4 Friday, February 11, 2022 brooklintowncrier.com Brooklin Bafflers: by Liz Lowe One of the more unique "reality" TV shows is the TVO Kids' All Round Champion. Brooklin's Elle Riley, a provincial record holder and a nationally ranked hurdler, is participating in the weekly series of the show's fourth season. As her mother Liza recently explained, the show auditions and selects 10 athletes, five boys and five girls between the ages of 11 and 16, to compete in a cross section of sports. The uniqueness steps in when each athlete has to coach the other nine in their particular specialty while not competing, but being assisted in the coaching by a well known nationally ranked athlete in that sport. In Elle's case, as a hurdler, she did not participate in the hurdles but had to coach the rest of the kids in the event along with an as yet unknown special coach. That show has not yet aired. Casting call Each year, the show puts out a casting call to various Canadian sports bodies seeking athletes who are among the top in their disciplines to participate in this non-elimination series of events. Elle, a grade 11 student at Bill Crothers Secondary School that specializes in being a home for high performance athletes, was selected as the track athlete. She went through multiple interviews before being accepted on the show to compete in five winter and five summer sports. While the shows were taped months ago, they are in the midst of being aired now with the first five having already been on TV. The one-hour episodes are on TVO Kids every Wed. and Thurs. at 5 pm for a half hour each or on Sunday for a full hour. Brooklin Athlete Competing in TV Event continued on page 5