These financial pressures are a real concern as a young athlete in a world where cost of living seems to always be increasing and at front of mind. I often find myself thinking about whether I can or should continue to try and balance both study and sport at the same time. This could ultimately impact my performance in both, which is definitely not what I want as a person or an elite level athlete.

I believe that if I can combine my university study and goals to broaden my skills sets and experience with my sporting aspiration to represent Australia at both the Los Angles and ultimately at my home Brisbane Olympics, I will be able to demonstrate the core values of the “Win Well” vision. I believe my academic choices are well aligned to my personal and sporting goals. I find that I can often relate the information that I learn to real life examples and experiences that I have in my sport.