London Calling
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Missy Franklin stands six-feet-two-inches tall, wears a size 13 shoe, and is America’s greatest hope for success in women’s swimming. The Colorado native will participate in seven events at the Olympics in London – the most ever by an American female swimmer. Her path has been unlike other athletic prodigies: she trains with an unknown coach, has turned down lucrative endorsement deals to maintain her amateur status, and works hard to keep the “normal” life of a high school junior. Jeremy Schaap reports.
“I’m still in high school, still a junior, still a teenage girl, and that’s one of the biggest things that I try to involve in every aspect of my life. I want to get the full high school experience while I have it.” — Missy Franklin, on her decision to maintain the “normal” life of a teenager while preparing for the Olympics.
“We sat down and talked to Missy. ‘What do you think, sweetie? Here’s the situation. Do you think we should move?’ She said, ‘If you’re thinking about moving for me, I’m happy here, and I love my friends. I love my classmates. I love (swim coach Todd Schmitz). My swimming is going well. I love Colorado, so I’m fine.’” The interesting thing was she said ‘I’ll know if we need to move, and right now, we don’t need to move. I’m doing fine here.’” — DA Franklin, Missy’s mother on the decision not to move and work with established elite coaches
Making Waves
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In the men’s Olympic swimming world, Michael Phelps has been the standard since 2004. He became the familiar face atop the medal podium. Alongside him was Ryan Lochte, who would grab his share of medals – silver and bronze — in individual events. Then after 2008, a frustrated Lochte transformed everything about his training. And now, as he prepares for the London Olympics, he’s out to show why he deserves to be called one of the world’s best swimmers. Wayne Drehs reports.
“Ryan has a switch — you can see him go from the happy, laid back Ryan Lochte, to the competitor, ‘I’m about to put some evil on you’ Ryan Lochte.” – Matt DeLancey, University of Florida Assistant Director, Strength and Conditioning (Olympic Sports)
“I’ve been getting second behind him (Phelps) so many times but I always knew I was capable of beating him it was just a matter of when.” — Ryan Lochte
David Wiser’s Story of Hope
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Former Minnesota Little Gophers baseball player David Wiser has a message for the young men abused by Jerry Sandusky and other victims of sexual abuse: You can survive and thrive — and live a rich and rewarding life. Liz Merrill reports this Outside the Lines piece.
Sources: PSU Trustees Left Furious
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An excerpt from Don Van Natta Jr. piece: “Penn State’s Board of Trustees announced last week that it was “deeply ashamed” by the findings of the Freeh report, which was unsparing in its criticism of the trustees’ and top administrators’ bungled handling of the Jerry Sandusky criminal investigation in 2011 and their firing of Joe Paterno. But behind closed doors, in private committee meetings and during several meals, the trustees expressed fury at the way they were portrayed in the report.”