Info the short list
* 2004 olympic team member
* 2003 world championships team member
* 2002-03 u.s. national champion in multiple events
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* trains at the olympic training center in chula vista, calif. under coach jerzy dziadkowiec and works for home depot under the usoc job opportunities program
* won two gold and three silver medals at the 2003 national championships and was selected to be a member of the world championship team
* graduated from the univ. of notre dame in 2000 with a business degree
* after college graduation, worked as an assistant options trader at the chicago board options exchange, but quit to train full-time in 2002
* started kayaking in 2001 at the lincoln park boat club in chicago and immediately competed in the 2001 national championships
* played ice hockey and tennis in high school, earned academic all-state honors in hockey and played in four state tennis championship tournaments
* an avid triathlete as a youth, smoke won the 1988 ironkids national championship as a ten year old
* enjoys following the stock market on cnbc, mountain biking, triathlons, snowboarding, skeet shooting, and construction