Athletes with ties to NE Kansas colleges in 2024 Paris Olympics
TOPEKA (KSNT) - There are several athletes, and coaches, with ties to Northeast Kansas universities participating in the 2024 Paris Olympic games, including one connected to Emporia State, six to K-State and eight to KU.
The list below includes current and former athletes and coaches:
Emporia State
- Carey McLeod (Jamaica) - Men's Long Jump
K-State
- Eugene Omalla (Netherlands) - Men's 4x400 Relay
- Murphy Sheaff (New Zealand) - Women's Soccer
- Laura Galvan (Mexico) - Women's 5,000m
- Leticia Romero (Spain) - Women's Basketball
- Derrick Mein (USA) - Trap Shooting
- Travis Geopfert (New head track coach) - Coaching individual track and field athletes
Kansas
- Bryce Hoppel (USA) - Men's 800m
- Michael Joseph (St. Lucia) - Men's 400m
- Sharon Lokedi (Kenya) - Women's marathon
- Yoveinny Mota (Venezuela) - Women's 100m hurdles
- Alexandra Emilianov (Moldova) - Women's Discus
- Hussain Al Hizam (Saudi Arabia) - Men's Pole Vault
- Joel Embiid (USA) - Men's basketball
- Stanley Redwine (USA) - Men's head track and field coach