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Kelly comes from a competitive swimming background. She
started swimming at the age of 9 in addition to playing baseball, basketball,
and soccer. Her participation in multiple sports helped to make her a well
rounded athlete growing up in south Georgia. She evolved into a great middle
distance freestyler during her college career at the University of Kentucky
from 1991-1995. She tried her first sprint triathlon in Ohio in 1996 on a
mountain bike.
Kelly graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1997 with a
bachelors degree in health sciences and a masters degree in physical
therapy. She worked in a trauma hospital in southwest Georgia for
3 years. She had the opportunity to work alongside some of the best
orthopedic physicians in the southeast from the Hughston clinic in
Columbus, GA. and Columbia, SC.
She has spent the last 2 years working
in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy
clinic (Human Performance & Rehabilitation Center). She has
treated many weekend warriors and assisted several local triathletes
in Columbia over the past 2 years. She has also dealt with her own
overuse injuries from swimming and running, and knows from personal
experience how difficult it is to balance multisport training with
the rest of her active lifestyle. |
