More on Speed Skater (and Model) Allison Baver
February 15, 2010 at 10:21 am Tina Hay Leave a comment
Source: allisonbaver.com
Olympic speed skater Allison Baver ’03 Berks, whom Ryan Jones talked about last week, didn’t get a chance to compete on Saturday night—she got bumped from the semifinals of 3,000-meter relay. I’m a little fuzzy on how this works, but her hometown paper, the Reading Eagle, tries to explain. I get the sense that she might still compete in the finals, which aren’t until Feb. 24.
This morning I came across a cool interview with Baver in Philadelphia Magazine. Rich Rys, who always does a lively interview on the magazine’s last page (and who has written for The Penn Stater on occasion), talked to Baver for the magazine’s current issue.
One quote that stood out was Baver talking about the nasty broken leg she suffered just a year ago: “The physician said, ‘We see this type of injury when people get run over by garbage trucks. You may never be able to walk again, never mind skate the Olympic trials.’”
Needless to say, she proved that doctor wrong. Watch for Baver in the 1,000 and the 5,000 this week.
Tina Hay, editor
Entry filed under: Famous Penn Staters, Penn State alumni, Penn State Berks. Tags: Allison Baver, Olympics, Philadelphia Magazine, Reading Eagle, Richard Rys, speed skating, Vancouver.
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