{"id":3987,"date":"2012-06-07T23:37:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T03:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2012-06-07T23:37:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T03:37:42","slug":"jmu-olympians-headed-for-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3987","title":{"rendered":"JMU Olympians Headed for London"},"content":{"rendered":"

The London Olympics are still seven weeks away, but given that by then we’ll be heavy into backup QB controversies and 3-4 v. 4-3 debates, we wanted to go ahead and fill you in on the three former Dukes athletes we know of (so far) that are headed to this summer’s games<\/a>.\u00a0 Plus it’s just damn cool.<\/p>\n

First, former women’s soccer star Corky Julien is one of Canada’s top goal-scorers.\u00a0 We’ve been following her @cmjulien21 for a while now and assuming the Canucks don’t have a no-Twitter policy like some of the men’s squads, she’s going to be an awesome follow for some great Olympic scuttlebutt.<\/p>\n

Next, former JMU swimmer Eva Hannesdottir will be competing in the pool for her home country of Iceland.\u00a0 (If you’re near @jmuswag when she reads this, you may want to throw in some earplugs to save your hearing from the delighted shrieks).<\/p>\n

Unless you’re old like us, you may forget that JMU once had an Archery program.\u00a0 And they were damn good.\u00a0 And coed.\u00a0 Just generally one of those under-the-radar college sports that used to help JMU in the whole All-Sports College Cup type competitions.\u00a0 And former archer Jakob Wukie will be representing the good ole’ US of A<\/a> and his small town in Pennsylvania.\u00a0 (Oddly, Rob and I had a friend on the Archery team when we were at JMU also from a small town in PA – who knew it was such a hotbed for fletching – not actually sure if that’s an archery word, but it sounds good).<\/p>\n

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Coach Lucas repping Virginia Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, we also know JMU Field Hockey Coach Antoinette Lucas will be working a bit with the US team this summer during their prep camps.\u00a0 USA doesn’t always make the field in hockey so it’s a big deal for them to be in the tournament this year.\u00a0 Though it’ll be tough to live up to Coach L’s ’94 team.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, enjoy the Games and now you’ll have a cool thing to point out when you’re boss’s CNBC is showing obscure Olympic sports in the afternoon (although nothing compares to Curling in the winter games).<\/p>\n

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