With the 2012 Summer Olympic Games beginning this week, there will be several athletes and coaches with ties to America East schools in the midst of all the action in London.
Learn more about the athletes, listed by school, below. Click on the name to go to the Olympian's bio, click on the sport to go to the schedule and click on the country for the team information and roster.
Follow America East on Twitter (@AmericaEast) and on Facebook (Facebook.com/AmericaEast) for updates on these athletes in London. The Opening Ceremonies kick off on Friday, July 27 and the Games come to a close on Sunday, August 12.
Boston University
Rachael Vanderwal ('06) - women's basketball - Great Britain
Florian Mennigen ('06) - men's crew - Germany
Jozef Klaassen ('07) - men's crew - Netherlands
Meindert Klem ('10) - men's crew - Netherlands
Ella Gunson ('14) - field hockey - New Zealand
Brett Brown ('83) - Head Coach, men's basketball - Australia
Hartford
John Natale (Head Women's Soccer Coach) - Video Analysis Coach, women's soccer - USA
Maine
Viktoriya Rybalko (alum and current assistant) - long jump -
Ukraine
UMBC
Cleopatra Borel ('02) - shot put - Trinidad and Tobago
Stony Brook
Lucy Van Dalen ('12) - 1,500 meters track - New Zealand
Vermont
Courtnay Pilypaitis ('10, and assistant) - women's basketball - Canada