The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are finally here, with all the feats of physical brilliance, brass-heavy procession tunes and international mingling that we desperately need right now.
According to Team USA’s website, there are 35 athletes from Pennsylvania, two from Delaware and 22 from New Jersey participating in this edition of the Summer Games. We found a few more with school or other connections.
So to help you keep track of and root for all the athletes from our region representing the U.S., we’ve thrown together a quick guide to all the local athletes, and when their respective events are happening.
Archery
This will be the second Olympic Games for Casey Kaufhold from Lancaster, Pa., competing in the recurve bow events. She has an individual silver medal from the 2021 World Championships and a gold from the 2024 Pan American Archery Championships. She’s been competing in international major games since 2019, which is pretty impressive considering she’s only 20.
Para-archer Kevin Polish comes from Carmichaels, Pa., and will be competing in his third Games. He competes in the compound bow events.
All live coverage and replays are on NBC’s family of channels and its Peacock streaming service, which you can find here.
Artistic Swimming
Megumi Field, 18, originally hails from Wilmington, Del., but moved to California to train when she was 10. She is part of a U.S. team that returns to the Games for the first time since 2008. Field will compete in both the field and duet events, which start on Aug. 5 and 9, respectively.
Basketball
Joel Embiid is the only Sixer on the star-packed men’s team. Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is the only New Jersey native on the team, hailing from Newark.
The team’s group games are:
vs. Serbia on July 28 at 11:15 a.m. (all times ET)
vs. South Sudan on July 31 at 3 p.m.
vs. Puerto Rico on Aug. 3 at 11:15 a.m.
The women’s team has North Philly native and Rutgers alum Kahleah Copper, currently on the Phoenix Mercury, and Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas, who’s from Harrisburg.
Phoenix Mercury guard Kahleah Copper (2) plays against the Indiana Fever in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Gloucester County, N.J., native and former La Salle player and assistant coach Cheryl Reeve is the head coach. Here’s the team’s group schedule:
vs. Japan on July 29 at 3 p.m.
vs. Belgium on Aug. 1 at 3 p.m.
vs. Germany on Aug 4 at 11:15 a.m.
There’s also 3-on-3 basketball in the Olympics, and former Princeton Tiger Kareem Maddox is on the men’s team.
Breaking
First off, yes, break dancing is in the Olympics. Second, Wharton grad Sunny Choi is competing in it. The 34-year-old left her job as director of global creative operations at Estee Lauder to compete full-time in breaking
Canoe/Kayak
Three-time Olympian Casey Eichfeld, from Harrisburg, Pa., will compete in the men’s slalom canoe event.
Equestrian
Boyd Martin will be competing in eventing — a sort of equestrian triathlon — for his fourth straight Olympic Games. Born in Australia, Martin trains out of Cochranville, Pa.
United States’ Boyd Martin, riding Tsetserleg TSF, competes during the equestrian eventing jumping at Equestrian Park in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Fencing
Jacqueline Dubrovich from Riverdale, N.J., competes in the foil discipline — one of the three sword types used. She has silver and bronze medals in the women’s team foil events at the 2022 and 2019 World Championships, respectively.
Mitchell Saron is from Ridgewood, N.J., and was most recently on the U.S. men’s team that won gold at the men’s Sabre World Cup in Budapest.
Livingston, N.J. native Elizabeth Tartakovsky will compete in the women’s Sabre discipline and has an individual bronze from the 2017 World Championships. Épée specialist Margherita Guzzi Vincenti attended Penn State. Tatiana Nazlymov and Hadley Husisian — competing with Sabre and épée, respectively — are on Princeton’s team, though Husisian took the last school year off. The fencing events begin on July 27.
Field Hockey
The team has the following players from Pennsylvania and New Jersey:
Co-captan Ashley Hoffman (Mohnton, Pa.)
Co-captain Amanda Golini (Randolph, N.J.)
Brooke DeBerdine (Millersville, Pa.)
Emma DeBerdine (Millersville, Pa.)
Phia Gladieux (Oley, Pa.)
Karlie Kisha (Hamburg, Pa.)
Kelee Lepage (Honey Brook, Pa.)
Ashley Sessa (Schwenksville, Pa.)
Meredith Sholder (Fleetwood, Pa.)
Beth Yeager (currently attending Princeton)
Maddie Zimmer (Hershey, Pa.)
Jenny Rizzo from Hershey, Pa., and Cassie Sumfest from Lewisburg, Pa., are provisional athletes on the roster.
