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"I would never be able to eat ice
cream again," she said with her
signature laugh that has led Carter
to nickname her Princess Giggles.
Last June, Baustian competed in the
Senior I/U23 World Championship
Trials on Mercer Lake in West
Windsor, New Jersey. She missed
making the women's B 1x final by
0.35 seconds.
For now she continues to enjoy her
experience as a Hawkeye rower
with at least seven competitions
pending when the calendar flips to
2015.
"ere is a ridiculous amount of
support for our program and for
athletics here," Baustian said. "On
our team in particular, everyone
is motivating each other and we're
always there for each other. It's
easy to make progress when you're
surrounded by people that have
the same goals as you and want to
work hard. at has been amazing.
You can tell the coaching staff cares
about you as a person as well as
caring about us succeeding. It's
good to be surrounded by great
people like that."
