MCHS: 2020 Volleyball Olympian Alex Klineman
by Paul Teetor Editor’s note: Mira Costa graduate Alix Klineman (Class of 2007) and partner April Ross won the Gold Medal in beach volleyball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Last June, Klineman had a baby, and in June Ross had a baby. Following the birth of her child, Klineman switched partners in a failed attempt […]
MCHS: 2000 Olympian Eric Fonoimoana
Hometown boy Eric Fonoimoana caps an improbable run to Sydney, teaming with Dain Blanton to take Olympic Gold in beach volleyball by John Tawa Reprinted from Easy Reader, September 28, 2000. Eric Fonoimoana and Dain Blanton stood on the rain-soaked sand at Bondi Beach Tuesday afternoon on the verge of making history. The American […]
MCHS: 1988 Olympian Jeff Atkinson
by David Rosenfeld Editor’s note: The following story is reprinted from Easy Reader January, 2009. Jeff Atkinson stood before the team of cross-country athletes he coaches on a recent afternoon at Malaga Cove Plaza. “How many of you are planning on watching the Olympics this week,” asked the Palos Verdes High School coach, wearing the […]
TRAVEL: The Glorious Other Side of The Tetons, from Idaho
After the road that connected uber-pricey Jackson Hole, Wyoming with the commuter towns of the Idaho Teton Valley towns collapsed in June, the great divide between super wealthy in Wyoming and working class folks of Idaho has been in the news. The residents of Victor, Driggs and Tetonia, just over the Wyoming/Idaho border, are the […]