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Kathleen Baker Research Paper

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Captain America once said, “ When the [...] whole world [or disease in this case] tells you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth and tell the whole world, ‘No you move.’(Ninja1)” Kathleen Baker has had to struggle to reach her goals and dreams. While doing so, she accomplished something only few can accomplish. Kathleen Baker has achieved many things, struggled with a deadly disease, and still made it to the Olympics.
Kathleen has achieved so much at such an early age. Kathleen was born on February 20, 1997 (20 years today) in Winston Salem, North Carolina. She holds many records for her club team SwimMac. For example, in the 100-yard backstroke (main stroke) her time is a 52.52 and a 1:00.63 in the 100-meter backstroke. She was also the third-ranked recruit in the nation, according to SwimSwam after high school. Kathleen considered many schools like Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee but committed to the University of California, Berkeley, in 2014. In the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships, she won the 200 individual medley (IM) and beat the pool record with a time …show more content…

When turning 13, Kathleen always felt sick. Already skinny she lost 10 lbs and developed whooping cough that ended up breaking several ribs. Her doctor sent over the diagnosis through email; Crohn's disease. Kathleen was determined to be a beacon of hope for others struggling with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), always fighting to prevent the disease from defining her. To stabilize her condition, Kathleen gives herself biweekly injections into the abdomen. The determination, she has made her a difficult patient at times, training through bouts of stomach cramps, nausea, and diarrhea. Kimberley (mom) excused herself to the shower just to cry the tears that she was holding back from her daughter. Even though, Kathleen had to go through all this pain she didn't let anything stop

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