From Helsinki to Paris, Wilson High School has been represented, except when the U.S. boycotted the 1980 Games.
Wilson High, one of the oldest high schools in Southern California, may hold the record of most alumni to compete in the Olympics with 38 former students playing in summer games.
This year, water polo player Max Irving competes in his second Olympics, and 22-year-old Rachel Glenn is her first in the high jump.“ is actually a person we thought probably would make it to the Olympics,” said Fisher. “She was consistently asking what could she do to make herself better.“ “ was pretty much new to the high jump when she came to us. She is still young in the sport, and for her to be with the top in the world, with maybe four to six years in the high jump, is amazing.”“She is one of the top American 400 meter hurdles also, which I think she finished 4th or 5th at the Olympic trials,” said Fischer. “She has a possibility of making to the hurdles the next time ”
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