. >> reporter: espn's john barr has been covering baillie gibson story since last year. >> by the time she was a senior, baillie gibson could throw a discus further than all but one other woman in the entire country. >> gibson firing away, the best in wyoming, ranked second in the nation. >> reporter: what did you think this would start to be for you? >> i had this big huge dream of going to the olympics and how cool it would be. i wanted to work that much harder to make it to the olympics. >> she had the power. she just worked hard every day. she threw. >> you're talking about a girl that when practice is over, it wasn't over for her. she'd stay, and she'd throw, and she'd throw, and she'd throw. it was her life and she loved it. she loved the game, and college recruiters loved her, one in particular. from a division i powerhouse in multiple sports, the university of arizona. >> craig carter came to the home of baillie gibson's parents, sat down, spoke with her, spoke with her parents, and basically explained to them why the university of arizona was a good fit for her. >> baillie's h