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Week of December 22, 2022
ADAMS & JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 78 | ISSUE 9
World champion athlete redefines ‘trailblazer’ Arvada duathlete Carol Whipple claims gold in Romania BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Juniper, who happens to be pregnant, stops for a scratch from owners Kayla and David McIntosh.
Photos by Belen Ward
For Brighton dairy farm, reindeer are part of the family Small herd is a labor of love for the McIntosh family BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Santa Claus might call them his team, but Brighton’s David and Kayla McIntosh call them pets – sisters Juniper and Cranberry and big old Kristoph. The family and their three reindeer SEE REINDEER, P6
Cranberry and Juniper’s eating time.
INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 10 | LIFE: PAGE 12 | CALENDAR: PAGE 15 | SPORTS: PAGE 16
By day, Arvada’s Carol Whipple is a project manager for the National Park Service. When she’s not handling those responsibilities, she’s a pretty good duathlete, a sport that combines two segments of running sandwiched around bicycling. She’s done that for 25 years and recently won an international title. She’s finished in the top 10 at world championships. In 2021, she won a bronze medal in the spring duathlon and a gold medal in cross duathlon. If you add it all up, Whipple has competed in more than 20 world championships in 13 countries. Trailblazer #1
Whipple said she’s been athletic, starting off in elementary school. “We had field day competitions and the president’s fitness test,” she said. “I would usually be among the fastest and most fit in my class.” Title IX was in its beginning phases when Whipple got into high school. Cross-country for girls wasn’t an option then. “Since I loved to run, I gathered up my courage along with several other girls and approached the boys’ cross country coach about having a girls’ team,” she said. “He wasn’t too thrilled but agreed, requiring us to do the same workouts as the boys. Finding comparable girls SEE ATHLETIC, P16
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