Among the 35 athletes with Utah ties qualified to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games four are from the City Journals and Davis Journal communities.

In track and field, Layton native, Davis High graduate and BYU track and field star Courtney Wayment will compete in the women’s steeplechase. The 25-year-old was Gatorade Player of the Year while at Davis, won four national championships at BYU and will run in the 3000 meter steeplechase in Paris. She is joined by two other former Cougars who will compete in the men’s steeplechase – James Corrigan and Kenneth Rooks.

There are three Herriman High graduates who’ve earned their way onto Team USA for Paris. Alex “Spiff” Sedrick, who attends the Utah Lions Rugby Academy, will compete in rugby. Ruben Padilla from Herriman and a member of Wasatch Trampoline and Tumbling will compete in Trampoline. And Rory Linkletter, who graduated from Herriman High and later ran for BYU, will compete for Canada in the men’s marathon.

USA Climbing, which is based in Salt Lake City, qualified eight athletes for Paris, though none are from the state. At the Tokyo Olympics four years ago, Salt Lake City native Nathaniel Coleman won the silver in climbing, while fellow Utahn Kyra Condie placed 11th. Both have since retired from the sport.

“The same mountains renowned for The Greatest Snow on Earth also offer vast trail systems for running and mountain biking and technical routes for climbing,” said Utah Sports Commission President and CEO Jeff Robbins in a release. “Utah is a year-round sports destination.”

Twenty-five of those with Utah ties going to Paris are members of Team USA, competing in 3X3 basketball, cycling mountain bike, rugby, shooting air pistol, soccer, climbing, track and field, artistic gymnastics and trampoline. Of the 10 athletes competing for other countries with local ties, Canada, France, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway and Sweden will be represented in track & field, swimming, diving, soccer and 3X3 basketball.