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Shea bien! Wilmette native Maggie Shea goes for Olympic gold in sailing later this month in Japan P22

WEEKEND WEATHER Saturday, Partly cloudy, high 77 Saturday night, Partly cloudy, low around 60 Sunday, Mostly sunny, high 87

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SUMMER SIZZLE THE SELLER’S MARKET ON THE NORTH SHORE CONTINUES UNABATED, BUT MANY POTENTIAL SELLERS AREN’T QUITE READY TO TAKE THE PLUNGE.

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just listed

the market is

hot!

Sparks

just listed

322 WILLOW AVE, Deerfield 3 BED, 2.1 BATH • $469,000

658 LINCOLN AVE W, Highland Park 3 BED, 2 BATH • $595,000

and

1547 KNOLLWOOD LN, Highland Park 4 BED, 4 BATH • $1,550,000

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sold & under contract in 2021**

1064 LINDEN AVE, Deerfield 5 BED, 4.1 BATH • $1,124,900

2520 AUGUSTA WAY, Highland Park 3 BED, 2.1 BATH • $925,000

*Source: MRED, LLC #1 in Highland Park Based on Closed Sales Volume, Residential properties 01/01/20 – 12/31/20 †MRED, LLC Total Sales Volume, Wexler Gault Group 01/01/20 - 12/31/20 **MRED,LLC Closed & Under Contract Sales, Wexler Gault Group 01/01/21-05/27/21

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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Returning to Ravinia for its 85th summer residency

15 concerts over 6 weeks | JULY 9 – AUGUST 15 and welcoming

MARIN ALSOP in her first season as Ravinia’s Chief Conductor & Curator

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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

WE ARE ENGEL & VÖLKERS

Our diversity should not be seen as a weakness but as our greatest strength. It is only by working together that we can build a resilient nation.

Independence day is a time to reflect and celebrate the strengths of our great nation and recognize the work yet to be accomplished.

May your celebrations be filled with fireworks and fun!

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DREAMS are the

Foundation of America “No Matter Where You are From, Your DREAMS are Valid” - Lupita Nyong’o

Contact us and let’s formulate a plan to sell your home or buy your DREAM home today!

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220 Beech Street • $849,000

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1161 Greenwood • $699,000

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INDEX

NEWS

14 in memoriam

A tribute to the life of Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall, who died last month

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Sailor Maggie Shea—a Wilmette native and 2007 New Trier HS grad—goes for gold at Summer Olympics in Japan

FIRST HALF

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NOW! Event Dates July 1–Aug. 15

If you are looking to buy or sell in the North Shore contact me, your local real estate expert!

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NEWS SUMMER SIZZLE

From PG 1

BY MITCH HURST THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

Last month, the 15.2-acre estate in Lake Forest owned by retail heir Marshall Field V sold for $6.2 million, marking the largest transaction for a property in Lake Forest in three years.

It’s a sign of the times.

With nearly half of the population of Illinois and the country fully vaccinated, real estate brokers on the North Shore told The North Shore Weekend this week that they’re beginning to see a slight increase in interest from potential sellers who feel the health crisis is behind us and are prepared to make moves they had put on hold.

“Inventory of single-family homes has decreased over the past year in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff by as much as 75 percent,” says Brad Andersen, Principal Broker with Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors in Lake Forest. “This decline in available homes for sale combined with unprecedented demand has caused the median sales price of homes to increase between 8 to 15 percent.”

Andersen says that in the current environment, many consider it the best time to place a home on the market. As a result, he expects to see an increase of available homes over the course of the summer as vaccination rates continue to rise and those who held off selling now feel more comfortable opening their homes to the public.

Laurie Field of Engel & Völkers is listing this four-bedroom property on Oak Drive in Glencoe at $925,000. Combining elegant old-world architecture with the finest modern amenities, the home is currently under contract.

“ We have had discussions with many sellers, especially those most vulnerable to COVID-19 because of age or underlying health concerns, who are now just beginning to consider their options,” he says. “We do feel there is an opportunity to take advantage of market conditions, but we also feel this market will continue to evolve as new information becomes available.”

Andersen adds that he’s hesitant to make

predictions about the market going forward, but every relevant data point suggests the market will be robust for some time to come.

