I was born and raised in Havre, a very small town in Eastern Montana, with three sisters and one brother and am extremely proud of my country girl Montana roots and heritage. As a teenager, I excelled in track and championed by my Norwegian grandparents, Hans and Selma Tveten, I was selected as one of the youngest members (at just thirteen years of age) for the 1980 U.S. Summer Olympics Team before the Games were boycotted.
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