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Olympic Swimmer Missy Franklin Gets Engaged

(CBS4) - Missy Franklin got engaged over the weekend. The Olympic swimmer and graduate of Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora announced her engagement via Instagram.

Franklin, 23, said on Sunday that she accepted the proposal from her boyfriend Hayes Johnson. She wrote:

"Thank you for making this the easiest answer to any question I've ever been asked. Yes. Yes. Yes. A million times over."

"I will never be able to thank you enough. For making last night the best of my life. For being the most thoughtful and loving man I've ever known. For being my best friend, my soulmate, my safe haven, and now my FIANCE! I am about to get my Johnson on!!! I cannot wait to see what our forever has in store for us. I. Love. You."

Missy Franklin (Swimmer)
Four-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer (and also bronze medalist) Melissa Franklin graduated in 2013 from Regis Jesuit High School, a private Catholic high school in Aurora. Missy told CBS4 in an interview that she could swim before she could walk. She holds the world record in the Women's 200m Backstroke. (photo credit: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Johnson is also a swimmer. He competed at the University of Texas.

Red Carpet - 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards - Monaco
Missy Franklin and Hayes Johnson attend the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards at Salle des Etoiles, Sporting Monte-Carlo on February 27, 2018 in Monaco. (credit: Christian Alminana/Getty Images for Laureus)

Franklin grew up in Centennial and graduated from Regis Jesuit in 2013. She holds the world record in the Women's 200m Backstroke.

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