AURORA | Missy Franklin is growing up.
The star of the London Olympics turned 18 last week. She graduates from high school Monday. She even went to the bank the other day, putting the accounts in her name to get ready for life as an adult.
In this Friday, May 10, 2013, file photo, Britain’s Prince Harry talks with Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin at a reception at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia, Colo., south of Denver. What a senior year for Franklin! Went to the prom, two proms actually. Won a state title. Now, she’ll walk down the aisle, She’ll graduate from high school on Monday and start getting ready for college. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)
In this Jan. 8, 2013, file photo, Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin, of Regis Jesuit, smiles while standing in the pool during Regis Jesuit’s swim meet against Highlands Ranch in Aurora, Colo. What a senior year for Franklin! Went to the prom, two proms actually. Won a state title. Now, she’ll walk down the aisle, She’ll graduate from high school on Monday and start getting ready for college. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Hyoung Chang, File) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; NEW YORK POST OUT; NEW YORK DAILY NEWS OUT, A JAN. 8, 2013 FILE PHOTO .
In this May 15, 2011, file photo, Missy Franklin starts the 200-meters backstroke final at the Charlotte UltraSwim competition in Charlotte, N.C. What a senior year for Franklin! Went to the prom, two proms actually. Won a state title. Now, she’ll walk down the aisle, She’ll graduate from high school on Monday and start getting ready for college. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
She says, “It’s crazy. I don’t know where the time went.”
After Franklin won four gold medals and five medals overall in London, she returned for her senior year at Regis Jesuit High School in suburban Denver.
Franklin says it’s been an “amazing” year. She met everyone from Justin Bieber to Prince Harry, but also got a chance to relish many of the normal activities of a high school senior — from attending the prom to helping her school win the state swimming championship.
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