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Jill Schwartz Article

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 1:09 pm
by rainbowgirl28
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com ... -headlines

Ex-Lake Forest star hits heights

By Philip Hersh
Tribune Olympic sports reporter

July 22, 2004, 10:49 PM CDT


Jillian Schwartz's mother learned via telephone Sunday that her daughter had made the Olympic team in Sacramento.

The odd thing was that mom was getting the information secondhand even though she stood barely 100 yards from where Jillian was competing for a place in Athens.

Problem is, Linda Schwartz can't bear to watch her daughter drop to the ground from 15 feet in the airâ€â€