Evy Leibfarth is no longer "that teenage paddling phenom."
Now please refer to the 17-year-old as "Evy the Olympian," and more accurately, "history-making Olympian."
Leibfarth swept the women's whitewater slalom kayak and canoe classes on each of the three-day U.S. Olympic/National Team Trials April 12-14 at the National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“I’m super ecstatic!” Leibfarth said April 14 shortly after emerging from the wildly raging whitewater course as a champion and U.S. Olympic Team member.
“It’s been my dream for so long. I’m so excited,” she said.
Leibfarth retained her title as the top female whitewater paddler in the country by earning a spot for the third year on the national team, but — even more amazingly — Leibfarth earned the once-in-a-lifetime spot as the sole female paddler on the U.