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Rising senior Hayley Hacker realized her dream of competing in the Maccabiah Games this summer, representing both the United States and the Jewish community.

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Swimmer achieves dream of competing in the Maccabiah Games - Daily Bruin

Swimmer achieves dream of competing in the Maccabiah Games

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Back in her first days as a walk-on member of UCLA’s swim team, then-freshman Hayley Hacker set herself a seemingly impossible goal: to make the Maccabiah Games.

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Swimmer achieves dream of competing in the Maccabiah Games

By Zachary Lemos

Aug. 12, 2013 12:00 a.m.