Clearwater high school student rewriting narrative for women in wrestling
Cerenity Whiting is an honors student and state champion who only started wrestling three years ago. Cerenity Whiting, a junior in high school from Clearwater, Florida, is a state champion and honors student, who only started wrestling three years ago. Despite starting out of the sport, Whiting has transformed her skills and is now a trendsetter for women in wrestling. Her coach, Joe Logano, credits her determination and dedication to the sport. Whiting said wrestling is a sanctuary for her, helping her cope with challenges both on and off the mat. She also plans to recruit others and keep this momentum going.
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Cerenity Whiting is an honors student and state champion who only started wrestling three years ago.
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She’s just a junior in high school and has only been wrestling for a couple of years, but she’s already a state champion and she got her eyes set on even bigger goals.
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“I just needed to stay humble, try my best and I knew I would win,” she said.
When she stepped onto the mat three years ago, Whiting said she didn’t even know how to execute a headlock.
“I used to watch a lot off WWE when I was younger and when I got to high school, I saw they had a wrestling program and thought it be fun,” she said.
But in that short span of time her coach, Joe Logano, said he watched her transform her skills and take the sport by storm.
“She kept grinding and kept grinding and stuck to the process, listened to her coaches, followed the plan and it all worked out” Logano said.
Whiting said wrestling became her sanctuary, a place where she could grapple with life’s challenges both on and off the mat.
“It teaches you how to be committed to something because if you don’t make weight, you can’t wrestle," she said. "So it teaches you to be disciplined in life.”
“For her to be a trendsetter, to also recruit others and keep this going and now being the team captain is just amazing,” she said.
Cerenity Whiting said she is not only wrestling for herself but for every girl who’s been told they couldn't.