Four Terps will compete on the U.S. Olympic Women's Field Hockey Team in Paris. Leah Crouse, Brooke DeBerdine, Emma DeBerdine and Kelee Lepage are four of 16 athletes representing the United States. Current assistant coach, Jenny Rizzo, was named a provisional athlete and will travel to Paris with the team.

Nike Lorenz will also compete with Team Germany. Lorenz, captain of Team Germany, is competing in her third Olympics; the squad earned bronze in 2016 in Rio and placed sixth in 2021 in Tokyo. The defender spent one season at UMD in 2018, earning All-Big Ten Second Team recognition.

Grace Balsdon will also represent Maryland as a member of Team Great Britain. Balsdon, a reserve on Team Great Britain, is returning for her second Games after helping her country take bronze in Tokyo. In 2016, her one season as a Terp, she was named Big Ten Defender of the Year.
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Former Terp star Thea LaFond will represent her home nation of Dominica in the 2024 Games, as she did in 2020 as well.

Thea LaFond, a Dominican athlete once again brought pride to the country, Dominica. She won a silver medal at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic under Triple Jump Women.#wicnewshttps://t.co/S4kFydlXSv

— WIC News (@WIC_News) May 31, 2024

Congrats to Chioma Onyekwere on punching her ticket to Paris! pic.twitter.com/ZNOd9ketFM

— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) June 21, 2024

After earning All-ACC Second Team honors as a four-year Terp starter (1993-96) and helping guide his alma mater to 2005 and 2008 national championships as an assistant coach, Payne is serving in the same role for the U.S. Men's National Team at his first Olympics.

Now the head men's soccer coach at Northwestern after 11 seasons at the helm at the U.S. Military Academy, Payne is bringing a wealth of experience to Paris. He served as assistant coach of the national team in the 2023 Concacaf Nationals League Finals and CONCACAF Gold Cup, and he was the squad's goalkeepers coach from 2015-17. He also played professionally himself, competing in Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands and with three Major League Soccer teams.
 

Maryland track and field and cross country associate head coach Danielle Siebert has been selected as a member of the Olympics coaching staff for Team USA as USA Track and Field's women's head manager for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Read more.

Terps x @usatf‼️

Congratulations to our Associate Head Coach @danielle_sieb for being selected to serve as the women's head manager for USA Track and Field this summer at the Paris Olympic Games! #KeepUp

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— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) April 2, 2024

Former Terrapin legend Alyssa Thomas has been named to Team USA's roster for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris this summer. This will be Thomas' first Olympics and the Terrapins' first United States women's baseball Olympian since Vicky Bullett, who won gold and bronze with the 1988 and 1992 Olympic teams. Read more.

Alyssa Thomas is headed to Paris for the 2024 Olympics! 🇺🇸🥇🐢#TerpFamily x #BuiltForIt pic.twitter.com/i4LisTyH90

— Maryland Women's Basketball (@TerpsWBB) June 8, 2024

Maryland track and field assistant coach Rudy Winkler took second in the men's hammer throw on June 30 to earn a spot on Team U.S.A. for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Read more.

Assistant Coach, Rudy Winkler, is going to PARIS!!

Winkler punched his ticket in the Hammer Throw after placing 2nd at the U.S. Olympic Trials pic.twitter.com/DMQ3Xq019j

— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) July 1, 2024