Dick’s Sporting Goods sponsored a fantastic short film of Kaitlyn McElroy ’03 that was shown at the Tribeca film festival last April.
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Kaitlyn McElroy was born in Northhampton, MA and started Nordic skiing at age three. Despite living with chronic pain as the result of congenital back condition from birth, Kaitlyn skied competitively at Gould Academy and Bates College. During her time at Gould she earned a spot on the New England Junior Olympic team four times, the Maine State team twice, and took first and second place wins at the NEPSAC Championships.
At Bates she continued competing in skiing as well as track and field. During her four years there, she made the NCAA Division I team, the US Junior Worlds team, and placed 4th in the World Junior Olympics. In 2005, she had an accident that ended her career as she knew it.
Although no longer able to ski competitively, Kaitlyn heroically moved from the woods to the water and began a new career in kayaking. Within her first year of picking up the sport, she made the US National Team. She went on to make the US National Team eight more times, took the podium five times at the World Cup with silver and bronze medals, was a two time medalist at the Pan American Games, a three time silver medalist at the World Dragon Boating Championships, and was a twelve time US National Champion. She has continued her professional athletic career competing in four sports and winning over 25 international medals.
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