“We expect a very short-term slow down as people will need to make decisions about school registration very soon, but once the summer holiday season ends, we expect strong activity to remain through the end of the year,” Andersen says. “Personally, I have not been as optimistic about the market since the very early 2000s.”

Joanna Koperski, a broker with @properties in Lake Forest, echoes this theme. She is strongly encouraging prospective sellers to do so now.

“This is an obvious great opportunity for property owners to reconsider entering the market at their earliest opportunity,” Koperski says. “All of the present market variables point to sellers accomplishing their goals to their best advantage—prices are higher, the market is moving fast, sales occur quickly, multiple

This spacious four-bedroom home on Greenwood Avenue in Deerfield offers vaulted ceilings and an open floor plan, listed by Jamie Roth of Engel & Völkers at $699,000.

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From PG 10

offers are common.”

While the market is currently favorable to sellers, Koperski says it might not last forever and if sellers wait, they could miss an opportunity to cash in.

“This is most definitely a seller’s market, geared toward their advantage,” she says. “It’s a perfect opportunity for a property owner’s success but comes with a strong caveat—with the current economic trends, there is no guarantee that this favorable sellers’ market will last much longer. Sellers should move into this market as soon as possible before interest rates rise.”

Some sellers, though, are willing to risk the wait as long as home values are still rising, which is contributing to the ongoing challenge of limited inventory.

“I am actually seeing that most of the people that were thinking of moving have now decided to wait,” says Marcia Lyman, with Engel and Völkers in Winnetka. “They are appreciating their homes more than ever and realize that in order for them to get that next house they are going to be paying a premium.”

Lyman says most of her potential sellers and buyers are empty nesters and are not in any hurry to move.

“They have decided to wait it out and get their homes ready at their own pace so that when the time comes for them to put their house on the market, the work will be done,” she says.

With the summer vacation season upon us, Winnetka @properties broker Colleen McGinnis sees the tight market continuing into fall.

realtor is vital.

“Clearly, we are in a fastpaced market and in order to compete, homeowners must choose a realtor who gives a clear direction as to what needs to be done,” McGinnis says. “It is important to listen to the homeowner and to hear their concerns and then work

Storybook charm abounds at this meticulously restored, four-bedroom English Tudor property at Edgewood Lane in Winnetka, available at $995,000 (listed by Gloria Matlin of Compass).

It is situated on a deep lot with magnificent gardens.

“I believe that the summer will remain tight for several reasons. First, typically folks on the North Shore take vacations. They leave the area for their second homes, their fishing camps, and for other recreation opportunities,” McGinnis says. “Second, after COVID-19, I believe that even more will be heading out.”

Even in sellers’ market, for those that remain and are slowly coming around to the idea to putting their homes on the market, McGinnis

has some advice.

“I do not recommend just throwing your house on the market since most of the competition has been cleaned and staged,” she says. “The homes that have traded in recent years have been decorated and remodeled with today’s amenities.”

McGinnis also says given all the complexities that come with selling in a market with high buyer demand the choice of the right

The former Lake Forest estate of Marshall Field V, listed by Nancy Adelman of Griffith, Grant & Lackie, recently sold for $6.2 million.

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together to make a great first impression.”

Laurie Field, a realtor with Engel & Völkers in Chicago, says she also sees the hot market continuing through summer in part because potential sellers are still biding their time even as the pandemic recedes.

“I feel pretty confident the market is going to continue to be hot through the rest of the year,” Field says. “I have met with sellers who want to downsize but would prefer to take their time getting their home ready to list.”

Field says sellers don't want to feel rushed when making such an important decision.

“While they know the market is very active right now, that is not motivating them to list before they are ready,” she says. “They're absolutely fine listing at the end of the summer or in the fall.”

In sum, the tight market and the lack of inventory that’s driving it doesn’t look to end anytime soon.

Says Jamie Roth, with Engel & Völkers in Highland Park: “I’m seeing a very slight uptick in listings but not enough to be of significance on the low inventory situation we’re in.”

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NEWS

MAY WE NEVER FORGET CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FRITZIE FRITZSHALL, WHO DIED LAST MONTH AT AGE 91.

BY ROCHELLE NEWMAN RUBINOFF FORWARD.COM

Holocaust survivor and social activist Fritzie Fritzshall died June 19 at the age of 91.

Frtizshall survived the death camps to become a leading voice for Holocaust education. She served as President of Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and remained active in bridging ethnic and religious divides throughout her life.

