She may have qualified for the Olympics and been selected to race for Bermuda in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, but like any student Cecilia Wollmann still has exams to take.

This week the Saltus Grammar School student will sit down with her classmates and take her Advanced Placement exams with the hope of doing well enough to be accepted into Southampton University in England.

At a special assembly to wish her luck, Jon Beard, the Saltus deputy head, said: “Ceci’s journey is somewhat different to everyone else as she has spent the last few years training very hard to achieve her goal of representing Bermuda in the 2016 Olympics, to be held later this year in Rio.

“She achieved this with an outstanding performance this year in Miami [at the Sailing World Cup].”

Beard said that for the past 12 months Cecilia had spent a lot of time training with top competitors in South America, but had kept up her academic work.

“This year she was voted as Bermuda’s Junior Female Athlete of the Year, and has been selected, along with four Saltus alumni, to represent Bermuda in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, which will be held in Bermuda.

“Once her exams are out of the way, then Ceci will be training hard again to ready for August and the Rio Olympic Games. Good luck Ceci — we are all behind you!”

Beard also singled out another Saltus alumni, Shelley Pearson, who will compete in rowing at the Olympics. Other Saltus alums still vying for Rio are swimmers Roy Allan Burch and Julian Fletcher; and Paralympian Jessica Lewis.

“I know Shelley is a very determined person and student who is very dedicated to her sport,” Beard said. “The whole school, and the alumni, are willing her on in Rio. As we wish Ceci every possible success, so do we wish Shelley every possible success as well.

“We wish all of these wonderful athletes the very best of luck in achieving their dream.”

• The Bermuda Olympic Association will be announcing the island’s team for the Rio Olympics at Gosling’s Wine Cellar on Thursday, June 23.

Bermuda’s athletes already qualified for Rio are Tyrone Smith in the long jump, sprinter Tre Houston, rower Pearson and sailor Wollmann. Triathlete Flora Duffy has all but qualified.