Lisa Buese KCD 1981

Ms. Buese is Kentucky Country Day's only designated United States Olympian. Ms. Buese was recognized for winning five girls’ swimming high school state championships from 1977 to 1981. Her abilities established two individual girls’ state swimming records. Ms. Buese currently holds three girls’ swimming school records at KCD. Her finishes, along with anchoring a state champion relay team with her sister Donna, led KCD to its highest state finish in girls’ swimming (3rd place) in 1979. Her talent, particularly in the butterfly, allowed her to finish second in the Pan American Games (1980) and third in the US National Championships (1980). Not only did Ms. Buese serve as a member of the United States Olympic Swim Team, but she also earned an athletic scholarship at Stanford University. Today, Ms. Buese is married with a young child and lives in Palo Alto, California.

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