Evy Leibfarth
Evy Leibfarth, 17, is from Bryson City, North Carolina, and represented Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Leibfarth competed in Kayak Slalom, Canoe Slalom.
Leibfarth failed to qualify for her first final event in Tokyo on Tuesday as she placed 12th in the K-1 slalom semifinals. Leibfarth placed 18th in the C-1 semifinals on July 29. She did not qualify for the final.
Leibfarth is from Bryson City, North Carolina, and attends school at Davidson College.
Leibfarth has won several awards including 3rd in WK1 and 3rd in WC1 at the 2020 World Cup. This was the first time Leibfarth competed in the Olympics.
Michal Smolen
Michal Smolen, 27, is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and represented Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Smolen competed in American Canoe.
He placed 5th in the canoe slalom K-1 final on July 30 after placing 3rd in the semifinal.
Smolen is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and attends school at Belmont Abbey College.
Smolen placed 12th in Single Kayak (K1) at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Smolen placed fifth in the K-1 Slalom finals in Tokyo with a time of 99.12.
Zach Lokken
Zach Lokken, 27, is from Durango, Colorado, and represented Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Lokken competed in American Canoe.
Lokken is from Durango, Colorado, and attends Central Piedmont Community College, Associate of Science.
Lokken has won several awards including placing third in C1 and 3rd in C2 during the 2015 U.S. National Team Trials. This was the first time Lokken competes in the Olympics.
Lokken placed 7th in the slalom C-1 semifinals with a time of 105.97. That time allowed Lokken to race in the finals just an hour later. Lokken was the top American finisher in the slalom C-1 finals, placing 7th in the finals with a score of 106.08.
Erika Brown
Erika Brown, 22, is from Modesto, California, and represented Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Brown competed in swimming.
Brown is from Modesto, California, but attended high school at William Amos Hough High School '16. She also attended college at the University of Tennessee.
This was the first time Brown competed in the Olympics.
In her Olympic debut Sunday, July 25 in Tokyo, helping the United States bring home bronze in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay. Brown competed in the women's 100-meter freestyle semifinals Wednesday night. She finished 7th in her race and did not qualify for the finals.
Quanera Hayes
Quanera Hayes, 29, is from Hope Mills, North Carolina, and is representing Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics.
Hayes placed 2nd in her heat for the women's 400m, advancing to the semifinals, which will take place at 6:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 4.
Hayes is from Hope Mills, North Carolina, and attends Livingstone College.
Hayes won the 2016 World Indoor Championships (Bronze, 400m). This will be the first time Hayes has competed in the Olympics.
COMPETITION DATE: Monday, Aug. 2 at 8:45 p.m.
Caine Wilkes
Caine Wilkes, 33, is from Matthews, North Carolina, and represented Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Wilkes is from Matthews, North Carolina, and attended Old Dominion University.
Wilkes placed 15th in the 2019 World Championship. This will be the first time Wilkes competes in the Olympics.
Wilkes competed at the Tokyo Olympics in Weightlifting at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4. He made his opening Snatch attempt of 173kg, prior to missing his second and third attempts. In the Clean and Jerk portion of the competition, Caine made his first attempt at 213kg and moved up to 217kg, a weight he missed on his 2nd attempt, but made on his third.
His 390kg total earned him 9th overall in the +109kg competition. The gold medalist in the competition, Georgian Lasha Talakhadze, set a new world record in the category with a 488kg total.
Hannah Aspden
Hannah Aspden, 21, is from Raleigh, North Carolina, and will be representing Team USA in the Tokyo Paralympics. Aspden will compete in the 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and the 200m IM.
Aspden is from Raleigh, North Carolina, and attends Queens University of Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.) '22, Journalism and Digital Media.
Aspden is a one-time Paralympian (2016); Two-time medalist (2 bronze)
Naya Tapper
Naya Tapper, 26, is from Beaufort, South Carolina, and represented Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Tapper competed in Women's Rugby.
Tapper went to high school at West Mecklenburg High School (Charlotte, N.C.) ‘12 and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ‘16, Exercise and Sports Science.
Tapper placed 4th in the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. This was the first time Tapper competed in the Olympics.
The U.S. women's rugby team was bested in Saturday (July 31) morning's match against Australia, losing 17-7. The team had been vying for 5th place after falling short in the quarterfinals game against Great Britain.
Anna Cockrell
Anna Cockrell, 23, is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and is representing Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Cockrell will compete in the 400-meter hurdles Track and Field.
Cockrell went to Providence Day School (Charlotte, N.C.) ‘16 and attended the University of Southern California ‘19, Communications.
Cockrell won gold at the 2016 IAAF World Under-20 Championships (400m hurdles, 4x400m relay). This was the first time Cockrell competed in the Olympics.
Cockrell was disqualified from the finals after stepping on a lane line during the race. She had qualified for the finals after getting a finish time of 54.17 in the 400m hurdles semifinals -- coming in second, behind first-place finisher Femke Bol, who had a finish time of 53.91.
Gabriele Cunningham
Gabbi Cunningham is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and is representing Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Cunningham is competing in the 100-meter hurdles Track and Field.
Cunningham went to Mallard Creek High School (Charlotte, NC) '15 and attended North Carolina State University.
Cunningham earned Second Team All-American status in 60m dash and 60m hurdles. This is the first time Cunningham competes in the Olympics.
Cunningham finished 7th in the finals of the 100-meter hurdles in Tokyo.
Sam Mikulak
Sam Mikulak, 28, represented Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. He competed on the men's gymnastics in the U.S. four-person team.
Mikulak is from Newport Beach, California, but his fiance, WCNC Charlotte's Mia Atkins, resides in Charlotte.
In the men's all-around qualifier, Mikulak finished 14th with an overall score of 84.664. Mikulak earned a score of 15.433 in the Men's parallel bars qualifier, finishing in fifth place. The Olympian missed in the high bar final with a score of 12.866.
Mikulak graduated from the University of Michigan in 2015, majoring in Psychology. He first competed at the London 2012 Summer Olympics in artistic gymnastics, before competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Ryder Ryan
Ryder Ryan, 26, is from Huntersville, NC and is representing Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Ryan is the right-handed pitcher for the US baseball team.
Ryan is from Huntersville, North Carolina, and went to high school at North Mecklenburg High School.
This is the first time Ryan is competing at the Tokyo Olympics. The U.S. will play South Korea Thursday morning at 6 a.m. ET.
