At the ripe old age of 15 (soon to be 16), Elizabeth Beisel from Saunderstown is in Omaha at the 2008 Olympic Swimming Trials. She is a native Rhode Islander who has been swimming since before she can remember. When she was two years old she went running out the back deck of her home and jumped into the deep end of her in-ground pool, and swam to the low end, got out, and repeated. Over the years she has proven just how extraordinary her talents are, but in the meantime as stayed entirely normal to her peers. She attends school five days each week and hangs out with friends. My family and I are thinking of her this week, she swam last night and came in second in the Women’s 400M Individual Medley. Eight more trials to go before we find out if she is off to Beijing. How do I know Elizabeth? I was her babysitter, my they grow up fast. Good luck Elizabeth!
update: She made it! Elizabeth will be in Beijing in August!!! Congratulations.
Grandmama said,
July 1, 2008 @ 8:03 am
Good luck Elizabeth! Congrats Ted, Joanie, and Danny! Have a great time In Beijing!