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NAME: Kasey Carpenter
SCHOOL: CHCA
SPORT(S): Swimming
GRADUATING YR.: 2006
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT: Qualifying for 2008
Olympic Trials; winning 2 state titles.
BIRTHDATE: 7-11-88
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5'7" - 125 lbs.
RESIDENCE: Sycamore Township
PARENTS: Mike & Kim
BIGGEST INFLUENCE: "My dad for all the years
he's inspired and motivated me, and my mom for encouraging me even when I had
a bad swim and driving me to all those 5 a.m. morning practices."
FUTURE GOAL: "Successful college swimming
career; achieve all I can be academically."
MVP ACCOMPLISHMENTS: This senior
is a swimming All-American and a 2-time Ohio state Div. II champion
(100 butterfly-100 backstroke). A 4-year varsity swimmer, Kasey has been named
1st team all-city 3 times. As a junior, she was state
runner-up in 100 butterfly and 4th in 100 backstroke and was named
Southwest Ohio District Swimmer of the Year. Kasey, who also swims
for the Anderson Barracudas, won a bronze medal at the YMCA National
Swimming Championships in the 200 backstroke, and has qualified
for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. She also holds
9 school records, 4 conference records and 2 Southwest Ohio district
records. Active in community service, she is a scholastic All-American
and is being recruited by many of the top collegiate swimming programs
in the nation. Her favorite entertainer is Conan O'Brien, her favorite
athletes are Michael Jordan and Craig Krenzel and her most-like-to-meet
is Jim Tressel.
COACH'S QUOTE -- "Kasey's high school swimming
career has been the ultimate combination of dedication, impeccable work ethic
and perseverance in accomplishing goals the majority of people can only dream
of achieving. She is much deserving of this very prestigious award." -- Brad
Cunningham, Swimming Coach
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