Summa Cum Laude, Baby! Whitney has finished her undergraduate career, graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University Honors College at Oregon State University with an Honors Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science. (She didn't attend the June 15 Commencement ceremony because she is still in Australia, and it didn't make sense to travel all the way back to Oregon just to parade around with 4,364 of her closest friends--the largest graduating class in OSU history.) CONGRATULATIONS, WHITNEY !! Posted 06/15/08 Kim completes her first Half-Ironman Kim won a raffle in February for entry into her first half-ironman in Rockford IL on Sunday. The original weather predictions were in the 90's and humid, not great conditions for a 5-6 hour endurance test. But they ended up with storms instead of heat. I guess there were about 500 participants...with everyone starting the swim at the same time. There were only guys around her during the swim and she's decided guys are messy swimmers. She got elbowed in the face by someone. She was in first place starting the bike split, ahead of the woman Pro in the race! During part of the 56 mile bike ride she felt like she was in a hurricane as the storm front came through. Then she was out in the wide open with nobody around when she started seeing lightning. She said it made her ride faster to try to finish the last 6 miles! She finished 5th overall among the women, which should mean $200 in prize money. Might almost cover her expenses (hotel/travel), but she may "break" even by the fact that when she got home she broke her blender, dropping it when she was trying to make a smoothie (lack of coordination after the exertion). Posted 06/10/08 Kim Visits Home for Wildflower Triathlon It was a pleasure having Kim visiting for the weekend, back from Chicago to Northern California for a few days. She was here to take part in the Olympic distance Wildflower Triathlon. The site for the Wildflower was Lake San Antonio reservoir, between King City and San Luis Obispo. With limited accomodations nearby, many of the 3000 participants and spectators camped out at the state park along the reservoir, so we joined Kim and the bustling city of tents and RVs Saturday night. Kim ran another successful race, finishing 4th out of 300 in her age group! See here for photos. Posted 05/16/08 The Last Supper Whitney travels to the state of Queensland, Australia, to study during Spring semester. Having already completed her Honors Thesis, she will finish her undergraduate studies abroad and graduate with an Honors degree in Environmental Science from Oregon State University in June. Neil will also be finishing his undergraduate degree while abroad, studying Business in Syndey, Australia. On their last night in Corvallis, housemates hosted a themed, farewell dinner for them. Read more about it here. Posted 02/16/08 More stories...

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