“She was brave, selfless, wise, and forwardthinking,” Susan Abrams, Chief Executive Officer of the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, told the Forward (republished with permission in The North Shore Weekend). “And in spite of all she had been through, seeing humanity’s worst, she was optimistic and hopeful of creating a better world for others.

Born Fritzie Weiss in 1929, Fritzshall did see the worst.

After the German army occupied her hometown of Klucharky, Czechoslovakia, in 1944, soldiers forced her, her mother, and two younger brothers into a ghetto, then deported them by train to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

“The train arrived in the middle of the night,” Fritzshall said in video testimony on the museum website. “So we were greeted by very bright lights shining down on us. We were greeted by soldiers, SS men, as well as women. We were greeted by dogs and whips, by shouting and screaming, orders to try to empty the train, by confusion, and by men in striped uniform. We didn’t know it at the time, but the men in uniform were the Jews

Fritzie in front of her hologram in Illinois Holocaust Museum's Survivor Stories Experience. Survivor Stories Experience features Dimensions in Testimony, developed by USC Shoah Foundation in association with Illinois Holocaust Museum.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY RON GOULD

who were brought there before us, they were called ‘Kanada,’ which I found out later. Their

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job was to empty the train.”

One of those Jews gave Fritzshall advice that saved her life. He told her to act older than she was, so she would be sent to work.

Fritzshall spent a year in Auschwitz and

who had come to America before the war to send money back to his family. Fritzshall married a U.S. veteran of World War II and worked as a hairdresser.

In the late 1970s, when neo-Nazis threatened to march through the streets of Skokie, Fritzshall and other survivors decided to channel their anger and fear into education.

They established the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois in 1981.

“We said we came to a free country, and we don’t need to be afraid to say we are Jews,” she recalled in an interview with the museum. “We don’t need to be afraid to walk out on the street and be identified. We are not wearing the yellow armbands any longer.”

By 2009, the institution had transformed into the Illinois Holocaust Museum. Since 2010, Fritzshall served as its President.

Fritzshall, said Abrams, was willing “to share her stories over and over again for a range of different audiences and embracing technology that will live on for generations to come in the most impactful way.”

a slave labor camp. Her mother, brothers, and other family members died in the camp.

When the Soviet Army liberated the camp, soldiers found her hiding in the forest, having escaped from a forced march. She came to Skokie in 1946, where she reunited with her father,

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The Illinois Holocaust Museum worked with the USC Shoah Foundation to create the first-ever Interactive Survivor Holograms.

The theater experience allows museum visitors to engage with holograms of survivors who lived through the Holocaust and enables people to ask questions that prompt real-time responses from pre-recorded video interviews with Holocaust Survivors. Fritzshall’s story is one of the holographic recordings.

Later this year, the Museum will premiere “A Promise Kept,” a virtual reality experience where visitors can stand with Fritzshall as she returns to Auschwitz and tells the story of the promise she made to 599 women who, with each crumb of bread, kept her alive during the Holocaust.

This is the first time that virtual reality technology will be used to archive, preserve, and produce Holocaust survivor testimony in Auschwitz. “She felt the weight of this responsibility from this promise,” Abrams said.

In a social media statement, Governor J.B Pritzker said of Fritzshall, “She embodied the decency and kindness she implored from others. She was strong, faithful and caring.”

Cardinal Blaise Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago said in a social media statement, “The world lost a clarion voice against bigotry, and I lost a good friend.” Fritzshall and Cupich traveled to Auschwitz in July 2019.

“By bravely sharing her story, Fritzie inspired us and now it is up to us to make sure her work lives on and the world never forgets the Holocaust,” he said.

Fritzshall is survived by her son, Steve; a daughter-in-law, Hinda; and grandsons Scott and Andy.

This article was originally published at forward.com. Republished with permission. To receive the Forward’s newsletter, go to forward. com/newsletter.

Fritzie speaks at Illinois Holocaust Museum's annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner.

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR THE ACCENTURE CHICAGO ROAD CYCLING CLUB, WHICH REGULARLY MAKES THE RIDE FROM CHICAGO'S MONTROSE HARBOR UP THROUGH THE NORTH SHORE AND BACK.

