John Taylor, Professor of Economics at Stanford University and developer of the "Taylor Rule" for setting interest rates | Stanford University
John Taylor, Professor of Economics at Stanford University and developer of the "Taylor Rule" for setting interest rates | Stanford University
Mackenzie Little was named to the Australian Olympic team on Monday, sending the two-time NCAA women’s javelin champion and Stanford alum to her second Olympic Games.
Little, a 2023 World Championships bronze medalist, becomes the 10th from Stanford track and field named to compete in Paris, marking the highest number of participants from Stanford in a single Games. The previous record was eight athletes in Tokyo in 2021 and Beijing in 2008.
Four of the athletes are first-time Olympians: Fiona O’Keeffe, Udodi Onwuzurike, Juliette Whittaker, and Harrison Williams. Overall, five countries are represented: the U.S., Australia, Canada, Greece, and Nigeria.
The following are Stanford’s Paris track and field Olympians along with their graduating classes:
- Valarie Allman, ’17 (U.S., women’s discus)
- Elise Cranny, ’18 (U.S., women’s 5,000)
- Malindi Elmore, ’02 (Canada, women’s marathon)
- Grant Fisher, ’19 (U.S., men’s 5,000 and 10,000)
- Mackenzie Little, ’19 (Australia, women’s javelin)
- Fiona O’Keeffe, ’20 (U.S., women’s marathon)
- Udodi Onwuzurike, ’25 (Nigeria, men’s 200 and 4x100)
- Katerina Stefanidi, ’12 (Greece, women’s pole vault)
- Juliette Whittaker,’26 (U.S., women’s 800)
- Harrison Williams,’18 (U.S., men’s decathlon)
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