Here is the team’s group schedule:
vs. Argentina on July 27 at 1:45 p.m.
vs. Spain on July 29 at 7:15 a.m.
vs. Australia on July 31st at 7:15 a.m.
vs. Great Britain on Aug. 1 at 11 a.m.
vs. South Africa on Aug. 3 at 7:15 a.m.
Golf
Two-time Masters champion and current PGA World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler — from way up in Ridgewood, N.J. — will be looking to add a gold medal to his already crowded trophy cabinet in the men’s individual stroke play, running from Aug. 1 to 4.
Gymnastics
Sixteen-year-old Hezly Rivera — from Oradell, N.J. — is not only the youngest member on the women’s team, she’s the youngest athlete in the entire U.S. delegation. Her favorite is the bars, according to her Team USA profile.
The women’s artistic gymnastics begin on July 28, with the men’s start the day before that. Rhythmic gymnastics start on Aug. 8.
Judo
Jack Yonezuka from West Long Branch, N.J., comes from judo royalty, with his father Nick competing in the 1980 Games in Moscow and his grandfather Yoshisada having been a two-time U.S. Olympic team coach. He is the youngest member of the U.S. judo team at 21.
Judo runs from July 27 to Aug. 3.
Rowing
Here are the rowers on the U.S. team with local ties and their events:
Justin Best in the men’s four (from Kennett Square, Pa. Attended Drexel University)
Michael Grady in the men’s four (from Pittsburgh)
Nick Mead in the men’s four (from Strafford, Pa. Attended Princeton University)
Molly Reckford in lightweight women’s double sculls (from Short Hills, N.J.)
Claire Collins in women’s eight (attended Princeton)
Emily Kallfelz in women’s four (attended Princeton)
Sophia Luwis, a lightweight women’s alternate (an assistant rowing coach in the Lower Merion School District).
Kelsey Reelick in women’s four (attended Princeton)
Regina Salmons in women’s eight (attended UPenn)
Paralympic athlete Gemma Wollenschlaeger in mixed PR3 coxed four (attending Temple University)
The Games’ rowing events run from July 27 to Aug. 3.
Rugby
Malacchi Esdale from Newark, Del., is on the men’s sevens rugby team, while Philly native Ariana Ramsey, who went to Upper Merion High School, is competing for the women’s team in her second Olympics. Ramsey’s teammate Kayla Canett went to Penn State.
The men’s competition runs from July 24 to 27, while the women’s is from July 28 to 30. Here’s the full schedule.
Mason Symons, from Hershey, Pa., is competing on the wheelchair rugby team. The Aug. 29 to Sept. 02 schedule is here.
Sport Climbing
Jesse Grupper is from Upper Montclair, N.J., and qualified for the Games by winning gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in boulder and lead. The sport climbing events begin on Aug. 5.
Soccer
Nathan Harriel and Jack McGlynn from the Philadelphia Union are on the men’s squad, along with former Union player Paxten Aaronson (from Medford, N.J.) who is now on German club Eintracht Frankfurt. New York Red Bulls defender John Tolkin is from Chatham Borough, N.J.
Philadelphia Union’s Jack McGlynn in action during the MLS soccer match against CF Montreal, Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Chester, Pa. The match ends in a 2-2. draw. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Men’s Olympic soccer is an under-23 competition, except for up to three players who can be above the January 1, 2001 birthday cut-off. The team’s group stage games are the following
vs. France on July 24 at 3 p.m.
vs. New Zealand on July 27 at 1 p.m.
vs. Guinea on July 30 at 1 p.m.
The women’s squad has no age restrictions and has North Carolina Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy, who is from Bridgewater Township, N.J., and played her college soccer at Rutgers. Fellow goalie Alyssa Naeher and midfielder Sam Coffey played for Penn State.
Here is the team’s group stage schedule:
vs. Zambia on July 25 at 3 p.m.
vs. Germany on July 28 at 3 p.m.
vs. Australia on July 31 at 1 p.m.
Swimming
These swimmers are on the U.S. team, and here’s the full schedule:
Jack Alexy in the 100-meter freestyle and 4×100 freestyle relay (from Mendham, N.J.)
Matt Fallon in the 200-meter breaststroke (from Warren, N.J., and attending UPenn)
Nic Fink in the 100-meter breaststroke (from Morristown, N.J.)
Chris Guiliano in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter freestyle, the 4×100 freestyle relay and the 4×200 freestyle relay (from Douglassville, Pa.)
Josh Matheny in the 200-meter breaststroke (from Pittsburgh)
Ivan Puskovitch in men’s 10k (from West Chester, Pa.)
