FACES OF WESTLAKE
// THE SPORTING LIFE
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delaide Aquilla tried shot put for the first time in eighth grade. Her passion for the sport has never cooled. “It’s a very detail-oriented sport,” says Aquilla, 22, a student at The Ohio State University double-majoring in communications and hospitality management. “If you look at shot put from the outside, you think, ‘Oh, that person’s throwing really hard with their arm.’ But there’s a lot of different movements that go into making a good throw.” Clearly, the Westlake native has mastered them. In 2019, Aquilla was an NCAA outdoor qualifier for the shot put, finishing 12th with a personal best toss of 16.59 meters to earn secondteam All-America honors. Last year, the Westlake native was successful in defending continued >
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o Eileen Dorsey, naturescapes are not simply subjects she captures on canvas. They’re places of healing and rejuvenation. “When I was a kid, I’d go hiking with friends,” says the Westlake native, who recalls childhood memories of exploring the thickets behind St. Bernadette Elementary School, “and I’d also go there by myself. It was a place of adventure and a place of solitude at the same time, and I fell in love with being in the forest.” Her oil and acrylic paintings reflect that ardor, and the artist is constantly on the lookout for details the rest of us often miss. “I see colors a little bit differently than other people,” Dorsey says. “Most people think the color of tree bark is brown. But maybe when there’s green leaves surrounding it, or the seasons are changing, or a cloud passes over it, the bark reflects the way the world is reacting around it. It can, for instance, be various shades of brown or even black, gray or purple. That’s very meditative for me.”
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