As we kick off August, attention inevitably turns toward football season. But every four years, we also get the treat of the Summer Olympics: the best athletes in the world competing for glory on the grandest stage in sports. And this year, Northwestern’s Jordan Wilimovsky will have a fantastic chance to achieve that glory in the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Olympics kick off on Friday, Aug. 5, with Opening Ceremonies, and the action gets underway the next day.
Wilimovsky, our 2015 Student-Athlete of the Year, is scheduled to swim in two events over the course of four days, with the first one being the 1500 meters preliminary heats on Friday, Aug.