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You’ve probably seen them on the road—they often travel in packs, clad in brightly colored Lycra—zipping along in formation, some closely paired, others in looser proximity, but all heading in the same forthright direction, as if on a mission. They are.

It’s the Accenture Chicago Road Cycling Club, launched just this year by Accenture’s Midwest Market Unit Lead, Lee Moore. Most Sundays, the Club meets at Montrose Harbor and rides the 60 miles up Sheridan Road and back.

Yes, it’s great exercise out in the fresh air, with a satisfying endorphin kick the reward for testing the body’s stamina. But for Moore and the other Club members, cycling is much more.

“I love the sport,” Moore admits. “It is a team sport—yet, an individual wins. But even more, I love the camaraderie and that means going farther, faster with a group of friends.”

Moore’s passion for cycling began as a young boy growing up in London, raised by a single mother of modest means. One Christmas, he asked his mum for a Raleigh Chopper, a sporty bike many a young lad at the time coveted. Two Christmases later he had his bike: a second-hand girl’s model. Moore was unphased—he loved the bike and rode it everywhere.

Hooked on cycling, Moore worked odd jobs and saved his money until he could afford a Raleigh racing bike. That’s when he decided to get serious and learn all he could about the sport—inviting himself along with a group of veteran cyclists who graciously took the young man under their wing. “It turned out the ‘old’ guys in their woolens could out-cycle anyone,” Moore recalls with great fondness. “They would even push me up the hills!”

Years later, as his career at Accenture progressed, Moore found himself working in different cities throughout the world— Cape Town, San Francisco, Singapore— and at every turn, he found camaraderie among fellow cyclists.

Eventually, Moore purchased his dream bike—a Colnago, one of the most advanced road racing bikes on the market— and began meeting fellow cyclists every year in Mallorca, Spain. The reason for the

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annual pilgrimage was simple: camaraderie, once again.

When Moore moved into his current position at Accenture, he brought with him the lessons of all those gatherings among cyclists from around the world.

In fact, building camaraderie, getting to know Accenture people in an active environment, and supporting charities are among the prime reasons Moore started the Club.

“You get to know people on a really personal level when it’s 7 a.m. on a chilly Sunday and you’re all facing the elements, going the same direction,” says Moore.

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a great way for people to connect. The cycling community is inherently communal and fellow cyclists tend to form strong bonds, whether it’s talking bike tech or sharing the thrill of completing an especially hard climb. “If you see a fellow cyclist on the side of the road with a ‘mechanical,’ you stop to help,” says Moore.

It’s also a highly social sport as exemplified by the idea of the paceline—pairs of riders leading the pack in tight formation and blocking the wind drag for their fellow cyclists. Throughout a typical ride, ideally for Moore between 50 and 100 miles, different riders will move into and out of the paceline to share the work.

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Once COVID allows, Moore is also looking at the Club as a platform for philanthropy in our community, with a number of charity races in the planning stages in Chicago, along with events such as the MS 150 in Minneapolis, supporting multiple sclerosis and Pelotonia in Columbus, funding cancer research.

Moore has come a long way from his Raleigh Chopper days. But whether riding on a Raleigh or a Colnago, for sport or pleasure, business, or charity, he believes cycling has something for everyone.

“We encourage people to take care of their physical and mental health and in that sense, cycling is an absolute win-win.

Some people may find this with other sports, like running or golf, but cycling has been very popular. Fresh air, gorgeous scenery, a kick of endorphins … what could be better? It’s proven to be a great way to bring people of all ages and positions—and fitness levels—together,” he says.

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The recipe for Waldorf Salad was first published in 1896 by The Saalfield Publishing Co. of Chicago, Akron, and New York in a 907page tome written by Oscar Tschirky—famed maître d’hotel at The Waldorf Hotel from 1893 to 1943. Tschirky wasn’t a chef, but he had a shrewd intuition for what guests might like. He's also credited with being the first to put Eggs Benedict and Veal Oscar on a menu, among other classic hotel dishes.

Finding The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf, in a used bookstore, I went straight to page 433 to read the Waldorf salad original, and found this: “Peel two raw apples and cut them into small pieces, say about half an inch square, also cut some celery the same way, and mix it with the apple. Be very careful not to let any seeds of the apples be mixed with it.

The salad must be dressed with a good mayonnaise.”

