On the Blueline: Before Olympic Village, the Faculty Lounge
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The following article, written by former Harvard standout Caitlin Cahow, appeared February 2 on the USA Today Web site.
By Caitlin Cahow
Special for USA TODAY
USA women's hockey national team member Caitlin Cahow, a 2006
Olympic bronze medalist, will document her experience for USA TODAY
as she prepares to compete at the 2010 Olympic Games in
Vancouver.
Entry No. 10 - Jan. 30, 2010
Holla! I write to you from the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. My teammates and I are getting fired up for our trip to Vancouver, and this is the last stop before we head out hunting for GOLD. There is plenty of work to do, and not all of it is as arduous as the team off-ice Olympics.
I should add for those wondering, the grand prize for Team Blue's rout of a victory was a gift certificate to a swanky dinner in downtown Colorado Springs! Suhweet! Methinks I am on a collision course with a savory steak dinner.
In my haste to cover all the angles of the off-ice Games, I forgot to include the next most important part of that day. After the training session that wouldn't end, nine of us traveled across town to the University Avenue Elementary School in Blaine, Minn. I am not sure how this all got started, or who thought we were the right people for the job, but we were invited to teach four first-grade classes as a part of the Junior Achievement program.
Complete article can be accessed via the USA Today Web site by clicking here.
