KATIE & MOM IN CHICAGO

Katie and I attended the Women's Leadership Symposium in Intercollegiate Athletics in May. Here she is holding an Olympic Medal from the Beijing China Games! She is pictured with Laura Lappin, a utility player on the 2008 team and an alternate on the 2004 team in Athens Greece. Below she is pictured with Christine Brennan, a writer for USA Today and broadcaster for ABC and ESPN. '

Finally, pictured below is Katie in downtown showing off her beautiful hand treatment from the LUSH store! What a good shopper Katie has become! We had a great time with a few of our gal pals! We hit the Miracle Mile, went by the Sears Tower, and took a train, cab, and a shuttle!

2009 ZONES

Click on the arrow to view Katie's zone swim (50 free) at Oakland University last March (We love hearing Lindsay in the background cheering her on!!!!). After waiting hours for her brief swim (hundreds warmed up in the pool at the same time)....she missed the whistle for her event. The quick "slide" starts were distracting and three swimmers missed the whistle in her heat and had terrible starts. Katie completely missed the race and was beyond devastated until she learned she was allowed to swim in open heats the next day along with kids 12-17 years-old. The scoreboard posted a great time of 30.31 (she didn't hit the touch board), but two stopwatches clocked her at 29.78 which was a record! Katie finished 13th overall - the highest finish for any Tiffin swimmer this year! Swimmers qualified from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, and Wisconsin or PA.

The Tiffin Swim team (Seneca Aquatic Klub) has seven meets this summer....June 18, June 20-21 (Findlay), June 25, July 11-12 (Wooster), July 16, July 18 (Cedar Point Open Water), and July 28 (Champs). She plans to ride her bike (2.5 miles) to the park, have 30 minutes of dryland and an hour in the pool Monday-Thursday 8-9:30 AM. GO KATIE!

KIM PROM DATE

Today's post belongs to Kimmy who is headed to Calvert's prom with Taylor Gase (a.k.a. JUICE), a junior on the track team. Here are two photos...her date and the "group." Hey - they decided to go to mass at St. Mary's first, so at least we know it will start with a good conscience! (Thanks for loaning her the gorgeous dress, cousin Kristen!).