America East Alums On World's Biggest Stage In London - AmericaEast.com

America East Alums On World's Biggest Stage In London - AmericaEast.com

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