The 2014 Olympic games have begun! Check back often as I will be updating as competitions take place.
2/17/2014 Congratulations to Meryl Davis, Delta Delta Delta, and her partner Charlie White on winning the United States firest-ever Gold medal in ice dancing!!!
2/16/2014 University of Michigan Tri Delta Meryl Davis and her partner Charlie White won the Olympic short dance Sunday and are now one performance away from a Gold medal.
2/11/2014 – Tri Delta Sophie Caldwell finished sixth in the cross county sprint, the best ever finish for a U.S. female cross country skier in the Olympics.
2/10/2014 – University of Michigan Tri Delta Meryl Davis and her partner Charlie White won both the short and free dance portions of the team competition helping the United States team earn a bronze medal behind Russia and Canada.
Sophie Caldwell, Tri Delta (Dartmouth) is competing in cross country skiing.
Sophie Caldwell
Meryl Davis, a University of Michigan Tri Delta, and her partner Charlie White. as they skate in the short dance team event. The pair won the silver medal at the 2010 Vancouver games. They are two-time world champions. Davis received the Tri Delta Woman of Achievement Award at the 2010 Delta Delta Delta Convention. (see her website at http://www.meryl-charlie.com/) (Spoiler alert – Davis and White scored a 75.98. The pair took first-place in this leg of the competition.)
Meryl Davis from her blog post about her Tri Delta award.
Brita Sigourney, a Pi Beta Phi from the chapter at the University of California-Davis, will compete as a freestyler women’s halfpipe. (see her website at http://britasigourney.com/)
Brita Signourney from her facebook page.
Julia Marino, Alpha Chi Omega (University of Colorado-Boulder), is skiing the Salomon as Paraguay’s first Winter Olympic athlete. She’s also the flag bearer for Paraguay. Born in Paraguay, Marino was adopted by a U.S. couple when she was eight months old. She holds dual nationality. “The Olympics are about representing where you are from, and Paraguay is where I’m from,” she told ESPN. On 2/11/2014 On Tuesday, she did not make it out of the qualifiers, finishing 17 out of 22 competitors.
Julia Marino from her twitter account.
Julia Marino with an Alpha Chi Omega composite in the background.
Cory Butner, Alpha Tau Omega (UC-Riverside), will pilot one of three two-man bobsleds for the United States. Look for him during the bobsleigh competition currently scheduled to air on February 16 & 17. (follow Follow Cory Butner on Twitter at https://twitter.com/corybutner )
Cory Butner’s two-man bobsled (photo by Pat Henrick).
Luke Steyn, Chi Psi (University of Colorado) is Zimbabwe’s first Winter Olympics athlete. He is competing in the slalom and giant slalom.
Tatyana McFadden, a Phi Sigma Sigma, will compete at the Paralympic games in March. She will compete in Nordic skiing. She has won several medals at the summer Olympics. (see her facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ParalympianTatyanaMcFadden)
Tatyana McFadden from her facebook page
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To see the list of fraternity men who have won Olympic medals at previous Winter Olympic games, see http://wp.me/p20I1i-1q5.
To read about the other GLO members who are on the ground in Sochi as well as the list of sorority women who have competed at previous winter Olympics, see http://wp.me/p20I1i-1qd
To read about the sorority women who were in the 2012 Summer Olympics, see http://wp.me/p20I1i-jt.
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