Tuesday, March 13th, 2018

Legend-dairy experience

Broering featured in video with U.S. Olympian

By Colin Foster
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Marion Local's Kelsey Broering, left, poses for a picture with United State Olympian Emily Infeld while shooting a video to promote Milk Life.

Kelsey Broering is a dairy farmer by trade with a passion for running on the side.
Naturally, the Marion Local student/athlete was a perfect fit to be one of the faces for the Milk Life campaign.
Recently, Broering had a legend-dairy experience when she traveled to the Cleveland area to shoot a video spot with United States Olympian Emily Infeld to promote Mike Life, an Olympic-sponsored campaign that aims to inspire young athletes to drink white milk.
Infeld, a Beaumont High School graduate, was a national champion runner while at Georgetown University. She finished 11th in the 10,000-meter race at the 2016 Rio competed in the 10,000-meter race at the 2016 Rio Olympics, finishing 11th.
Broering met Infeld at a training facility near Cleveland while on Thanksgiving break and the video was released in February (See video here: https://www.drink-milk.com/video/milk-builds-champions/). In the video, Broering and Infeld discuss the Olympics, training regimen and diet, dairy farming and their mutual love of running.
"It was so much fun and it was a great experience that I'll never forget," Broering said. "It was very neat because we shared a lot in common about running. It was fun to just talk about our experiences."
An additional video and information on the Broering dairy farm can be found at https://www.drink-milk.com/farm_family/the-broerings/.
Milk Life supported U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams through the 2018 PyeongChang Games and will support the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. U.S. Olympic Training Centers serve tens of thousands of gallons of milk to Team U.S.A. athletes each year because milk contains nine essential nutrients that are helpful in recovery. The mission of Milk Life is to inspire young athletes - hoping to one day win a gold medal - to drink white milk.
Broering, daughter of Beth and Roger, is a two-time state cross country qualifier. She spends time before and after school helping milk nearly 250 cows on her family farm.
Broering had been approached by her families' dairy nutritionist last year about doing a spot for Milk Life. It came to fruition thanks to backing from The American Dairy Association Mideast. Not only was it a valuable experience in getting the word out about the benefits of milk, but it also gave the young runner insight into what it takes to compete at an elite level.
"She told me what they do for the Olympics, their daily schedules," said Broering, who hopes to one day run collegiately. "It's a lot of running, but I think it would be a lot of fun and it would be worth it. She just told me to never give up no matter how hard it is. Keep pushing. You can always look forward to more, not less, to get better."
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