This past weekend, Annaleise became the youngest person to swim across Lake Ontario, raising approximately $115,000 for Camp Trillium, a camp for children with cancer.

The grueling swim saw Annaleise battling two-metre swells and 15-knot winds overnight, which, in the rueful words of Humber sailing instructor and lead support-boat skipper Paul Fagan, "slowed her progress to a crawl."

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