Montgomery County Athletes Shined at Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games produced many memorable moments and athletes with strong ties to Montgomery County were involved in many. Team USA led all nations with 113 medals and… Read More
Olympics
Good Counsel Alum Snyder Loses Wrestling Showdown, Takes Home Silver Medal
One of the most anticipated events of the Tokyo Olympics had a disappointing result for Kyle Snyder. The former Good Counsel High School wrestling star matched up with Russian Abdulrashid… Read More
Former Good Counsel Star Kyle Snyder Will Wrestle for Second Consecutive Gold Medal
Wrestler Kyle Snyder allowed a takedown in the opening seconds of his first match of the Tokyo Games. Since then, however, the former Good Counsel High School star has been… Read More
Friends of Ledecky, Bacon Confirm: There’s Nothing the Swimmers Aren’t Good At
At an Olympic watch party in Potomac on Friday, MyMCM spoke to three Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heard alumnae who are friends with U.S. Olympic Swimmers Katie Ledecky… Read More
Olympian Swimmer from Chevy Chase Talks Mental Health and Athletes
Phoebe Bacon, a U.S. Olympic swimmer from Chevy Chase, spoke to MyMCM about the conversations around mental health and athletes. Bacon expressed support for U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, who… Read More
Rockville Native Maroulis Wins Bronze; First U.S. Woman to Win Two Olympic Wrestling Medals
Five years after becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling, Rockville native Helen Maroulis set another milestone. Maroulis, who overcame a series of physical… Read More
MoCo’s Most Famous: NBC4 News Anchor Eun Yang at the Tokyo Olympics
News anchor/reporter Eun Yang has covered popes, inaugurations and everything in between in her decade-plus at NBC4 in Washington DC. For the last couple of weeks, she’s been in Tokyo… Read More
Rockville Native Maroulis Wins First Two Olympic Wrestling Matches, Falls in Semifinal
Helen Maroulis became the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling at the Rio Olympics in 2016 but things have been anything but smooth for the… Read More
Olympian Phoebe Bacon Receives Champion’s Welcome
After competing in the Olympic final for the women’s 200 meter backstroke on Friday, Phoebe Bacon arrived at Dulles Airport Monday evening. Many of Bacon’s friends and family members gave… Read More
Paint Branch Alum Eun Yang Covering Olympics for NBC4
Montgomery County is well represented at the Tokyo Olympics by the likes of swimmers Katie Ledecky, wrestler Kyle Snyder and others. Beyond the playing fields, one of the people covering… Read More
Triple Jumper LaFond Suffers Olympic Heartbreak Again
Thea LaFond waited five years for an opportunity to return to the Olympics and find redemption on track and field’s biggest stage. The Kennedy High graduate and teacher, who resides… Read More
Stone Ridge Alumnae Cheer On as Ledecky Adds to Her Gold Medal Collection
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart graduates from the Classes of 2015 and 2020 gathered in Potomac for a watch party Friday night to cheer on their former classmates… Read More