North Carolina will be well represented at the Tokyo Olympics, which officially began with opening ceremonies on Friday.
So as you watch the Games unfold over the next three weeks, keep an eye out for these participating athletes with ties to the state, representing the United States and several other countries:
Keni Harrison (Clayton HS) track, 100 hurdles
Quanera Hayes (Hope Mills/Grays Creek HS/Livingstone College) track, 400 meters
Randolph Ross (Garner/NC A&T) track, 400 meters
Trevor Stewart (NC A&T) track, 4 x 400 relay
Kenny Selmon (UNC) track, 400 hurdles
Danny Kendziera (UNC volunteer asst coach) track, 400 hurdles
Gabbi Cunningham (Mallard Creek HS/NC State) track, 100 hurdles
Anna Cockrell (Charlotte/Providence Day School) track, 400 hurdles
Paul Chelimo (UNCG) track, 5,000 meters
Tynita Butts-Townsend (ECU) track, high jump
Sandi Morris (UNC) track, pole vault
Jayson Tatum (Duke) basketball
Bam Adabayo (High Point Christian) basketball
Chelsea Gray (Duke) women’s basketball
Allisha Gray (UNC) women’s 3 on 3 basketball
Kara Lawson (Duke) coach, women’s 3 on 3 basketball
Claire Curzan (Cary/Cardinal Gibbons HS) swimming, 100 butterfly
Erika Brown (Charlotte/Hough HS) swimming, 100 freestyle
Ashley Twitchell (Cary/Duke) open water swimming
SSgt. Naomi Graham (Fayetteville/Pine Forest HS/Fort Bragg) boxing, middleweight
Evy Leibfarth (Bryson City/Davidson) Kayak slalom, canoe slalom
Michael Smolen (Charlotte/Belmont Abbey) Canoe slalom
Adrian Hegyvary (Asheville) cycling
Andrew Capobianco (Holly Springs) diving, springboard, synchronized springboard
Jordan Windle (Morrisville) diving, 3-meter, 10-meter
Camilla Feeley (UNC) rhythmic gymanastics
Lucas Kozeniesky (NC State) shooting, 10 meter air rifle
Crystal Dunn (Courage) soccer
Sam Mewis (Courage) soccer
Lynn Williams (Courage) soccer
Tobin Heath (UNC) soccer
Tommy Paul (Greenville) tennis
Summer Rappaport (Durham) triathlon
Katie Zaferes (Cary) triathlon
Caine Wilkes (Indian Trail) weightlifting, 100-plus kg
Ssgt. John Stefanowicz (Jacksonville/Camp Leujune) Greco-Roman wrestling, 87 kg
Naya Tapper (Charlotte/UNC) rugby
Jessica Springsteen (Duke) equestrian
Hannah Roberts (Holly Springs) BMX freestyle
Justin Dowell (Holly Springs) BMX freestyle
Perris Bengas (Holly Springs) BMX freestyle
Tim Federowicz (Apex HS/UNC) baseball
Ryder Ryan (North Mecklenburg HS/UNC) baseball
International
Katie Bowen (UNC) soccer, New Zealand
Lucy Bronze (UNC) soccer, England
Lotte Wubben-Moy (UNC) soccer, England
Debhina (Courage) soccer, Brazil
Abby Erceg (Courage) soccer, New Zealand
Quinn (Duke) soccer, Canada
Shawn Rowe (St. Augustine’s) track, springs, Bahamas
Akeem Sirleaf (A&T) track, sprints, Liberia
Daniel Stokes (A&T) track, sprints, Mexico
Maddy Price (Duke) track, Canada
Stephen Solomon (Duke) track, New Zealand
Anabel Knoll (Queens) triathlon, Germany
Tatyana Forbes (NC State) softball, Mexico
Jahlil Okafor (Duke) basketball, Nigeria
Elizabeth Balogun (Duke) women’s basketball, Nigeria
Oderah Chidom (Duke) women’s basketball, Nigeria
Ivana Raca (Wake Forest) women’s basketball, Serbia
Leona Maguire (Duke) golf, Ireland
Andrea Podmanikova (NC State) swimming, Slovakia
Sophie Hansson (NC State) swimming, Sweden
Nyls Korstanje (NC State) swimming, Netherlands
Kacper Stokowski (NC State) swimming, Poland
Simonas Bilis (NC State) swimming, Lithuania
Anton Ipsen (NC State) swimming, Denmark
Andreas Vazaios (NC State) swimming Greece
Alexander Norgaard (NC State, incoming) swimming, Denmark
Noe Ponti (NC State incoming) swimming, Switzerland
Aranza Vazquez (UNC) diving, Mexico
Anton Down-Jenkins (UNC) diving, New Zealand
Alfredo Campo (Huntersville) BMX racing, Ecuador
Daniel Dhers (Holly Springs) BMX freestyle, Venezuela
Nikita DuCarroz (Holly Springs) BMX freestyle, Switzerland
