Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sport: Swimming
Claim to fame/honors: Won 200-yard freestyle sectional championship; advanced to district meet the past three years; holds six individual and four relay school records; earned second-team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference honors the past two years in the 200-yard freestyle
Bet you didn’t know … I lived several years in mainland China and have traveled to several other nations
Words you live by: Never give up
Toughest opponent: Cody Bybee of Bellbrook
Biggest influence: Michael Phelps
What’s on your bedroom walls? Awards from my accomplishments
When I’m bored I like to … Watch movies
Favorite movie: American Sniper
Person who would play you in a movie: Alex O’Loughlin
Favorite TV show: Hawaii Five-0
I can’t live without: Food
I can live without: TV
Event you’d like to attend: Olympics
Favorite book: The Bible
Favorite home-cooked meal: Pancakes
Favorite restaurant: Olive Garden
Favorite smell: All food
Favorite cereal: Lucky Charms
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Celery and tomatoes
I’d love to trade places for a day with … any rich person who owns exotic cars
Whose mind would you like to read? My coaches
Place where you’d love to travel? California
Talent you’d like to have? Juggling
Favorite school subject: History
Favorite athlete: Michael Phelps
Favorite team: Team USA
Favorite Olympic sport: Swimming
Something in the world I’d like to change: The weather
Favorite sports moment: When Phelps crushed the Chinese team at the 2008 Olympics
Favorite junk food: Chips
Best thing about swimming: The people that you meet
In 10 years, I hope to be … a successful business owner/entrepreneur with a Lamborghini
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