ANIKHA GREER
CrossFit Athlete
CrossFit is the sport of fitness. it tests aerobic capacity, gymnastic skill, and strength. Every competition has completely different workouts, but in the end, tests the same things to determine who is fittest. In 2020, 17-year-old Anikha Greer finished first in Canada as a teenager. “It was a great way to end off my age group years, since the two seasons prior, I’d been third,” says Greer. “It was a phenomenal way to start my career as an individual, and really showed my perseverance
and all the work I’d put in the years prior.”
for an hour, and train until seven,” says Greer. “Some days I come in at six a.m. and do a long aerobic piece beforehand as well, but not every day. We do have an off-season, and the volume and type of training varies. This is basically my full- time job.” This year, Greer qualified for a CrossFit Games semifinal (which will take place this June) as an individual, and is one of the youngest in the world to do so. “I’m very proud of that accomplishment.”
Greer got her start in CrossFit at age 12, after participating in gymnastics for much of her childhood. She trains five days a week at a local gym, CrossFit 782. “Brett Roberts, my coach, programmed basically every workout I’ve done since I was 14 years old,” says Greer. “He knows me better than anyone else, and has been there through every high and low of my career to date.”
“I will train typically from noon to 3:30 p.m., break
▲ Anikha Greer - Shot on location at CrossFit 782, Charlottetown Photo by Story Thorburn
AVA & LILY RASHED
Singer-Songwriters
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Seventeen-year-old identical twins Ava and Lily Rashed are continuing with a family tradition. Their great-grandfather, Charlie Chamberlain, was the lead singer for Don Messer and His Islanders, a Canadian music icon and a Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee; their father, David Rashed, the keyboardist and cowriter for the multi-platinum selling band Haywire. Ava and Lily were nine years old when they performed onstage for the first time in a concert for “Stop Cyber Bullying” on the Confederation Centre
Mainstage. “We became very good friends with Parry Aftab in 2012 during the Stop Cyber Bullying event here on PEI,” says Ava. “We had a great idea for a song, and we played it for Parry and her husband. They read the lyrics as we sang. They loved it and thought the message was perfect.” “We lent that song, and our voices, to that great cause,” adds Lily. “We love to help out when we can with our music.” The twins reached the semifinals of America’s Most Musical Family in December 2019 with an
unforgettable rendition of Elle King’s “Ex’s & Oh’s.” “We had the privilege of working with a lot of amazing people in the music industry, and it gave us a glimpse of our dream, which made us determined to work even harder than we have before and never give up on our dreams.” Both girls agree they would love to make a career in music. “We love songwriting and performing live and would love to follow in our father’s and grandfather’s footsteps.”
▲ Ava & Lily Rashed Photo by Story Thorburn
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