VETERANS
Polish swimmer Kasia Wilk-Wasick is USC’s only five-time Olympian competing in Paris. Spain water polo’s Anni Espar and USA track & field’s Aaron Brown are both competing in their fourth Olympic Games. This will be the third Olympic trip for Trojans Louise Hansson (swimming, Sweden), Dylan Carter (swimming, Trinidad and Tobago), Micah Christenson (volleyball, USA), Kaleigh Gilchrist (water polo, USA), Kostas Genidounias (water polo, Greece), Andre De Grasse (track & field, Canada) and Amalie Iuel (track & field, Norway).
TROJANS ON CAMPUS
USC fans will have a chance to catch several 2024 Olympians in action at Troy soon. USC swimming & diving have returning Trojans Minna Abraham (Hungary), Krzysztof Chmielewski (Poland), Michal Chmielewski (Poland), Anicka Delgado (Ecuador) and Artem Selin (back in the pool for 2024-25, to be joined by incoming diver Kate Miller (Canada). USC women’s water polo returns two-time Olympian Tilly Kearns (Australia) while welcoming in newcomer and first-time Olympian Emily Ausmus (USA). USC track & field has Yemi John (Great Britain) returning for her junior season at Troy, and Ashley Erasmus (South Africa) set to start as a USC freshman in 2024-25.
FAMILY TIES
Five of USC’s 2024 Olympians have relatives who have competed in the Olympics. Great Britain rower Chloe Brew — heading into her second Games — follows a path set by her father, Paul, who swam for Great Britain in the 1988 Olympics. Chloe’s uncle, Robin Brew, swam for Great Britain in the 1984 Games. Anni Espar’s sister, Clara, also was on Spain’s water polo team in the 2016 Olympics with Anni. A two-time gold-medalist with USA water polo, Kaleigh Gilchrist has three Olympic relatives ahead of her: her father, John (known as “Sandy”), was in the 1964 and 1968 Games; her uncle, Allen, was in the 1948 and 1952 Games, and her aunt, Lenora Fisher-Gilchrist, was in the 1952 and 1956 Games (all swam for Canada). Louise Hansson’s sister, Sophie, also swam for Sweden in 2016 and is also on the 2024 Swedish team again with Louise. Also in the pool, Ecuador’s Anicka Delgado was coached by her father, Felipe, at the 2020 Games. Felipe Delgado swam in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics for Ecuador.
TROJAN BROTHERHOOD
Heading into their second Olympic Games together are Australian water polo brothers Blake and Lachlan Edwards. Two-time Olympian Krzysztof Chmielewski is joined by…
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