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The Times Athlete of the Week: Streator’s Kinslee Sweeden · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: The Times Athlete of the Week Streeter's Kinsley Sweeten Written
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  by J. T. Penalty. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Capturing one
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  hundred and twenty seven out of a total of one
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  hundred and forty five votes in an online poll, Streeter
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  Girls Track and Field State qualifies her. Kinsley Sweden is
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  the penultimate Times Athlete of the Week for the twenty
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  twenty five to twenty six school year. Sweden captured the
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  Bulldog's lone Sectional championship at the Class to A Mendota Sectional.
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  Her throw of thirty six point zero eight meters tops
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  in the sectional's discus competition. Also on the All Girls
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  Track and Field ballot were runner up Abby Armstrong, Flannagan Cornell,
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  Slash Woodland, Lila Coleman Seneca, and Alexis punzelan somanok Lyland.
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  Weekly ballots go online Mondays and are accessible via Facebook,
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  Time Sports, Twitter, and Edge of Penalty, with voting going
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  through mid day Wednesday. Here's a camdae with this week's winter.
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  Do you have any nicknames? Sweden? Some people call me
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  kins How How old were you when you started participating
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  in track and field and what got you into the sports? Sweden?
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  I started track and field at Ransom Grade School in
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  fifth grade. I also played soccer, basketball, and volleyball. Going
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  to a small grade school, it was highly encouraged to
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  try all sports, so I did and ended up loving
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  them all. What were your expectations heading into the class
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  to a Mendota Sectional? Were you surprised to leave a
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  sectional champion and heading to state? After missing state by
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  less than two meters my freshman year, it made me
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  more determined to throw the state qualifying distance my sophomore year.
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  I had thrown state qualifying a few times throughout this season,
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  so I was hopeful that I could do it at sectionals.
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  Leaving as the sectional champion just put the icing on
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  the cake. The discus is a unique event. What made
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  you want to try it and what was the key
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  to your becoming so proficient at it? Sweden? My junior
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  high track coach loves discus and really encouraged me to
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  give it a go. I ended up loving it and
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  decided to continue on in high school after meddling at
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  state my eighth grade year. The spin just kind of
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  comes natural to me. Everyone jokes that it was all
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  my years of dance. What are a few of your
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  favorite track facilities you've gotten the chance to compete at? Sweden.
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  I don't necessarily have a favorite facility, but I do
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  have a preferred ring type. I prefer a ring when
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  the circle goes down into the concrete. It is part
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  of my routine. I kick my toes to the ledge
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  before I start. It is probably a bad habit because
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  when I throw at a track with a flat metal ring,
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  I'm out of my groove from the start. What movie
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  would you say you've seen more than any other? About
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  how many times? Sweden? I am not much of a
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  movie girl. I would much rather be outside with my cows,
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  cutting flowers, or being active playing another sport. Seasonal question
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  at a cookout, what's your favorite food off the grill? Sweden?
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  I love a good Big Max Mashburger taco. Is there
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  something about you that people who only know you through
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  sports might find surprising? Sweden? As a freshman for my
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  FAA sas agricultural experience, I started a flower farm, the
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  Purple Daisy. I grow all kinds of cut flowers and
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  sell them at different events throughout the summer. I also
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  arrange flowers for special events in the winter months as well.
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  Do you have any plans for life after high school?
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  Do they involve sports? Sweden, I planned a major in
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  something horticulture or agronomy related at a four year university,
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  but I am still undesided if I will continue my
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  volleyball or track career after high school