... from a "retired" Portland Tribune reporter (& Corvallis HS grad) ... very little new in the article, but a few small things

Olympic champion Carey on her first year as a Beaver: ‘It’s been so much fun for me’

Just one puzzling sentence in there:
"... There has been a certain “awe” factor as Carey goes about her business in the Beavers’ state-of-the-art training facility, which opened last April. Sometimes during meets, teammates drop what they are doing to marvel at watching an Olympic-quality performance for the first time in person. ..."