Catholic Tablet salutes Olympian Lia Neal for her discipline and faith
The Tablet, Brooklyn’s Roman Catholic newspaper, featured local Olympic bronze medalist Lia Neal in last week’s edition.
Neal, taking part in her first-ever Olympiad, was on the women’s 4×100 meter freestyle relay team that won a bronze medal July 28 at the London Aquatics Centre. The 17-year-old swam the third leg of the race.
Lia Neal and her family are parishioners at St. Saviour parish, Park Slope. She was baptized at Sacred Heart Church on Adelphi St., which is now part of Mary of Nazareth parish, Fort Greene. She attends Convent of the Sacred Heart H.S. in Manhattan.