One of the perks of interning somewhere with such name recognition is that I get lots of cool opportunities to meet people! In January, I met Dikembe Mutombo, Bob Lanier, and Pat LaFontaine at the Sports Philanthopy Forum, which was awesome.
The most exciting event for me so far was definitely yesterday--- I got to meet 10 Olympic medalists from the 2010 Vancouver Games! If you know me at all, you know that I LOVE winter sports (especially skiing), so I was beyond excited for this opportunity.
Here's who I met:
- Steve Cash, Paralympian, Sled Hockey, 2010 Gold Medalist
- J.R. Celski, Short Track Speedskating, 2010 Bronze Medalist
- Billy Demong, Nordic Combined, 2010 Gold Medalist
- Steve Holcomb, Bobsled, 2010 Gold Medalist
- Alana Nichols, Paralympian, Adaptive Skiing – Sitting, 2010 Gold Medalist
- Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, Freestyle Skiing, Aerials, 2010 Silver Medalist
- Noelle Pikus-Pace, Skeleton, 4th overall in 2010 Olympic Winter Games
- Katherine Reutter, Short Track Speedskating, 2010 Silver Medalist
- Seth Wescott, Snowboardcross, 2010 Gold Medalist
Highlight-- I got to wear Seth Wescott's gold medal! His home mountain is Sugarloaf, Maine and we talked a little bit about Maine-- he likes going to Bethel in the summertime to golf at Sunday River. He knew about SnowSports Industries America (where I interned last summer) but didn't know that they are just right around the corner from USA TODAY!
I also got to hold a bronze and silver medal-- they are HEAVY!
