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Several weeks ago Missy Franklin discussed her experience as a freshman swimmer at Berkley.  Nothing earth shattering, right?  Not quite.  Franklin isn’t just any old freshman swimmer, she’s the current world record holder in the 200m backstroke, a 4-time Olympic gold medalist and the current Women’s Sports Foundation’s Sportswoman of the Year.  Franklin’s talents have brought her world class domination and made her eligible to begin to profit from her talents with endorsemen

What were you doing at the age of 17? Probably not running in World Championships, right? Well, that’s exactly what today’s GladiatHer to Watch, Mary Cain, was doing.  At 17 Cain became the youngest person EVER to run in the finals of the 1500 in the World Championship.  On the way to the WCs Cain shattered record after record in middle distance races (800m to 2 miles).  Today she announced that she will be forgoing the experience of running as a college athlete and will head