Caroline and Jared's story began in the DU parking lot on a cold January morning in 2008. They boarded a bus and started an eleven hour drive to Lawrence, Kansas for the 14&Under Colorado All Star swim meet. Caroline caught Jared's eye and on the drive back, Jared mustered up the courage to ask Caroline for her phone number and the rest was history. This was the start of their love story. After six homecomings, four proms, countless travel swim meets, and nine college recruiting trips, Jared and Caroline entered into a new chapter of their relationship: college. With Caroline swimming at Cal Berkeley and Jared swimming at the University of Georgia, they took on the challenge of a long distance relationship (all the while training 40+ hours a week and college academics). Late night phone calls, surprise visits and holidays back home helped them get through this chapter of their journey. Post college, Jared and Caroline were determined to be back in the same city together. Job offers from Nike and the Portland Trailblazers took them to Portland, Oregon in 2015. As they navigated the real world together in Portland, they met many great friends, visited many breweries and grew together in their post-swimming relationship. With family and the Rocky Mountains calling them back to Colorado, they decided to leave their current jobs in pursuit of planting roots in Denver. And plant roots they did! In the last 18 months, they bought a house, added a four legged family member and Jared got down on one knee. After 12 years of their dating journey, on July 29, 2022, they reset the clock back to one as husband and wife.