On Jan. 10, KDVR Denver ran a story about Paige VanArsdale entitled “Steamboat girl with cerebral palsy hopes to ski race in the 2022 Paralympics.” If anyone can do it, Paige can.
I had the honor of coaching Paige as part of Steamboat Springs’ Paralympic Adaptive Swim Team. Her persistence and focus make Paige a true swim competitor.
An example comes to mind. Paige and her teammates swam in the Jimmy Flowers Paralympic Swim Meet at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Due to a clerical error, Paige’s seed time for the 50-meter freestyle was entered at :06 instead of 1:06. As a result, Paige was given the fastest lane, Lane 4 in the fastest heat, against some of the fastest women Paralympic swimmers in the world.