LEADING THE WAY. WELL, AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER, U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER WALKING AWAY WITH A GOLD MEDAL TODAY IN PARIS. IT IS THE FIRST FOR THE TEAM IN OVER A DECADE. STAR PLAYER AND MOUNT NOTRE DAME ALUM ROSE LAVELLE TAKING HOME HER FIRST GOLD MEDAL. THE LOCAL LEGEND RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING THOSE WHO WATCHED HER GROW INTO A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RICHARD CHILES SHOWS US HOW LAVELLE’S LEGACY IS INSPIRING OTHERS. GARROS WITH THE WORLD WATCHING ON ROSE LAVELLE AND THE U.S. WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM TOOK TO THE PITCH AGAINST BRAZIL IN A GOLD MEDAL SHOWDOWN. OH, IT’S A SUPER EXCITING FOR NUMBER 16. THE JOURNEY TO THE OLYMPICS BEGAN HERE AT SAINT VINCENT ON MONTGOMERY ROAD. MY FIANCE, MOTHER OF THESE TWO, SHE WENT TO SAINT VINCENT WITH ROSE. SO THEY WERE NOT CLASSMATES, BUT THEY WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER, WRAPPED UP IN THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE. THAT SAINT VINCENT’S SPIRIT WAS ON DISPLAY, CHEERING ON THE FAMOUS CLASS OF 2009 GRADUATE GARROS, WITH THE MATCH PLAYING ON THE BIG SCREEN. CURRENT SAINT VINCENT STUDENTS, FAMILY AND STAFF GATHERED TO CHEER ON THE WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM. GO ROSE NIC DONLON, ALONG WITH HUNTER AND KAMREN, HAVE A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO THE TEAM USA SUPERSTAR NOW THESE GUYS GO TO SAINT VINCENT. WE GOT A SAINT VINCENT TRADITION AND AND THEN WE’RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE RELATED TO ROSE AND AND BE A PART OF THIS TOO. WITH THE WORLD WATCHING ON, THERE’S A SPECIAL PRIDE IN THESE HALLS IN THIS GYM, BASKING IN ITS OWN OLYMPIC MOMENT. GARROS. I’M TRYING TO HYPE THIS GUY OUT. I’M LIKE, YOU REALIZE WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? THIS THIS IS YOUR, LIKE, SECOND COUSIN. AND AND THIS IS YOUR SCHOOL. LIKE, EVERYONE’S CELEBRATING ONE OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. YOU GET TO BE TIED TO THIS. I’M LIKE IT DOESN’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. RICHARD CHILES WL
St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Faculty cheers on former scholar Rose Lavelle as USWNT goes for soccer gold
With the world watching on, Rose Lavelle and the U.S. girls’s Olympic soccer workforce took the pitch towards Brazil in a gold medal showdown.However for quantity 16, the journey to the Olympics started right here at St. Vincent on Montgomery Street.”It is tremendous thrilling,” mentioned Nick Donellon, who was at St. Vincent’s gold medal watch social gathering to cheer on Lavelle together with sons Hunter and Cameron. “My fiancé, the mom of those two, she went to St. Vincent with Rose , in order that they weren’t classmates, however they went to highschool collectively.”Wrapped up within the purple, white, and blue, that St. Vincent spirit was on show cheering on the well-known class of 2009 graduate.With the match taking part in on the massive display, present St. Vincent college students, households, and employees gathered to cheer on the U.S. girls’s nationwide workforce.”Now these guys go to St. Vincent. We obtained a St. Vincent custom and we’re fortunate sufficient to be associated to Rose and be part of this too,” Donellon mentioned.With the world watching on, there’s a particular delight in these halls because the fitness center basks in its personal Olympic second.”I am making an attempt to hype this man up,” Donellon mentioned. “I am like, ‘you understand what is going on on right here?’ That is your second cousin and that is your faculty, like everyone seems to be celebrating one in every of your loved ones members. You get to be tied to this. It does not get a lot better than that.”
With the world watching on, Rose Lavelle and the U.S. girls’s Olympic soccer workforce took the pitch towards Brazil in a gold medal showdown.
However for quantity 16, the journey to the Olympics started right here at St. Vincent on Montgomery Street.
“It is tremendous thrilling,” mentioned Nick Donellon, who was at St. Vincent’s gold medal watch social gathering to cheer on Lavelle together with sons Hunter and Cameron. “My fiancé, the mom of those two, she went to St. Vincent with Rose [and are cousins], in order that they weren’t classmates, however they went to highschool collectively.”
Wrapped up within the purple, white, and blue, that St. Vincent spirit was on show cheering on the well-known class of 2009 graduate.
With the match taking part in on the massive display, present St. Vincent college students, households, and employees gathered to cheer on the U.S. girls’s nationwide workforce.
“Now these guys go to St. Vincent. We obtained a St. Vincent custom and we’re fortunate sufficient to be associated to Rose and be part of this too,” Donellon mentioned.
With the world watching on, there’s a particular delight in these halls because the fitness center basks in its personal Olympic second.
“I am making an attempt to hype this man up,” Donellon mentioned. “I am like, ‘you understand what is going on on right here?’ That is your second cousin and that is your faculty, like everyone seems to be celebrating one in every of your loved ones members. You get to be tied to this. It does not get a lot better than that.”
