Texas A&M Athletics are being represented on the world’s biggest stage over the next few weeks as 21 Aggies compete in the Summer Olympic Games hosted in Paris, France.
2024 marks the fifth consecutive Olympics that have included at least 17 athletes or coaches with ties to College Station. Two current students and one coach represent Texas A&M in this year’s games: senior swimmer Aviv Barzelay, freshman diver Jaxon Bowshire and women’s basketball head coach Joni Taylor.
Ten Aggies are competing in track & field, six in swimming, two in diving and tennis, respectively, and one in basketball. The track & field athletes are: Bryce Deadmon, Lamara Distin, Fred Kerley, Shamier Little, Maggie Malone-Hardin, Brandon Miller, Tahar Triki, Lindon Victor, Jacob Wooten and Charokee Young.
The swimmers are: Barzelay, Shaine Casas, McKenna DeBever, Béryl Gastaldello, Sydney Pickrem and Jing Wen Quah. The divers are: Bowshire and Kurtis Mathews. The tennis players are: Hady Habib and Austin Krajicek.
Eleven countries are represented by Texas A&M: United States, Australia, Jamaica, Algeria, Canada, France, Grenada, Israel, Lebanon, Peru and Singapore.
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