
BY CHRISTINA MARTIN ANCHOR CHRISTY LEWIS AOC Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn had a date Friday night--with a guy who isn't her husband. KARE has the details. ERIC PERKINS: "A Colorado teenager probably didn't think his odds were too high, but sometimes you have to go for the gold. 16-year-old Parker McDonald, a sophomore at the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, wanted to go to the school's homecoming dance, but he didn't have a date so he asked Olympic gold medalist and Burnsville native Lindsey Vonn, who was in town taking a break from her World Cup schedule. And as you can see, she said yes. How cool is that?" RENA SARGIANOPOULOS: "Adorable." Vonn spilled the homecoming date details on her Facebook page, writing... "...while I was eating lunch with all the students a 15 year old boy named Parker asked me if I would be his date for their homecoming dance which is tonight. When Parker asked me he was cute, nervous and very polite so of course I said YES!..." A Huffington Post writer says it probably didn't hurt McDonald's chances that Vonn never went to her own school dances. "...if you want a better chance at your favorite athlete or celebrity accepting your invite to the big dance, ask one who was too busy training to have a normal childhood." Asking a girl to the school dance can be a big leap of faith, and a Gather writer says McDonald's courage might get other guys to approach their dream girl. "Perhaps what he showed in asking will become a rallying cry for nervous boys <b>...</b>
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