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Drexel's Justin Best Named to Olympic Team
6/4/2021 3:18:00 PM | Men's Rowing
PHILADELPHIA - Drexel graduate Justin Best has been named to the United States Olympic Team. Best will be part of the team that represents the U.S. at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Best, who is from nearby Kennett Square, will be part of the Men's Eight. It will be his first Olympic Games appearance. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will begin on July 23 and run through August 9. Rowing events are tentatively scheduled for the morning of July 23.
The United States Men's Eight Boat Roster
Justin Best (Kennett Square, Pa./Drexel University)
Liam Corrigan (Old Lyme, Conn./Harvard University)
Ben Davison (Inverness, Fla./University of Washington)
Austin Hack (Old Lyme, Conn./Stanford University)
Conor Harrity (Weston, Mass./Harvard University)
Nick Mead (Strafford, Pa./Princeton University)
Alex Miklasevich (Pittsburgh, Pa./Brown University)
Alexander Richards (Watertown, Mass./Harvard University)
Julian Venonsky (Malvern, Pa./University of California, Berkeley)
Best, who is from nearby Kennett Square, will be part of the Men's Eight. It will be his first Olympic Games appearance. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will begin on July 23 and run through August 9. Rowing events are tentatively scheduled for the morning of July 23.
The United States Men's Eight Boat Roster
Justin Best (Kennett Square, Pa./Drexel University)
Liam Corrigan (Old Lyme, Conn./Harvard University)
Ben Davison (Inverness, Fla./University of Washington)
Austin Hack (Old Lyme, Conn./Stanford University)
Conor Harrity (Weston, Mass./Harvard University)
Nick Mead (Strafford, Pa./Princeton University)
Alex Miklasevich (Pittsburgh, Pa./Brown University)
Alexander Richards (Watertown, Mass./Harvard University)
Julian Venonsky (Malvern, Pa./University of California, Berkeley)
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