Ten Olympians with Maine Ties Seek Medals Miller, Burke, Wescott Among Hopefuls
Bangor Daily News › February 05, 2010
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Ask a Mainer what a "Mainer" is, and you're sure to get an earful. The rules for establishing a proper Maine pedigree are somewhat flexible, but many maintain that you've got to be born here to truly earn your Pine Tree State ID.
Today, we'll waive a few rules, expand our horizons and look at a number of people with Maine ties - including some real, authentic Mainers - who'll be competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics when the Games kick off Feb. 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia.See the full content of this document
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Ten Olympians with Maine Ties Seek Medals Miller, Burke, Wescott Among Hopefuls
Some of the 10 athletes (and one coach) live and work here. Some train here. Others used to train here.
For today (and for the purpose of providing you with a bit of a rooting interest during the upcoming Olympics), all of them are Mainer enough to merit mention.Julia Clukey, lugeClukey, now 25, graduated from Augusta's Cony High School - a school where girls basketball success is a tradition - in 2003.Former Cony coach Paul Vachon remembers watching Clukey play basketball in middle school, and figuring she'd become an important contributor to his squad when she reached high school....See the full content of this document
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