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Chasing a dream: Reality show winner moves to Gainesville in hopes of making 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

Shaye Hatchette, 22, was featured on the NBC Sports show " Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful"

Shaye Hatchette, a 22-year-old from Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was selected on the NBC show "Scouting Camp: Next Olympic Hopeful" to train in the sprint kayak, and was picked on the show by Gainesville's own Morgan House.Now she is living and training in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

11302018 HATCHETTE 1.jpg — Shaye Hatchette, a 22-year-old from Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was selected on the NBC show "Scouting Camp: Next Olympic Hopeful" to train in the sprint kayak, and was picked on the show by Gainesville's own Morgan House.Now she is living and training in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

Oklahoma native was one of eight athletes from a field of 90 contestants selected after week of workouts at US Olympic Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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