Commentators and journalists tend to focus on her age, but Rampone is so much more than a number.
Christie Rampone is a lifelong athlete, a mother, a wife, a fighter.
She has compassion that stretches as far as the Garden State Parkway and a heart bigger than the Jersey Shore is long. Rampone is a self-proclaimed Jersey girl, growing up in Point Pleasant (Boro) and has been called the best athlete to come out of Ocean County, New Jersey.
And yet now, after all the accomplishments she's made in her life, she's reduced to a singular number: her age, 40.