Sports Illustrated - USA (2021-12)

Sever, a junior midfielder at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, scored directly off the opening kickoff,

a shot from midfield 3.2 seconds into the game, setting the NCAA women’s record for the

fastest goal in a 7–0 defeat of Youngstown State. The Horizon League’s leading scorer last

season, she had seven goals in her first 15 games in 2021, including five game-winners.

JELENA SEVER Sport: Soccer Hometown: Franklin, Wis.

Rheinhardt, a senior at Nease High, set a Florida state record in the

5K (14:45) at the New World Fall Spectacular in Jacksonville. A two-

time state champion who has committed to Oregon, he also broke

Florida’s outdoor track record in the 3,200 meters (8:47.83) in April.

RHEINHARDT HARRISON Sport: Cross Country Hometown: Ponte Verde, Fla.

through is so much more rewarding.”

She accomplished this while

raising Masjahlee, 15, and Bryce, 9,

who also love to lift. On weekdays,

after working as a property manager,

Walcott checks homework, cooks

dinner and puts her children to sleep,

then trains from 9 to 11 p.m. On the

weekends she works out whenever

she can. “When I first started, Bryce

was in kindergarten, and I would go

to school with him,” Walcott recalls.

“At that time I wasn’t even that

strong. But at lunch he was like, ‘My

mom’s stronger than your dad.’ And I

was like, ‘Don’t say that, Bryce!’ ”

For Walcott, who says powerlifting

is “coded in my DNA at this point,” a

world record is only the beginning.

With her coach, Dan Fox, she’s

working toward a 700-pound

deadlift. “I am just so humble and

thankful that I proved to myself that

I am actually good enough,” Walcott

says. “Powerlifting has made me very

structured. My life prior to it was

chaotic. It’s helped me encourage my

kids—you say you can’t do this, but

you actually can.” —Danielle Clayton

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on her Olympic

debut in Tokyo,

Casey Kaufhold

wasn’t satisfied with

a 17th-place finish in

the individual recurve

archery event. “I had

a moment where

I just didn’t trust

myself fully,” says

the 17-year-old from

Lancaster, Pa.

Casey learned from

that and brought

renewed confidence

to the World Archery

Championships

in September in

Yankton, S.D. Before

her semifinal against

An San, a three-time

Olympic champion

from South Korea,

Casey whispered to

her mom, “An doesn’t

know what’s coming.”

Casey routed An

6–2 and won silver,

the first medal by a

U.S. woman in the

event in 32 years.

“I’m nowhere near

the end of my

career,” says Casey,

“but to say that

I’ve broken that

drought, it’s a great

confidence booster

for me and hopefully

for other young

women out there

looking to compete.”

—Carter Yates

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