Transplant Games are golden for Walter

Published 4:12 pm Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Landrum High School cross-country runner Elizabeth Walter earned three gold medals this week at the National Transplant Games in Madison, Wis.

Walter, who received a portion of father Todds liver in a live-donor transplant in November of 2000 the first such transplant in South Carolina, took gold in the womens 5k, womens 1,500-meter and womens 800-meter to complete a sweep of the events she entered.

Walter is a rising freshman at LHS and has competed on the varsity cross-county team since seventh grade. She finished 13th overall in this past falls 1A/2A Upper State Championship meet.

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Todd Walter, a Landrum physician and avid runner, was also competing in the National Transplant Games. He also coaches the LHS cross-country team.