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olympic trials for swimming. and all next week three el paso swimmers will be hoping to earn a spot on the olympic team. 17 year old sean greishop has qualified in seven of 13 events. i recently spoke with sean and his mother – former good morning el paso anchor anne semmer greishop – to talk about the road to rio. it’s one family. one dream. and it’s a story you’ll see only on abc-7… “natural sound” sean was seven years old when mom noticed he wasn’t like all the other swimmers. 2:31 “one of his coaches says h has the ‘it’ factor the coach described it as the “it factor” but mom knows best: 13:50 sean is a genuine, caring, loving, driven, competitive, smart. …and a talented swimmer with a dreams of an olympic gold on the men’s team. the dream began three years ago when anne and husband neil uprooted their three boys to austin. :57 it was hard leaving el paso, our home, our church our family the work began and success followed. 4:19 he’s been training with ryan lockte, michael phelps, and katie ladek. those are his training partners now and its really cool when you see your kid go after his dream and get his dream 5:26 he has a junior world record, he has a junior gold medal all that experience nd he’s 17 and it’s really cool. sean has qualified in seven events and hopes to earn a spot on the his training partners now and its really cool when you see your kid go after his dream and followed. 4:19 he’s been training with ryan lockte, michael phelps, and katie ladek. those are 13:50 sean is a genuine, caring, loving, driven, competitive, smart. …and a talented swimmer with a dreams of an olympic gold on the men’s team. the dream began three years ago when anne and husband neil uprooted their three boys to austin. :57 it was hard leaving el paso, our home, our church our family the work began and success followed. 4:19 he’s been training with ryan lockte, michael phelps, and katie ladek. those are his traing partners now and its really cool when you see your kid go after his dream and get his dream 5:26 he has a junior world record, he has a junior gold medal all that experience nd he’s 17 and it’s really cool. sean has qualified in seven events and hopes to earn a spot on the olympic team. . but he’ll be doing it without his longtime coach who just recently resigned. 12:26 i took a few days off just to get my head back on and focus energy and i feel coach who just recently resigned. 12:26 i took a few days off just to get my head back on and focus energy and i feel like i’ive come back stronger than ever. 6:22 we’re just going to go for it in the 400 im during the trials in omaha, “gold medal famlies” a lifetim docu- series on olympic hopefuls will feature sean and his family. it premieres june 28th. 9;57 sean is carrying his entire team with him starting with his family, his teachers, his school and physical therapist. the show look at all the people who come together who make the person on the podium biting on that medal. 9;08 the coolest thing is that is going to be a video chronicle, professionally shot of sean’s olympic trials prep. yes, it’s been awesome. stand up sean is 6′ 2′ and hasn’t stop growing! his wingspan is 6’6″ and is the youngest swimmer. if you’re wondering what he does for fun – he likes going to the movies with his girlfriend. the other two el pasoans hoping to earn a spot in the olympics are: will licon and kellie conrad. jordan ehly a mayfield high school graduate is also at the olympic trials that start sunday in omaha. godspeed to all four!

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