Katie Milani, ‘12Location: New York CitySport: Dance“I auditioned for the Alvin Ailey program [last] March and was se-lected to be a part of their pro-fessional program and was placed in the highest level for ballet and pointe. I was one of 12 chosen to be in a piece choreographed by a well known choreographer and then was chosen by the choreog-rapher to be a soloist in his piece.”

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Tereysa Lehnertz ‘13Location: JamaicaSport: Swimming“I swam at the Puerto Rican state meet and qualified for the national swim meet. You had to get first or second place in an event and I got second in two of my events. My re-lays were on the podium and I made it back to finals. There’s a complete-ly different culture [in Jamaica]. It was my first time traveling without my parents and it was an all around amazing experience.”

Adrienne Jensen, ‘13Location: California, Las Vegas, New York (just to name a few)Sport: Tennis“Since I was just a little girl I have traveled all over the United States for national tournaments.I love many things about what tennis has brought into my life, but my favorite thing is the time it has allowed for me to be with my mom. My mom travels everywhere with me and makes everything so much more fun. It’s so fun seeing different parts of the country, meeting different people, and experiencing some-thing different than Iowa.”

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Anna Hausler, ‘13Location: ItalySport: Soccer“When we were staying in Gubbio, Italy we found guys our age playing in the Plaza Square and our team decided to play them. The whole town of Gubbio heard about us Americans playing them, came out to watch, and lined the square cheering us on. [We became great friends with] the guys we played but we could only communicate with motions and pictures because of the language barrier.”

Daniel Gardarsson, ‘13Location: IcelandSport: Track and field“I got to race for my home country and win gold in the 3,000m race in front of my whole family. The race was the junior nationals in Iceland and I was the youngest in my age group. I still compete every sum-mer at nationals in Iceland now, but it’s not at the junior level anymore, so the races are for adults which makes it much harder. I still end-ed up with a bronze medal in the 1500m.”

By Julia Truszkowskijuliatruszkowski@gmail.com

Lugging their suitcases through airport security, these travelers have soccer balls, running shoes, and goggles stashed along-side their usual travelling gear. Aboard their planes, they venture across 50 states, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico to do what they love.Katie Milani ‘12 spends her summer in

the City That Never Sleeps dancing ballet and pointe at the prestigious Alvin Ailey program.Tereysa Lehnertz ‘13 stands on the po-

dium sporting a medal at the champion-ship swim meet in Jamaica.Daniel Gardarsson ‘13 competes for his

home country Iceland in the annual track and field championship, winning first place and the pride of all his relatives.These athletes have trained for years

to leave the farmland and cornfields of Iowa behind and travel across the globe to show the world that hard work really does pay off.

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