Matt Fallon of the U.S. competes during the men’s 200m breastroke final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Para-swimmer David Abrahams, who won a silver medal in the Tokyo Paralympics, is from Havertown, Pa.
Taylor Winnet, the most decorated athlete in the Parapan American Games Santiago last year with three gold medals and four silvers, is from Hershey, Pa. Christie Raleigh Crossley is from Toms River, N.J., and won gold in last year’s World Championships.
Table Tennis
Amy Wang, from Sewell, N.J., first made the U.S. national team when she was 12 and was only one game away from qualifying for the Tokyo Games when she was 17, but missed out. After some time away from the sport, she’s part of the team headed to Paris.
Table Tennis begins July 27.
Tennis
Jessica Pegula, daughter of Buffalo Bills and Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula, went to the University of Pittsburgh for school. She’s currently ranked No.6 on the WTA world singles rankings and will also be competing in the doubles alongside Coco Gauff. All the tennis will run from July 27 to Aug. 4.
Track and field
Here are the members of the team from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, or who went to schools in the three states:
Nia Akins in the 800-meter race (attended UPenn)
Two-time silver medalist in the shot put, Joe Kovacs (from Bethlehem, Pa., attended Penn State)
Discus thrower Sam Mattis (from East Brunswick, N.J., attended UPenn, where he won an NCAA title)
Two-time gold medalist and world record holder in the 400-meter hurdles Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (from Dunellen, N.J.)
Two-time Olympian Keturah Orji in the triple jump (from Hoboken, N.J.)
Javelin thrower Curtis Thompson (from Florence, N.J.)
Pole vaulter Bridget Williams (from Greensburg, Pa.)
Middle distance runner Allie Wilson (attended Monmouth University)
Nia Akins wins the women’s 800-meter final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Monday, June 24, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
And here are the Paralympians:
Paracyclist Brandon Lyons (from Mechanicsburg, Pa., and attended Penn State)
Paratriathlete Eric McElvenny (from Pittsburgh)
Paracyclist Shawn Morelli (from Meadville, Pa.)
Paratriathlete Emilia Perry (from Philly and attended Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa.)
Paracyclist Cody Wills (from Harrisburg, Pa.)
Triathlon
Morgan Pearson, from New Vernon, N.J., won silver in the mixed team relay at Tokyo, and picked up a silver medal in 2022’s World Triathlon Championship Finals, becoming the first U.S. men’s triathlete to get on the podium since 1991.
The men’s individual event is set for July 30, with the women’s the next day and the mixed relay on Aug. 5.
Water Polo
Jovana Sekulic is on the women’s water polo team and was part of the team that won gold this year at the World Aquatic Championships. She also plays on Princeton University’s team, helping the Tigers get to the NCAA semifinals for the first time in the program’s history and earning the 2023 Collegiate Water Polo Association MVP award, to go with her rookie of the year award in 2022.
Sekulic’s teammate Ashleigh Johnson also went to Princeton. She will be competing in her third Olympics.
The U.S. team’s preliminary group games run from July 27 to Aug. 2.
Wrestling
There are a couple Pennsylvanians, among a team filled with connections to Cael Sanderson’s legendary Penn State program and the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club. Here’s a quick rundown of those with the connections. Apologies to these wrestlers, but listing all their accolades would take up too much space. Wrestling begins Aug. 5.
Three-time NCAA champion, two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner and James E. Sullivan Award winner at Iowa State Spencer Lee (originally born in Denver, but moved to Saegertown, Pa., then Murrysville, Pa.)
Two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner and a three-time NCAA champion Zain Retherford (born in Kenosha, Wisc., but moved to Benton, Pa. Attended Penn State and a part of Nittany Lion Wrestling Club)
Four-time NCAA champion, four-time world champion and 2020 bronze medalist Kyle Dake (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club)
Four-time NCAA champion Aaron Brooks (attended Penn State and now a part of Nittany Lion Wrestling Club), who defeated 2020 Olympic gold medalist and Penn State Alum David Taylor to earn his qualification spot
2016 gold medalist, 2020 silver medalist and three-time world champion Kyle Snyder (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club)
Volleyball
Penn State has also produced its fair share of Olympic volleyball players. Rio Bronze medal winners Matt Anderson, Max Holt and Aaron Russell are on the men’s team, while Tokyo gold medalist Haleigh Washington returns for a second Olympics with the women’s team.
The men’s schedule begins on July 27, with the women’s starting the next day.
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