What do you do after winning four Olympic gold medals?If you're U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin, you go home to Colorado for your last chance to swim with your high school team. Franklin's a senior at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, and will---as she did last winter---swim an abbreviated schedule with her schoolmates this winter.According to Regis Jesuit Raiders athletic director John Koslosky, "She's doing this because of her team, her school and the other girls who swim in high school," Koslosky said. "And she wants to. They all want her there."Regis Jesuit seems as proud of Franklin as the University of Notre Dame is of its football team.

Luke Hill is a writer and community organizer in Boston. He blogs at dotCommonweal and MassCommons. 

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