Jul 5, 2021
Mississippi State just keeps making history.
Six former track and field Bulldogs are headed to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The combination of Marco Arop (Team Canada), Brandon McBride (Team Canada), Erica Bougard (Team United States), Curtis Thompson (Team United States), Marta Pen Freitas (Team Portugal) and Anderson Peters (Team Grenada) make up the largest group of former MSU athletes to compete in a single Olympic Games.
Here s some information on each participant, per the press release from MSU.
Marco Arop (men s 800 mm) Arop turned pro after competing at Mississippi State in 2018 and 2019, now running for Adidas. He was a three-time All-American, competing both indoor and outdoor, and earned the USTFCCCA Accusplit Relay Award for his participation on the 4x800m relay in 2018. He qualified twice for the NCAA Indoor Championships and twice Outdoor. He earned gold at the 2019 Pan American Games for the 800m. He also was a 2019 IAAF World Championships Fin