In 1952, at 15 years of age, Carol-Ann won the United States National Slalom Water Skiing championship, the first time a Canadian had ever done so.

Also in 1952, she won the junior championship in Mexico and later that summer, at the Canadian National Exhibition, won the Junior Girls’ World Water Skiing Championship. The following year, at age 16, she swept the all-round Junior Championship with a perfect score, breaking the Mexican record in Jumping.

Carol-Ann held the Ontario Water Ski Championship title from 1951 to 1955 and the Eastern Canada Water Ski Championship from 1953 to 1955.

In 1954, at the Eastern Canadian Water Skiing Competition, she entered the senior category and placed first in the Tricks and Slalom events.

Carol-Ann was named Etobicoke’s Outstanding citizen in 1956.

A lifelong resident of Etobicoke, Carol-Ann learned to water ski at Florida’s Cypress Gardens and began water skiing as part of the Canadian National Exhibition waterfront show at age 13.