So, that was it? I had to laugh. Was Oscar the first guy to combine celery with the tart sweetness apple in mayonnaise? Probably not. But the salad was served at the inaugural dinner of New York’s Waldorf Hotel in 1893 (it became the Waldorf Astoria later) guests loved it, and it's been known as the Waldorf Salad ever since.

The hotel has served many renditions of the salad over the decades, but in the spirit of their late ‘40s and early ‘50s renditions, our version combines apple, celery, and grape with spiced walnuts and candied ginger in a cloud of whipped cream, sour cream, and boiled dressing. Because the colors of the salad are so pretty, I like to present it “naked” with spoonfuls of the dressing on top, to be mixed at table.

INGREDIENTS FOR THE SPICED WALNUTS:

• 1 ½ cups walnuts • 4 to 6 cups water • Peanut oil for deep-fat fryer • Salt and cayenne pepper to taste FOR THE DRESSING:

• ½ cup whipping cream • 1 Tbsp confectioner’ sugar • ⅓ cup sour cream • ⅓ cup boiled dressing (recipe follows) FOR THE BOILED DRESSING:

• ½ cup sifted flour • ½ cup sugar • 2 tsp salt • 2 tsp dry mustard

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• ⅛ tsp smoked paprika • 1 cup water • ¾ cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice • 4 large egg yolks • 1 Tbsp unsalted butter FOR THE SALAD:

• 2 Granny Smith apples • 2 Fuji apples • 1 cup sliced celery • 1 cup seedless green grapes, cut in half • 1 cup seedless red grapes cut in half • ¼ cup finely diced candied ginger • Grated zest from one small orange • 1 ½ cups peeled, fried and spiced walnuts (recipe below) • 1 head leaf lettuce or Boston lettuce, washed and divided into lettuce cups

METHOD MAKE THE SPICED WALNUTS: Boil water. Cook walnuts in boiling water for 15 minutes. Drain in colander. Shock with cold water. Heat more water to boiling again and boil walnuts a second time for three minutes.

Rinse. Drain. Remove skins with a tweezer, or a mushroom brush.

Heat peanut oil in deep fat fryer. Fry walnuts in oil at 360 until golden brown. Remove to a paper towel and sprinkle with salt and cayenne pepper.

MAKE THE BOILED DRESSING: In a saucepan, combine flour, sugar, salt, mustard, and paprika. Over low heat, gradually whisk in water and lemon juice. Continue whisking until mixture thickens and boils. Boil for an additional minute. Remove from heat.

Cool just slightly. Whisk in the egg yolks and

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MAKE WALDORF DRESSING: In the chilled bowl of a stand mixer, whip cream until soft peaks form. Whisk in confectioners’ sugar. Stir in sour cream and ⅓ cup boiled dressing. Refrigerate.

MAKE SALAD: Wash and core apples. Blot dry. Cut apples into medium dice, leaving the skin on. Place apples in a large bowl. Add chopped celery, halved grapes, chopped ginger, and grated orange zest. Sprinkle with spiced walnuts.

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RED, WHITE AND CREW WILMETTE’S MAGGIE SHEA—GRANDDAUGHTER OF LEGENDARY HELMSMAN JOHN NEDEAU— AND SKIPPER STEPHANIE ROBLE SET TO SAIL FOR TEAM USA AT SUMMER OLYMPICS IN JAPAN.

BY BILL MCLEAN ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT

Four words, uttered calmly by her grandfather, turned a terrifying moment on board a boat into an exhilarating one for Maggie Shea.

“I was young, sailing on Lake Michigan, and as soon as Grandpa ( John Nedeau) realized we were about to capsize, he said to me, ‘Hang on, little honey,’ ” Shea, 31, recalls. “It was real cute, the way he said that.

“And he was as cool as a cucumber as we overturned,” adds the Wilmette native and 2007 New Trier High School graduate.

Both survived the mishap. Nedeau, of North Muskegon, Michigan, later won his first Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac in 2011—in his 64th attempt, at age 80—and liked to tell his Windancer crew, before every race, “There’s no place I’d rather be than here.” Shea became a New Trier Sailing team captain, raced for sailing squads as a political science major at Connecticut College, and, later this month, gets to be in the most enviable place in the world for a competitive sailor.

Tokyo.

Crew member Shea and her 32-year-old skipper, Stephanie Roble, qualified to race at the Summer Olympics as USA Sailing team members in the 49erFX women’s doublehanded skiff division. Their sailing event starts on July 26, with the medal race scheduled for August 2.

