Massachusetts Olympians You Need to Know in 2008
August 14, 2008 by
Olympics 2008
Massachusetts athletes are off to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. All of these 2008 Olympians have a connection to Massachusetts. Some currently call the Bay State their home. Others attended high school or college in Massachusetts. NoteMassachusetts Olympians You Need to Know
Archery
Butch Johnson
This is Butch Johnson's fifth consecutive trip to the Olympics. While the 51-year-old lives in the rural town of Woodstock, Connecticut he did graduate from Bartlett High School in Webster, Massachusetts.
Butch Johnson is a national champion who also holds two world records. One world records is for an "18-arrow match with 179, 36-arrows finals total of 344." The other world records is for an "indoor 12-arrow match of 120." (Beijing Olympic Athletes)
Fencing
Tim Morehouse
Tim Morehouse attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. His NCAA fencing experience should serve him well in his first Olympics.
Gymnastics
Alicia Sacramone
Alicia Sacramone is an artistic gymnast from Winchester, Massachusetts. This is her first year at the Olympics.
Rowing
Michelle Guerette
Michelle Guerette is a Harvard University graduate who lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Michelle Guerette originally hails from the New England state of Connecticut.
Listed as Michelle Guerette's place of employment is Home Depot. Home Depot is part of the elite Olympic Job Opportunities Program, which enables qualifying Olympic athletes to have a work schedule flexible enough to accommodate their Olympic training.
In order to be considered for the Olympic Job Opportunities Program, the athlete must be ranked within the "top 25 internationally, in an Olympic event, by Track & Field News or the World Rankings in Athletics list ," according to the program guidelines.
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