Track and field got its first gold medal in the Beijing Olympics, and it came from the throwing events. Not only that, but it was by one of my former teammates in high school. Stephanie Brown Trafton won the discus yesterday with a throw of 212’5″ and became the Olympic Champion.
Stephanie and I threw together on the same team at Arroyo Grande High School– she was a senior when I was a freshman. We threw against each other in college– I was at Florida while Stephanie went to Cal Poly. The picture above was taken at the 2003 NCAA Indoor Championships. Laura Gerraughty (UNC) is on the left, and Stephanie is on the right, and I’m in the middle. 🙂
Congrats Stephanie on your great accomplishment and bringing home the gold for the USA!
Hope you all are having a great day! 🙂
Best Wishes,
Karen
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