WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will welcome the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams, including 39 rowers, to the White House on Friday, September 14, to honor their participation and success in this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.
The President's remarks honoring 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. EDT at the White House South Lawn and are open to press.
2012 USRowing Olympians in attendance include:
-David Banks (Potomac, Md.)
-Charlie Cole* (New Canaan, Conn.)
-Jake Cornelius (Brooktondale, N.Y.)
-Caryn Davies* (Ithaca, N.Y.)
-Natalie Dell* (Clearville, Pa.)
-Anthony Fahden (Lafayette, Calif.)
-Susan Francia* (Abington, Pa.)
-Scott Gault* (Piedmont, Calif.)
-Peter Graves (Cincinnati, Ohio)
-Kristin Hedstrom (Concord, Mass.)
-Sara Hendershot (West Simsbury, Conn.)
-Grant James (DeKalb, Ill.)
-Ross James (DeKalb, Ill.)
-Ken Jurkowski (New Fairfield, Conn.)
-Megan Kalmoe* (St. Croix Falls, Wis.)
-Steve Kasprzyk (Cinnaminson, N.J.)
-Nick LaCava (Weston, Conn.)
-Giuseppe Lanzone (Annandale, Va.)
-Caroline Lind* (Greensboro, N.C.)
-Esther Lofgren* (Newport Beach, Calif.)
-Adrienne Martelli* (University Place, Wash.)
-Will Miller (Duxbury, Mass.)
-Meghan Musnicki* (Naples, N.Y.)
-Will Newell (Weston, Mass.)
-Julie Nichols (Livermore, Calif.)
-Glenn Ochal* (Philadelphia, Pa.)
-Alex Osborne (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)
-Wes Piermarini (West Brookfield, Mass.)
-Robin Prendes (Miami, Fla.)
-Henrik Rummel* (Pittsford, N.Y.)
-Sarah Trowbridge (Guilford, Conn.)
-Zach Vlahos (Piedmont, Calif.)
-Sarah Zelenka (Itasca, Ill.)
2012 USRowing Paralympians in attendance include:
-Eleni Englert (Oceanside, Calif.)
-Andrew Johnson (Greenwich, Conn.)
-Oksana Masters* (Buffalo, N.Y.)
-Emma Preuschl (Indianapolis, Ind.)
-Alexandra Stein (Stamford, Conn.)
-Dorian Weber (Brighton, Mass.)
*indicates 2012 Olympic/Paralympic medalist
USRowing won three medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London including gold in the women's eight and bronze in the women's quadruple sculls and men's four. At the 2012 Paralympic Games, the trunk and arms mixed double sculls crew won bronze. For more information, visit www.usrowing.org.