“It was just so nice to know how much everyone really supported me,” Finsrud said. In 1992, UIL staff members, some past and present, went out to New Orleans to see Finsrud compete in the trials. “I was competing with the best athletes in the country - athletes I had read about in Track and Field News.” “To be a part of three Olympic trials was thrilling,” she said. When Finsrud returned to her sport, she found that her throwing had improved - up to 20 feet farther than her best throw in college.Īs she continued to train and progress, Finsrud attended three different Olympic trials in 1992, 19, one of which members of the UIL staff were present to cheer her on for. “As cliché as it sounds, I didn’t want to wake up one day, sitting in a rocking chair, wondering what I could have done,” Finsrud said. “I saw these other women throwing farther than they had in college,” she said. She continued to follow her former competitors and teammates. But she didn’t leave the sport completely. Although she wasn’t throwing anymore, Finsrud stayed in shape by regularly working out at Hyde Park Gym in Austin, which was owned by her husband, Mike Graham.įor almost a decade, Finsrud didn’t throw and didn’t compete. In that time, she earned her degree in geology and also took on a full-time job with the UIL. I still haven’t left.”įinsrud made Austin her permanent home, and after completing her two years of eligibility at UT, Finsrud took nine years off from throwing the discus and shot put. “I came for better weather to pursue my passion so that I could practice all year round. Originally from Minneapolis, Finsrud moved to Texas in the fall of 1977 to attend the University of Texas at Austin on an athletic scholarship as one of the University’s first two female throwers for its Track and Field team. Those “other things” range from focusing on her discus and shot put throwing to helping her husband with their gym in Lockhart. “I just want more time to expand on other things.” “I’m very blessed to be able to retire now,” Finsrud said. In July, Finsrud announced her retirement. After starting as a student employee in the mailroom in 1979, Finsrud became a full-time employee in 1981 running the printing press and has been a part of the UIL family ever since. Printing Press Operator Says Farewell to UILīy Stephanie Ramirez | Friday, Aug1:00 PMĪfter almost 30 years of service to the University Interscholastic League, Carol Finsrud will start the printing press for the last time on Aug. Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).Handbooks & Manuals for Academic Contests.Stay tuned for other artists coming to meet the public at our booth. Join us in NYC on Thursday, the 27th from 10 until 11, to meet Laura Berman at our booth for conversation. Featured in our booth are new editions by Adrian Armstrong, Connie Arismendi, Miguel A. We will be bringing our newest publications plus a few favorites. Print Fair weekend brings all major print dealers and print shops together for four days. We are looking forward to seeing collectors who travel to New York for this event from across the globe. The Satellite Print Fair is held in conjunction with IFPDA annual print fair in New York City. 39th St, New York, NY 10018 on the third floor from October 27 to 30, 2022. Flatbed Goes To NYC's Satellite Fine Art Print Fair Fall 2022įlatbed is excited and proud to be included in the upcoming New York Satellite Print Fair! This is New York’s first in-person print fair since the 2019 Covid Pandemic.
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