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Amy Shipley, Washington Post: Sports
Sun, 07/01/2012 - 8:44pm

OMAHA — Four years ago, it never crossed the mind of Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky that she could win a spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team. Back then, Great Falls’s Kate Ziegler did not even consider that she would want that opportunity. Read full article >>

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