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Christine Yan

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Patch MVP: Christine Yan, Ladue girls swimming

This week's 'Athlete of the Week' is a serious state title contender that owns the fastest time of any swimmer in the area in the individual 100-yard breaststroke.

Patch: There's only a little while left for you to decide on where you might want to go to college. What are your thoughts about college as the time to choose grows near? CY: As of right now, I haven't really set my sights on a particular school. I'm still trying to explore my options. I do know that I'd like to go into the medical field though. Patch: Will you try to swim in college (or possibly play another sport)? Or will you be going to college as a regular student? CY: That's a really hard decision... I guess it all depends on where I decide to go to college. As always, academics come first and I want to know I can really focus on my education. That being said, I really love swimming and can't imagine ever not doing it. Patch: How did…

Monday, December 17, 2012

Patch MVP Winter Week 4: Athlete of the Week Voting Now Open, Fans Can Vote For Their Favorite

Representatives from all five Ladue-Frontenac-Olivette-area high school's made this week's Athlete of the Week candidate list. Fans can vote for a winner through 5 p.m. Thursday.

Now that the winter sports season is in full throttle, with basketball, wrestling, and girls swimming all going hard, it's getting more and more difficult to narrow down just who should represent each school in our weekly Patch MVP voting contest. This week, we have our first appearances by some of the area's top swimmers, along with a couple of basketball and hockey stars that have been lighting it up all season. The Patch MVP Athlete of the Week voting is officially open, and we'll keep the ballots open until 5 p.m. Thursday, before we finally settle on a winner. So we encourage all fans to make sure they vote in this week's poll, and check back on Sunday morning to find just who took home the Winter Week 4 Patch MVP Athlete of the Week …

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