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Article: LONG, FAST WALK TO THE TOP ; Olympic racewalker Kevin Eastler got his start as a 9-year-old boy growing up in Maine
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2008
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MIKE LOWE By MIKE LOWE Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
08-15-2008
LONG, FAST WALK TO THE TOP ; Olympic racewalker Kevin Eastler got his start as a 9-year-old boy growing up in Maine
Byline: MIKE LOWE By MIKE LOWE Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: Front
Type: Cover Story
BEIJING --
Tom Eastler was doing what any proud father would do: enjoying the attention that his daughter, Gretchen, was getting after winning a racewalking state championship one long-ago afternoon.
As he was there, telling anyone and everyone that Gretchen was, indeed, his daughter, a friend tapped him on a shoulder. "Hey Tom," the man said, "you might want to take a look at this. Kevin just set a Maine record."
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