4. She Goes to an Ivy League University
One thing that often amazes me about collegiate athletes is how seldom they consider that little detail called "the rest of their lives." When you're like Alicia, and you can get into pretty much whichever school you want, doesn't it make sense to pick one that has the dual-benefit of helping you compete athletically while also providing the skills for everything you do after the age of 22?
That makes sense to me, and evidently it also makes sense to the best vaulter in the known universe.
I'm sure that her Beijing dreams would have been a lot easier without those extra 20 hours of homework every week. It's probably hard to ditch class and hit the gym when your professor actually takes attendance every morning.
But Alicia Sacramone takes her academic responsibilities seriously, and smart girls are hot.
As a side note, Brown has one of the country's finest East Asian Studies departments. Let's hope that Sacramone has taken advantage of this in order to "better know her enemy," the formidable Chinese team.
So, Alicia, if you read this, feel free to give me a ring the next time you are in San Francisco. We Northern California types are really easy going, and the good news is that I used to live in New England, so we will have a wicked good time hanging out together.
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Smile courtesty of Heaven
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