Maryland Olympians Competing In The 2021 Tokyo Games

Rockville MD

29 June, 2021

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MARYLAND — Maryland Olympians won 16 gold medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, meaning if the Old Line State were a country it would have placed sixth in terms of gold medals earned. Maryland will send 14 athletes to the games this summer in Tokyo with the hopes of bringing home the gold. Maryland's athletes will be competing in Olympic swimming, track and field, men's basketball, wrestling, rugby and gymnastics. The games this year begin on July 23. The Paralympics will begin a month later, on Aug. 24 — check back on Patch later for a look at Maryland athletes who will be competing there. Here are some local athletes to watch in this summer's Olympic games: Swimming: Phoebe Bacon Hometown: Chevy ChaseHigh School: Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Bacon, 18, is making her Olympic debut this year, qualifying in the 200 meter backstroke. She just finished her first year at the University of Wisconsin, after graduating from the same high school as Katie Ledecky. Chase Kalisz Hometown: Bel AirHigh School: Fallston High SchoolKalisz will compete in the 400m individual medley, an event won silver in at the 2016 Rio Games. The 27-year-old graduated from the University of Georgia in 2016, the same year he won his first medal. Qualify for the #TokyoOlympics? Get a hug from @MichaelPhelps.@chasekalisz | @USASwimming | #SwimTrials21 pic.twitter.com/OCdLm2ODdK— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) June 14, 2021 Katie Ledecky Hometown: BethesdaHigh School: Stone Ridge School of the Sacred HeartThe 24-year-old Stanford graduate will be looking to break records in this Olympics and become the winningest woman of all time. She's qualified for 200-meter freestyle, 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle, 1500 freestyle, 4x200 freestyle, and if she wins all of them, she will have the most Olympic Gold medals of any woman in history. Andrew Wilson Hometown: BethesdaHigh School: Phillips AcademyThis Olympic rookie is the first Division III swimmer to make it to the Olympics. Wilson swam while he was a student at Emory University. Congratulations to former #NCAAD3 student-athlete Andrew Wilson as he becomes the first-ever Division III swimmer to qualify for Team USA at the Olympics! https://t.co/4ojmfRbVl9 #d3swim #whyd3 pic.twitter.com/1pQuTlzkq8— NCAA Division III (@NCAADIII) June" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/NCAADIII/s... 17, 2021 Track and Field: Matthew Centrowitz Jr.Hometown: ArnoldHigh School: Broadneck High SchoolCentrowitz will return to the Games after earning Silver at Rio and coming in fourth in London. The 31-year-old graduated from the University of Oregon in 2012. Christina Clemons Hometown: WaldorfHigh School: Westlake High SchoolThe 11-time All-American and 10-time Big Ten Champion at The Ohio State University will make her Olympic debut this year in Tokyo. Ohio State track & field has a U.S. Olympian. Christina (Manning) Clemons, one of the great sprinters/hurdlers in Ohio State history, qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 100 hurdles late Sunday evening at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trialshttps://t.co/12tPF5T8lu— Ohio State T&F/XC (@OhioStateTFXC) June 21, 2021 Triathlon: Katie ZaferesHometown: HampsteadHigh School: North Carroll High SchoolZaferes is returning to the Olympic Games after competing in Rio in 2016. She was a track and field state champion multiple times during her high school career at North Carrolll High School. Wrestling: Helen MaroulisHometown: RockvilleHigh School: Colonel Zadok Magruder High SchoolMaroulis made history when she won the Gold Medal in Rio, as the first U.S. woman to do so. She now lives in Huntington Beach, Calif. Kyle SnyderHometown: WoodbineHigh School: Our Lady of Good Counsel Snyder became the youngest person in United States history to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling when he became the champion at age 20 in Rio. Snyder was a three-time NCAA champion while he wrestled at The Ohio State University. Men's Basketball: Kevin Durant Hometown: Washington, D.C.High School: Montrose Christian School in RockvilleThe Brooklyn Nets star will join Team USA, having competed in the 2016 Rio and 2012 London games, where the team won gold medals. Jerami GrantHometown: BowieHigh School: DeMatha High SchoolThe Detroit Pistons player will head to the Olympic Games for the first time this year. He was chosen in 2016 to play on a Select Team that trained with and against the U.S. Olympians that year. Grant is a forward. Women's Rugby: Abby GustaitisHometown: White HallHigh School: North Harford High SchoolThe 30 year-old will make her Olympic debut this year, having started playing rugby at age 19. She says that she plays for young girls who need role models. Sailing: Farrah HallHometown: Annapolis High School: Broadneck High SchoolHall compete in the 2012 Olympics, placing 20th in Windsurfing RSX. Gymnastics: Kayla DiCello *AlternateHometown: BoydsHigh School: Northwest High SchoolThe rising high school senior may compete in the Olympic Games if one of the players on the team is injured or unable to compete. DiCello has been training in gymnastics at Hill's Gymnastics in Gaithersburg since she was 2. Congratulations to @NorthwestJags' Kayla DiCello, who's headed to the Olympics in Tokyo as a women's gymnastics alternate!https://t.co/zgHdG0z0Qm— MCPS (@MCPS) June 28, 2021Think we missed someone? Email [email protected]