UNC athletes in Rio 2016

[RivalsBailey]

Hey all,

Here's an article of all the UNC athletes that make up Team USA in Rio.

http://flocku.com/articles/north-carolina-athletes-in-rio-2016

Enjoy!

 

[Raising Heel]

There are actually 17 UNC athletes scheduled to participate in the Olympics (pardon the broken links...cut and pasted from GoHeels.com):

• Harrison Barnes named to US Olympic men’s basketball team on June 27
• Shalane Flanagan – Flanagan makes the U.S. track & field team
• Vikas Gowda – qualified for India’s track & field team
• Crystal Dunn - U.S. women's soccer team announced July 12
• Whitney Engen - U.S. women's soccer team announced July 12
• Ashlyn Harris - U.S. women's soccer team announced July 12
• Tobin Heath - U.S. women's soccer team announced July 12
• Meghan Klingenberg - U.S. women's soccer team announced July 12
• Allie Long - U.S. women's soccer team announced July 12
• Heather O’Reilly - U.S. women's soccer team announced July 12
• Katie Bowen (New Zealand) – Makes the New Zealand women's soccer team
• Jackie Briggs - U.S. field hockey team announced July 1
• Rachel Dawson - U.S. field hockey team announced July 1
• Katelyn Falgowski - U.S. field hockey team announced July 1
• Kelsey Kolojejchick - U.S. field hockey team announced July 1
• Caitlin Van Sickle - U.S. field hockey team announced July 1
• LaToya Pringle Sanders - Turkish national women's basketball team

GoHeels.com has an Olympics Page set up with more information and schedules:

Tar Heels in the 2016 Olympic Games

 

[tarheel0910]

Looks like the Rams Club, NCAA, Swofford and ESPN did a good job using their connections to get UNC athletes on the teams. I mean, they could only get there because of them right?

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

Thanks @RivalsBailey!

Gonna stick around a bit? Maybe poast a photo in the RMT?

Oh, also Go Heels and U.S.A.!!!

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

Shalane Flanagan gets a double thumbs up from me. We're co-alums from two different schools... UNC and Marblehead (MA) High School.

I was the first person since Shalane to attend UNC from my high school (7 year span between her graduation and mine, not sure if I'm the most recent since then or if someone has since followed in my footsteps). Unfortunately I haven't quite had the same athletic success as she has.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

That's what you get for spending so much time at Dunkin Donuts.

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

That's what you get for spending so much time at Dunkin Donuts.

I heard their slogan "America runs on Dunkin'" and I figured their donuts must be like PEDs for runners. Doesn't seem to have had the desired effect though.

 

[Raising Heel]

I heard their slogan "America runs on Dunkin'" and I figured their donuts must be like PEDs for runners. Doesn't seem to have had the desired effect though.

Hark on DD:

 

[TarHeelNation11]

• Katelyn Falgowski - U.S. field hockey team announced July 1

Would.

• LaToya Pringle Sanders - Turkish national women's basketball team

Uhhh. Do what now? LaToya Pringle Sanders . . . Turkish?

 

[TarHeelNation11]

Apparently that's Byron Sanders' wife.

 

[Raising Heel]

Apparently that's Byron Sanders' wife.

Hunh. Didn't know that. (Google tells me) she plays for a Turkish women's basketball team and attained citizenship during the 2012-13 season.

Kelsey Kolojejchick is the sister of Matt Kolojejchick, who was a walk-on RB for the UNC football team.

 

[Raising Heel]

Would.

What did you do, google every woman on that list? Freakin' perv.