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Lauren Perdue

Lauren Perdue

Bouncing Bulldogs

Age: 19
Hometown: Louisville, Colo.
Class: Sophomore
Major: Chemical and biomolecular engineering
Career Plans:
Teach at a university level and do research in chemical engineering with a biomolecular and health concentration.
Years Competing:
nine

Jump ropers are all part of a family that extends beyond their own teams and states. The friends you make through the sport may be far away, but they are always there for you.

Favorite Event: Double Dutch single freestyle

Most Memorable Experience: "Judging at the European Jump Rope Camp in England and visiting the Riverenhof team in Belgium."

Career Highlights: Gold, Top Overall Female, Maple Leaf International Competition, 2006; Gold, Female Single Rope Freestyle, Maple Leaf International Competition, 2006; Gold, Female Double Dutch Single Freestyle, Maple Leaf International Competition, 2006; Bronze, Double Dutch Pairs Freestyle, USA Jump Rope National Championship, 2006; Silver, Single Rope Speed Relay, USA Jump Rope
National Championship, 2005.

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