The 2024 Olympics are finally here, and fans of SEC schools will have plenty of athletes to root for.
The NCAA released a list of all of the colleges who will feature an olympic athlete this year. The list is headlined by the Stanford Cardinal, who boast 51 athletes in this year's games. The USC Trojans and Michigan Wolverines are right behind them with 44 and 42 athletes, respectively.
You can see the full list of athletes below, courtesy of Harlan Cohen's Instagram.
The Florida Gators lead the way for SEC schools, coming in with 40 athletes. The school is headlined by swimmer Caeleb Dressel, who has already won seven gold medals as an olympian.
With 30 athletes, the Texas Longhorns are the next SEC school on the list. Kevin Durant will be representing the Longhorns for the US men's basketball team as they attempt to bring glory back to the team with a gold medal.
The LSU Tigers, Tennessee Volunteers, and Arkansas Razorbacks are all bringing more than 20 olympians to Paris as well. All eyes will be on Sha'Carri Richardson, the electric female track star who will be participating in the 100-meter and 4x100 relay.
Keep an eye on the Walsh sisters, Alex and Gretchen, who have a chance to make Volunteers fans proud and take the swimming world by storm with dominant performances in all of their events.
The Georgia Bulldogs have 15 other their own olympians this year, headlined by tennis superstar Coco Gauff. She'll have the honor of being the https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40629833/coco-gauff-named-team-usa-female-flag-bearer-paris-olympics female flag bearer for this year's opening ceremony, joined by NBA superstar LeBron James.
If you're an SEC fan, you're going to be able to root for an athlete from the conference in just about any sport.
