President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to Honor 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams

September 11, 2012

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 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.

Members of the media who wish to cover this event must RSVP to media_affairs@who.eop.gov by 3:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, September 13.

NOTE: Members of the media who do not have a White House hard pass must also submit their full legal name, date of birth, Social Security number, gender, country of birth, country of citizenship and current city and state of residence. If the White House is able to accommodate a request for credentials, media will receive confirmation with further instructions and logistical details.

About USRowing
USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing’s official suppliers include Boathouse Sports, Vespoli, WinTech, Filippi, Croker Oars, Rudy Project, Concept2, Nielsen Kellerman, PowerHTV and Ludus Tours. USRowing also receives generous support from the National Rowing Foundation and its corporate sponsors and partners ANXeBusiness Corp, Voxer, EZ Dock, EMCVenues and Whole Foods. For more information, visit www.usrowing.org. The USRowing National Team program relies on strong partnerships to enable continued success. New opportunities exist to support the teams through the next quadrennial, culminating with the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. America Rows, which supports diversity in rowing and the USRowing adaptive programs also benefit from corporate support. For more information, please contact Beth Kohl at beth@usrowing.org.

Allison Frederick

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