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Article: COMEBACK KIDS CAUSE TEAM UNITY CONCERNS INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS HAVE JELLED SINCE '96.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- June 11, 1999
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Heather Pease and Tammy Cleland-McGregor couldn't keep their smiles in check.
At a reception for the 1999 U.S. synchronized swimming team this week in Seattle, organizers showed a videotape of the 1996 team accepting its gold medals in an emotional ceremony at the Atlanta Olympics. Pease and Cleland-McGregor, both 23, are the only returning members of that '96 team. They decided last September to make a comeback and try to earn a spot on the 2000 team as a duet.
``We were the two youngest members of the '96 team,'' said Pease. ``We both thought we weren't ready to retire and wanted to try and make it as a duet.''
Team unity is paramount in a ...