Local girl does good. (Olympic spoiler alert for the west coast.)

[kwassa]

Speaking out for Katie Ledecky, who just posted a world record, blew away the closest competitor by 5 seconds, and won the gold.

400 meters freestyle. My neighbor's daughters went to school with her, say she is a wonderful person.

Montgomery County, MD. Also home of Dominique Dawes.

and speaking out for another Marylander, Michael Phelps ...

edit to add:

The unassuming teen is so dominant in the pool, she gives some of the best male swimmers in the world some tough competition, including Olympian Ryan Lochte.

"She swims like a guy," Lochte told Sports Illustrated after training with Ledecky at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs (because, you know, men are inherently better at everything). “Her stroke, her mentality: She’s so strong in the water. I’ve never seen a female swimmer like that. She gets faster every time she gets in, and her times are becoming good for a guy. She’s beating me now, and I’m, like, ‘What is going on?’”

https://www.romper.com/p/where-does-katie-ledecky-go-to-college-the-olympian-deferred-enrollment-for-rio-15730

[spanone]

1. K&R...

[jberryhill]

2. I'm glad I tuned in for that one

Quite a performance.

[NightWatcher]

3. Woohoo Phelps, making pot heads look like winners

Come on you amphibious stoner.

[onecaliberal]

4. Needs a spoiler alert for west coasters

[kwassa]

5. I apologize, and changed the header.

[onecaliberal]

6. No worries.. Thanks for the change

[sheshe2]

7. Go Katie.

You rock!

[mcar]

8. She is remarkable

[Happyhippychick]

9. She's our neighbor !

[renate]

10. that's so cool!

You must be so excited!

[Happyhippychick]

11. Yes, it's so exciting!

[pinboy3niner]

12. I know what you mean. In the '60s a math teacher at my HS won two golds.

Mike Larrabee was a legend at my school. I saw him around a lot, but never had him for a teacher.

[Happyhippychick]

13. It's so inspiring, the best of the best