Team NYAC
Spanning 12 sports and four countries, 69 NYAC athletes competed at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.
Rudy Winkler
Although he made the US Olympic team in 2016, Rudy truly captured the spotlight when he set a US hammer record of 82.71m/271-4 in 2021, taking the victory at that year’s US Olympic Trials. At the Tokyo Games, he easily advanced to the final, logging the second farthest qualifying mark; but, ...
Track and Field - Hammer Throw
Maggie Malone-Hardin
In kindergarten, Maggie broke her femur and chipped a growth plate, leading doctors to fear that her leg would not grow properly. Instead, she became a high school state long jump champion, a four-time NCAA D1 All American, an accomplished heptathlete and the US record holder in the javelin ...
Track and Field - Javelin Throw
Tara Davis-Woodhall
Between August 2023 and the end of July 2024, Tara secured one world outdoor championships silver medal, one world indoor championships gold medal and a superb victory at the US Olympic Trials, all establishing her as a medal contender once the Paris Games get under way. At the Games in Tokyo ...
Track and Field - Long Jump
Chris Nilsen
With a silver medal from the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo and another silver from the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, OR, Chris can rightly claim to be among the top pole vaulters in the world. Added to his medal haul is a Pan Am Games gold from 2019, a World Indoor Championships bronze ...
Track and Field - Pole Vault
Joe Kovacs
Joe is among the greatest shot putters of all time, having won two Olympic silver medals (2016, 2020), two world championships golds (2015, 2019), two world championships silvers (2017, 2022) and one world championships bronze (2023). Put another way, Joe has contested every major outdoor ...
Track and Field - Shot Put
Tori Franklin
In Paris, Tori will seek to become the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in the triple jump. She is no stranger to setting new standards; in 2022, she became the first American woman to win a triple jump medal at the world championships, claiming the bronze medal in Eugene, OR with ...
Track and Field - Triple Jump
Kirsten Kasper
Third time’s the charm for Kirsten, who, at age 32, will be making her Olympic debut in Paris after missing out on the team in the 2016 and 2020 Games. Kirsten is no stranger to success on the international stage, as she is a 17-time World Triathlon podium finisher and has earned gold, silver ...
Triathlon
Taylor Spivey
Taylor will make her Olympic debut in Paris after she was selected by USA Triathlon to be one of three women on the US triathlon team. Like her NYAC teammate Kirsten Kasper, Taylor missed selection for the 2016 and 2020 teams, but has established herself as one of the most consistent ...
Triathlon
Morgan Pearson
At the Olympic Games Triathlon Test Event in Paris last May, Morgan secured his place on his second Olympic team courtesy of a superb sixth place finish. Ironically, he was only added to the start list at the last-minute after two competitors withdrew due to illness. He seized his opportunity ...
Triathlon
Seth Rider
Growing up in a family of triathletes, Seth began racing triathlons at age six and has never looked back. He came up through USA Triathlon’s Youth and Junior elite circuits, and has been a member of the US Elite Triathlon team since 2019.
Along with Paris 2024 and NYAC teammate Taylor ...
Triathlon
Taylor Knibb
Taylor Knibb is a force to be reckoned with, by any measure. In Tokyo in 2021, aged 23, she was the youngest triathlete ever to compete for the USA at an Olympic Games, placing 16th in the individual race and earning a silver medal in the mixed team relay. With her Games duties completed, she ...
Triathlon & Cycling
Emily Ausmus
Six years ago, USA Water Polo’s Chief Sport Development Officer, John Abdou, identified then 12 year-old Emily as having “a high water polo IQ.” He determined that she processed situations faster than most athletes, giving her an extra meter as she moved around the pool.
Now 18, when she ...
Water Polo
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