It's a dream that's finally coming to fruition.This June, Vera Concic, a Rolling Meadows High School Student, will compete at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Indianapolis with the end goal of competing in Paris later this Summer.She swam a 2:13.20 in the 200-meter backstroke on the third day of the 2024 Spring Cup in Elkhart, Indiana, which was a personal best at the time and made the cut for the Olympic Trials.
"Some records were 40 years old and she just came in and everyone knew her immediately."Now she's ready to make her name known on an even bigger stage: the U.S Olympic Trials."To have someone be in high school during the Olympic time which only happens every four years, and knowing that she came in as a freshman with that as a goal," Rolling Meadows head swimming coach Monika Chiappetta said, "It’s amazing to be a part of that journey with her.