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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLocal girl does good. (Olympic spoiler alert for the west coast.)
Speaking out for Katie Ledecky, who just posted a world record, blew away the closest competitor by 5 seconds, and won the gold.
400 meters freestyle. My neighbor's daughters went to school with her, say she is a wonderful person.
Montgomery County, MD. Also home of Dominique Dawes.
and speaking out for another Marylander, Michael Phelps ...
edit to add:
The unassuming teen is so dominant in the pool, she gives some of the best male swimmers in the world some tough competition, including Olympian Ryan Lochte.
"She swims like a guy," Lochte told Sports Illustrated after training with Ledecky at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs (because, you know, men are inherently better at everything). Her stroke, her mentality: Shes so strong in the water. Ive never seen a female swimmer like that. She gets faster every time she gets in, and her times are becoming good for a guy. Shes beating me now, and Im, like, What is going on?
https://www.romper.com/p/where-does-katie-ledecky-go-to-college-the-olympian-deferred-enrollment-for-rio-15730
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Local girl does good. (Olympic spoiler alert for the west coast.) (Original Post)
kwassa
Aug 2016
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spanone
(135,892 posts)1. K&R...
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. I'm glad I tuned in for that one
Quite a performance.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)3. Woohoo Phelps, making pot heads look like winners
Come on you amphibious stoner.
onecaliberal
(32,916 posts)4. Needs a spoiler alert for west coasters
kwassa
(23,340 posts)5. I apologize, and changed the header.
onecaliberal
(32,916 posts)6. No worries.. Thanks for the change
sheshe2
(83,940 posts)7. Go Katie.
You rock!
mcar
(42,390 posts)8. She is remarkable
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)9. She's our neighbor !
renate
(13,776 posts)10. that's so cool!
You must be so excited!
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)11. Yes, it's so exciting!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)12. I know what you mean. In the '60s a math teacher at my HS won two golds.
Mike Larrabee was a legend at my school. I saw him around a lot, but never had him for a teacher.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)13. It's so inspiring, the best of the best