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Article: Get to the Olympics one stroke at a time (Rose Brass joins Special Olympics swimming program).
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- July 1, 2000
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PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.
For 14-year-old Rose Brass she wasn't always the championship swimmer that she is today.
"She tried hockey first of all, then soccer, gymnastics, dancing, and finally swimming," said Giff Brass of his daughter's athletic endeavors. "Swimming seems to be her thing."
Her mother Jean agreed with her husband, adding, "When she first started swimming, her dad would take her to the pool, get her in the water and stuff. She was two when she started.
"She's been in the water for a long time. A little water baby, they all call her, because she so likes the water. Thanks to one of her teachers, Rose joined the Special ...