This fall, I’ll go back to school
then drive to school, train with her
and compete with my team in our
collegiate team and prepare for the
Open World Championships in Mexico South Central Region and then ski
at the National Collegiate Water Ski
in November.
Association championships in Texas
“I just took off the last semester
in October. Then it’s off to the Open
from school to train at Matt Rini’s
private lake in Orlando all winter,” she World Championships in Mexico. Fall
will be busy, but I love it.” l
said. “My coach is from Claremont,
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Jeff and Tara Miller
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