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Broomall Teens to be Nominated for USA's First Curling Team in 2012 Youth Winter Olympics
Sarah and Taylor Anderson, of Marple Newtown High School, will be among the group of youths nominated to represent the U.S. at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
BROOMALL–Identical twin sisters Sarah and Taylor Anderson, of Broomall, recently won the Youth Olympic Games Trials on Nov. 21 with their four-person curling team in Grafton, ND.
The sisters, who attend , and Thomas Howell, of Brick, NJ, were part of 16-year-old Korey Dropkin's team, of Southborough, MA. The team won 10-1 over Daniel Dudt's rink at the Youth Olympic Games Trials for curling at the Grafton Curling Club.
The twin sisters and their team will now be nominated to the U.S. Olympic Committee to represent Team USA at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games. If chosen, the members of the team will compete in the games from Jan. 13-22 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Next up for the team will be the qualifying for the Junior National Championships from Jan. 28 to Feb. 4 in Madison, WI.
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