Maryland Catholic high school cheers on Katie Ledecky, its golden girl

BETHESDA, Md. — Katie Ledecky will bring a gold medal home to Bethesda after winning the 800-freestyle swim race Aug. 3 at the 2012 London Olympics.

The 15-year-old, the youngest U.S. Olympian this year, attends Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda and is a parishioner at the Church of the Little Flower, also in Bethesda, where she attended elementary school.