Sport: Skateboarding (Slalom, Sliding)
Nickname: Angel
Home: Colorado
Birthday: 02/13/1985
Other Sports: Snowboarding, Surfing, Snorkeling, Hiking, Camping,Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Ultimate - basically anything outdoors!
Interests & Hobbies: Travel
Competitive Highlights: U.S. Nationals for Women’s Open Giant Slalom - 2nd Place 2005; Littleton Slide Jam - 1st Place 2007
Why I’m Pretty Tough: I live and support the motto…I’ve been playing
tough my whole life…
During the 2004 Olympics, Americans ruled the pool, winning 12 golds and 28 medals overall. While the focus was often on Michael Phelps, our spotlight was on Natalie Coughlin.Perhaps the most versatile swimmer in the world and one of the most dominant, Coughlin won five medals in Athens, equaling the most by an American female swimmer at one game.
Sept. 5, 2007 - The forward known as the “Iron Woman,” Kristine Lilly, is team captain of the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. She has started every match that the USA women have ever played in World Cup or Olympic competition and is the only remaining member of the WNT that first formed back in the ’80s.
Now she’s in China preparing for the three-week, 16-team tournament that begins with the team’s Sept. 11 showdown against fifth-ranked North Korea. While many predicted that the team would slump without veterans like Foudy and Hamm, Lilly and the team’s next generation have a 37-1-6 mark and have regained the No. 1 ranking in the world.
Flash back to the World Cup eight summers ago. When the American women’s soccer team won the championship, it was Brandi Chastain and Mia Hamm who got all the press. Kristine Lilly was the quiet one. But today Lilly is the one getting the lion share’s of attention. Most extraordinary is that at 36 and after a 20-year tenure, she remains at the top of her game and is, arguably, the greatest women’s soccer player in history. (more…)
With school back in session and new demands on your time, you may find it difficult competing for a spot on a school or club sports team. There’s nothing more intimidating than showing off your skills while coaches and trainers shout instructions and make notes on a clipboard. For most athletes, tryouts are a fact of life - so here are some tips for making the team. (more…)
Sept. 10-30 2007 - The fifth edition of FIFA’s Women’s World Cup returned to the country where it first began - China. For two weeks in September, the finest women’s soccer players in the world descended on five Chinese cities to showcase their skills and stake claim at the sport’s biggest prize. Defending champion Germany, two-time champion United States, 1995 titlest Norway and perennial contenders China were dubbed as the teams to beat at the event.
Where: Five stadiums across China ranging in capacity from 34,000 to 60,000: Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and Wuhan.
When: Sept 11 through Sept. 30. 2007
Who: 16 women’s national teams.
Format: The teams are divided into four first-round groups, with the top two in each advancing to a single-elimination quarterfinal bracket.
On Saturday September 1st 2007, Tara Llanes, 2006 USA Cycling Downhill National Champion and two-time national four-cross champion, was badly injured in the Jeep King of the Mountain contest in Beaver Creek, Colorado. (more…)
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