Meet the Cougars who competed on the Paris Olympics – The Each day Evergreen

The Cougars had been properly represented in Paris for the 2024 Summer time Olympics. A gaggle of seven present and former Cougs represented six international locations and one introduced residence a gold medal.

That was Trinity Rodman, 22 year-old ahead for the US Ladies’s Nationwide Soccer Group. After spending a 12 months with the Cougars in 2020, Rodman turned the youngest draftee within the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League Historical past when she was chosen within the 2021 draft by the Washington Spirit.

Rodman was named to the Olympic squad on June 26 and performed a key function in Group USA’s gold medal run. She scored two targets within the group stage, in opposition to Zambia and Australia, however her finest second got here in opposition to Japan within the quarterfinals. With the sport tied 0-0 in additional time, Rodman delivered the profitable aim that despatched Group USA into the semifinals. She additionally began the gold medal match in opposition to Brazil.

Additionally representing Group USA was hurdler CJ Allen. Allen, who holds the US report for 400m indoor hurdles, was competing in his first Olympics. The 29-year previous Pullman native superior to the 400m hurdles semifinals, the place he completed fourth, narrowly lacking out on a spot within the finals.

Three different Cougs competed in monitor and discipline for different international locations. Maribel Caicedo ran the hurdles for Ecuador. A former gold medalist within the World Youth Video games, Caicedo got here to WSU, the place she turned a monitor and discipline standout. In June 2024, she competed for Wazzu (Will we write Wazzu this fashion outisde of a direct quote? idk for positive however I assume not. If we do nevertheless then we are able to preserve it) – JP within the NCAA Observe and Area Championships, the place she completed second within the 100m hurdles. The WSU Grad Pupil reached the semifinals for the Ladies’s 100m hurdles, and completed fourth, behind one other former Coug.

Charisma Taylor completed third in the identical Ladies’s 100m hurdle semifinal. Whereas neither Taylor nor Caicedo superior to the finals, it marked an thrilling end for Washington State. Taylor, who transferred from WSU to Tennessee, competed for the Bahamas. Not solely did she make the semifinals for the hurdles, Taylor additionally competed within the girls’s Triple Leap occasion.

Jasneet Nijjar competed for Group Canada. She certified as a member of their 4x100m relay crew, which completed in sixth. Though Nijjar didn’t race within the occasions, she practiced with the crew as an alternate and can nonetheless without end get to name herself an Olympian.

Josh Hawkinson, the WSU all-time chief in rebounds and double-doubles, competed for Group Japan’s Basketball squad. Japan went 0-3 within the group stage, however Hawkinson represented the Cougs properly. The Seattle native led crew Japan in rebounds, with 29 all through their three video games. He additionally led them in scoring of their third sport, choosing up 26 factors in opposition to Brazil.

Ieva Adomaviciute competed for crew Lithuania within the Ladies’s Rowing Coxless Pair occasion, the place she completed fifth. She beforehand led Wazzu (identical factor as earlier Wazzu. We are able to preserve it if we write Wazzu that means but when not then I’d change) – JP to NCAA championship Appearances in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017.

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