Ten former WIAA student-athletes will compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Each athlete is listed below with their high school information, Olympic events, when they’re scheduled to compete and when they will compete should they move on to the next round.

For more information on how to watch this year’s Olympic games, please visit NBC Olympics.

TRACK & FIELD

Kenny Bednarek | Rice Lake – Class of 2018

• 7x WIAA Track Champion, 3x State Runner-up + 6th place medal
• 5x WIAA State Record Holder
• Football State Champion
• 2020 Olympic Silver Medalist in 200M in Tokyo

100M:
Saturday 8/3 at 3:35 a.m. – Prelims
Saturday 8/3 at 4:45 a.m. – Round 1
Sunday 8/4 at 1 p.m. – Semis
Sunday 8/4 at 2:55 p.m. – Final

200M:
Monday 8/5 at 12:55 p.m. – Round 1
        (Tuesday 8/6 at 5:30 a.m. – Repechage)
Wednesday 8/7 at 1:02 p.m. – Semis
Thursday 8/8 at 1:30 p.m. – Finals

4×100:
Thursday 8/8 in the at 4:35 a.m. – Prelims
Friday 8/9 at 12:45 p.m. – Final

SWIMMING

Amie Barrow | Shorewood – Class of 2022 | Competing for her father’s home country, The Gambia

• 2x Swimming State Champion, 12x Swimming State Medalist, 16x State Qualifier

100 Breaststroke:
Sunday 7/28 at 4 a.m. – Heats
Sunday 7/28 at 2:15 p.m. – Semis
Monday 7/29 at 2:32 p.m. – Final

Ziyad Saleem | Milwaukee King – Class of 2021 | Competing for his parents’ home country, Sudan

• 1x Swimming State Champion, 3x State Qualifier

100 Backstroke: 
Sunday 7/28 at 4 a.m. – Heats
Sunday 7/28 at 2:37 p.m. – Semis
Monday 7/29 at 2:22 p.m. – Final

200 Backstroke:  
Wednesday 7/31 at 4 a.m. – Heats
Wednesday 7/31 at 2:34 p.m. – Semis
Thursday 8/1 at 1:37 p.m. – Final

BASKETBALL

Tyrese Haliburton | Oshkosh North – Class of 2018

• WIAA Boys Basketball State Champion
• WIAA Record for Best Free Throw % in D1 Championship
• WIAA Record for Most Free Throws Made in a Tournament

Pool Play – C:
Sunday 7/28 at 10:15 a.m. vs Serbia
Wednesday 7/31 at 2 p.m. vs South Sudan
Saturday 8/3 at 10:15 a.m. vs Puerto Rico

Quarterfinals – Tuesday, August 6
Semifinals – Thursday, August 8
Bronze & Gold Medal Games – Saturday, August 10

WRESTLING: GRECO-ROMAN

Payton Jacobson | Elkhorn – Class of 2021

• 2x Individual Wrestling State Qualifier, 6th place finish as a sophomore

87 KG:
Wednesday 8/7 at 4:30 a.m. – ⅛ Final
Wednesday 8/7 at 5:50 a.m. – ¼ Final
Wednesday 8/7 at 11:35 a.m. – Semifinal
    (Thursday 8/8 at 4:00 a.m. – Repechage)
Thursday 8/8 at 1:05 p.m. – Bronze Match
Thursday, 8/8 at 1:30 p.m. – Gold Match

WEIGHTLIFTING

Mary Theisen-Lappen | Fall Creek, Regis – Class of 2009
3x State Track & Field Champion (throws), 7x State Track & Field Medalist
3-Sport Athlete: Basketball, Soccer, Track

+81 KG:
Sunday, August 11 at 4:30 a.m.

ROWING

Maddie Wannamaker | Neenah – Class of 2013

• 3-Sport Athlete: Cross Country, Soccer, Track
• 2x Soccer State Qualifier
• Took 7th at 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

Womens Fours:
Sunday 7/28 at 5:30 a.m.
(Tuesday 7/30 at 4:30 a.m. – Repechage)
Thursday 8/1 at 3:54 a.m. – Finals B
Thursday 8/1 at 4:50 a.m. – Finals A

Lauren O’Connor | Belleville – Class of 2016

• 2-Sport Athlete: Volleyball, Track

Quad Sculls:
Saturday 7/27 at 5:50 a.m. – Heats
(Monday 7/29 at 4:30 a.m. – Repechage)
Wednesday 7/31 at 5:14 a.m. – Finals B
Wednesday 7/31 at 5:38 a.m. – Finals A

Sophia Vitas | Franklin – Class of 2013

• 4-Sport Athlete: Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Track

Double Sculls:
Saturday 7/27 at 5:00 a.m. – Heats
 (Sunday 7/28 at 3:10 a.m. – Repechage)
Tuesday 7/30 at 3:30 a.m. – Finals B
Tuesday 7/30 at 4:18 a.m. – Finals A

SAILING

Stephanie Roble | Catholic Central – Class of 2007

• Track State Qualifier

Womens Skiff:
7/28-7/31 – Races
Thursday 8/1 – Medal Race