Our Olympic hopefuls
From Seattle - and Vancouver and Everett and Puyallup, etc. - to Sydney, here are 35 Washington connections to the XXVII Olympiad.

Also read about other Olympians to watch.

		Sandy Bacher Rainier Valley Judo			Lance Bade Vancouver Trap shooting
		Vin Baker Mercer Island Men's basketball			Kelly Blair-LaBounty Prosser Heptathlon
		Kathy Colin UW Grad Sprint kayak doubles			Michael Chang Seattle Singles tennis
		Benishe Dillard Kent Women's volleyball			Gail Devers Seattle 100 hurdles
		Michelle French Kennedy H.S. Grad Women's soccer			Ryan Franklin Tacoma Rainiers Baseball
		Ja'Warren Hooker Seattle Track			Phil Henry Seattle Rowing
		David Jackson Seattle Boxing			Tamara Jenkins Seattle Sprint kayak
		Sarah Jones Stanwood Rowing			Barbara Kunkel Federal Way Taekwondo
		Jordan Malloch Seattle Canoe			Katie Maloney Seattle Rowing
		Betsy McCagg Kirkland Rowing			Ian McGowan Snohomish Rowing
		Charlie McKee Seattle 49er sailing			Jonathan McKee Seattle 49er sailing
		John Mooney Seattle Sprint kayak			Mike Neill Tacoma Rainiers Baseball
		Lianne B. Nelson Seattle Rowing			Peter Newton Issaquah Sprint kayak
		Megan Quann Puyallup Swimming			Anthony Sanders Tacoma Baseball
		Laure Savasta UW, France Basketball			Mark Schneider Everett Rowing

All biographies written by Ron C. Judd and Cathy Henkel.

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