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Stephanie Brown Trafton, PA Athlete's Chair• Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Team by finishing 2nd at the Olympic Trials discus competition • A six-time All-American in indoor and outdoor track and field at Cal Poly • Holds school records at Cal Poly in the discus at 189-6 and shot put at 56-0. Did You Know? • Her throw of 61.9 meters (a little more than 203 feet) on her first attempt at the Olympic Trials exceeded her previous personal best by about 9 feet • She did a cartwheel on the infield after qualifying for the Olympic Team at the Trials • Attended Arroyo Grande High School in California • She was the No. 2 discus thrower nationally during her senior year of high school with the sixth-best national record of 181 feet • Her father, Steve Brown, is a bus driver and dispatcher for a local bus company in Oceano, Calif. "Ever since I was four years old and I watched Mary Lou Retton in the 1984 Olympics and my dad bought me a Mary Lou Retton leotard, I've wanted to be an Olympian," Brown said following the Olympic Trials Information courtesy of USOC. |
