Caleb Kirkpatrick
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Caleb Kirkpatrick // Columbus East senior wrestler
The eighth-ranked Kirkpatrick pinned Columbus North’s seventh-ranked Cohen Long in a dual meet win and had two pins and two tech falls to win the 150-pound division and help lead the Olympians to Saturday’s East Invitational title.
His performance last week: “It’s excellent, one of the best wrestling week’s I’ve had. I’ve been under the weather, not feeling the best, and I still come out and scrap.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “Just talk to my coaches and trust what they say and go out and do what they say.”
Favorite drink: “Water”
Favorite food: “Mom’s cooking”
Favorite class: “Weights class is the best”
Favorite sports team: “Pittsburgh Steelers”
Favorite athlete: “My step-dad (Albert Puchany). He was a college wrestler for Jamestown, a small college in North Dakota”
Role model: “My step-dad and my mom (Albert and Anna Puchany)”
Best advice: “If you work hard every single day, good outcomes will happen. Whether it’s a win or a loss, everything is good.”
Athletics goal: “Place high this year, make it to state and do the best I can there.”
If you could travel anywhere: “I want to see Japan. I want to see all the new architecture and all the beautiful lights in the city in Tokyo.”
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Kaylie Harmon // Columbus North junior basketball player
Kaylie Harmon
Harmon led the Bull Dogs with 17 points and four assists in a 59-44 win against Seymour, had 10 points and five assists in Thursday’s 58-43 win over Columbus East and led North with 17 points in Saturday’s 60-36 win against Terre Haute South.
Her performance last week: “I feel like our team played really well. A lot of aspects went into that — finding one another on the court and just making extra passes.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “The practice before a game, we all come out and play hard and have a lot of energy that practice, and it’s just a fun practice.”
Favorite drink: “Alani’s”
Favorite food: “Mac and cheese”
Favorite class: “AP Environmental Science”
Favorite sports team: “Indiana women’s basketball”
Favorite athlete: “(Former IU player) Sydney Parrish”
Role model: “My parents (Mike and Kelly Harmon)”
Best advice: “Don’t take any game for granted.”
Athletics goal: “I’d like to go play basketball in college.”
If you could travel anywhere: “Bora Bora, because it’s really pretty there, and I’d like to go there.”
