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Daughter of Hartland Teacher Headed to Sochi

Karly Shorr, daughter of Hartland Middle School teacher Monique Shorr, received word on Monday night that she would be headed to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

One member of the Olympic snowboarding team representing Team U.S.A. in Sochi next month will have a Hartland connection.

Karly Shorr, daughter of Hartland Middle School teacher Monique Shorr, received word on Monday night that she would be headed to the 2014 Winter Games.

According to an article from the Observer and Eccentric, the Milford resident was not initially named after finishing tied for second and then ended up third based on U.S. tie-breaker formula.

“It’s just overwhelming relief and surreal, like, is this really happening?” Monique Shorr said in the article. “It’s so overwhelming.”

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