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Who are the Boilermakers competing this year?
The Paris Olympic opening ceremonies are currently ongoing, they will be rebroadcast in primetime tonight on NBC, and that means one of the best times of every two years is upon us, THE OLYMPICS! Yes, I love the Olympics. If you listened to the latest episode of the Boiler Alert podcast you’ll know how much I love the Olympics. You might also know that I took the History of the Olympics class while in grad school at Purdue with Dr. Harper bright and early at (I think) 7:30 on, among other days, Friday. Made going to the Neon Cactus hard but man was it worth it. What a great class.
I’m sure like me many of you have found memories of watching the Olympics. It doesn’t matter which are the first ones you remember you can always step right back into rooting for the good old red, white, and blue and it feels like you never left. USA! USA! Well, don’t forget though, you can also root for some Boilermakers as the Olympic games kick off. Purdue Athletics put out a nice release and image of all the Paris bound Boilermakers. Keep in mind not all of these athletes are playing for Team USA so you might ultimately have to root against some of them if you’re really focused on the USA winning the most medals.
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Here is the list of who is participating in the Paris Olympics and is from Purdue courtesy of the Purdue Sports website:
2024 Boilermaker Olympians (years at Purdue)
Nikola Aćin, Swimming (2019-22) – Serbia
Devynne Charlton, Track & Field (2014-17) – The Bahamas
Annie Drews, Volleyball (2012-15) – USA
Greg Duncan, Diving (2019-22) – USA
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, Track & Field (2012-16) – Nigeria
Brandon Loschiavo, Diving (2016-21) – USA
Matheo Mateos, Swimming (incoming graduate transfer) – Paraguay
Jaye Patrick, Diving (2024) – Latvia
Paula Reto, Golf (2010-13) – South Africa
Maycey Vieta, Diving (2020-24) – Puerto Rico
Daryn Wright, Diving (2022-) – USA
Purdue also has two people who will be participating in the Paralympic Games.
Evan Austin, Swimming (volunteer assistant coach 2019-22, currently trains at the Burke Aquatic Center) – USA
Joel Gomez, Track & Field (2023-) – USA
Keep an eye out for those Boilermakers as you watch the best athletes in the world compete for Gold. Go USA and Boiler Up!