This audio is an entry in the category of Best Sports Feature/Special for the 2013 Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters Contest for Radio.
This entry, which aired June 25, 2012, previewed former Western Kentucky University swimmer Claire Donahue as she prepared for U.S. Olympic team qualifying in Knoxville, Tennessee. Claire explained how being an Olympian was a life-long dream of hers, and she described all the work and sacrifice that goes into being an Olympic-caliber swimmer.
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