Grandpa John, who died in 2016, would have beamed brighter than any of Lake Michigan’s 102 lighthouses upon hearing the news of Shea’s spot on Team USA following Shea/Roble’s third-place showing at the 2020 World Championship in Australia, which served as half of the U.S. Olympic Trials in sailing.

“It’ll be an honor to represent the United States at the Olympics,” says Shea, who lives and trains in Miami.

“Stephanie and I worked really hard to get to this point. We’ve wanted to do this since we were little girls. Our heroes are Olympic sailors.

“My grandpa and family (parents Don and Mindy and siblings Annie, NTHS Class of 2005, and Drew, NTHS ’10) helped me fall in love with all aspects of sailing. And now Stephanie and I are addicted to the intensity of competitive sailing and ready to do whatever it takes to bring home a medal.”

Shea and Roble, an Old Dominion University graduate, were fierce rivals in high school and in college before opting to become elite boat mates. Currently No. 6 in the world rankings in the 49erFX class, they’ve been ranked as high as No. 4. The pair

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silvered at the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru.

Roble grew up in East Troy, Wisconsin, and learned to sail on Lake Beulah.

“She’s the social butterfly and I’m the introvert,” says Shea, who joined forces with Roble after college to form Epic Racing, a professional match racing team, and won the overall Women’s Match Series in 2014. “Stephanie and I are great friends, and we love sailing together. In sailing we complement each other in many ways.

Stephanie is the naturally talented sailor and likes dealing with the shifting winds and unpredictable conditions, while my job tends to be

Go to a regatta or go to prom? The choice for me was always clear— go to a regatta.

more physical than hers. I’m also into tactics and strategies, as well as making sure our equipment is set up the way it should be—call me the ‘checklister’ of the duo.”

Shea suffered a torn patellar tendon while training abroad last October, months after the International Olympic Committee and Japan agreed to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Shea and Roble crashed into a wave,

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abruptly reducing the speed of their boat from 15-20 mph to 0 mph.

Shea needed stitches in her knee but avoided surgery.

“I had to return home and rehab for a couple of months,” Shea says. “That’s the most time I’d been out of a boat in eight years. Our training staff was amazing, and I’ve never felt stronger than I do now.”

Shea joined the Chicago Yacht Club junior sailing program, sailed in her first race in junior high school, and was a first-time entrant in the 333-mile Chicago-to-Mac race at age 16.

Serious commitments to sailing in high school made her miss significant chunks of school days at New Trier each year. Less than a year after hitting the water for the final time as a New Trier Sailing team member, Shea—whose siblings also served as New Trier Sailing captains—got her feet wet at her first Olympic Trials (Laser Radial class) in 2008.

“New Trier was, and still is, so big,” Shea says.

“I kind of disappeared there at times, because sailing was my thing, it required a lot of time, and it was something I wanted to pursue in college.

But I can’t say enough good things about my teachers at New Trier; they were incredibly accommodating whenever I told them how many classes I’d have to skip because of sailing.

“Go to a regatta or go to prom?” she adds. “The choice for me was always clear—go to a regatta.”

Also crystal, from Shea’s adventuresome childhood on boats to her admirable quests today: her parents’ support.

“They’ve had a huge, huge, huge impact on me,” Shea says. “My parents have always had an unwavering belief in my dreams, no matter how delusional they might have seemed all those years ago. They kept telling me, ‘You put your mind to something; you can do it,’ and, ‘Go for anything you want because we know you’ll land on your feet.’

“I constantly thought about them and their strong belief in me during the challenging times Stephanie and I endured at the latest Olympic Trials (in New Zealand in late 2019, and in Australia in early 2020).”

But sailing, to Shea, is more than vying for prestigious medals all over the world or topping a match racing series.

Sailing is a lifestyle.

“I continue to find it fascinating, fighting the water and being at the mercy of the conditions,” Shea says. “I love that no two days on the water are ever the same. Through sailing I learned so many important lessons about life when I was young, thanks to my grandpa and to the other people in my life who love it as a recreation.

“Racing?” she adds. “That’s a bonus.”

Visit roblesheasailing.com for more information. Visit olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/ on July 26, when Shea and Roble begin their quest for an Olympic medal.

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