Arkansas
Arkansas swimmer Bella Cothern competing in U.S. Olympic Trials
FAYETTEVILLE, Ar. (KNWA/KFTA) – Arkansas swimmer and Jonesboro native Bella Cothern will be competing in the U.S. Olympic Trials this weekend in Indianapolis.
The senior will be racing in the 50M Freestyle on Saturday at 10 a.m.
“I didn’t, did not expect it at all. And when everybody started cheering, I just, I didn’t even see the time. I just knew because everybody started cheering and I just I started crying and I pushed off the wall. It was just a lot all at one time. But it was amazing because I didn’t expect it,” Cothern said.
“I think it’s just amazing to watch one of your athletes do what you always believe they could do,” her coach, Neil Harper said.
You can see her full story in the video at the top of the article next to the headline.
Rex Nelson
Rex Nelson has been senior editor and columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2017, and he has a biweekly podcast called “Southern Fried.”
After graduating from Ouachita Baptist University in 1981, he was a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat for a year before becoming editor of Arkadelphia’s Daily Siftings Herald. He was the youngest editor of a daily in Arkansas at age 23. Rex was then news and sports director at KVRC-KDEL from 1983-1985.
He returned to the Democrat as assistant sports editor in 1985. From 1986-1989, he was its Washington correspondent. He left to be Jackson T. Stephens’ consultant.
Rex became the Democrat-Gazette’s first political editor in 1992, but left in 1996 to join then-Gov. Mike Huckabee’s office. He also served from 2005-09 in the administration of President George W. Bush.
From 2009-2018, he worked stints at the Communications Group, Arkansas’ Independent Colleges and Universities, and Simmons First National Corp.
Dylan Sherman
Dylan Sherman is a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He is based in Northwest Arkansas and focuses on Tyson Foods Inc. and the transportation industry. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he has been with the newspaper since 2023.
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