Minnesota Olympic connections
June 29, 2012 at 3:20AM
These athletes and coaches have earned spots for Team USA in the upcoming London Olympics:
ATHLETES
• Susie Scanlan, fencing (women's epee), St. Paul
• Chas Betts, wrestling (Greco-Roman 84 kg), St. Michael
• Alise Post, cycling (women's BMX), St. Cloud
• Kara Goucher, track (women's marathon), Duluth
• Amanda Smock, track and field (triple jump), Melrose
• Rachel Bootsma, swimming (women's 100-meter backstroke), Eden Prairie
• Lindsey Berg, volleyball (women's indoor), Gophers
• Kelci Bryant, diving (women's 3-meter synchronized), Gophers
• Megan Kalmoe, rowing (women's quadruple sculls), Minneapolis
• Lindsay Whalen, women's basketball, Hutchinson/Gophers/Lynx
• Seimone Augustus, women's basketball, Lynx
• Maya Moore, women's basketball, Lynx
• Ali Bernard, wrestling, New Ulm
COACHES
• Hugh McCutcheon, volleyball (women's indoor), Gophers
• Dan Chandler, Greco-Roman wrestling, Minneapolis,
• Roberto Sobalvarro, fencing (women's epee), St. Paul
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