Teaneck Native An Olympic Qualifier

NEW JERSEY — The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are set to begin this July, in 2021. That's right, it's still 2020 somewhere.

Jokes aside, despite the lingering coronavirus pandemic, the Olympics are scheduled to begin July 23 and run through Aug. 8. For those living in New Jersey, there will be some familiar faces to watch during the events.

This includes Teaneck's Khalil Thompson, who will compete in fencing events in Tokyo.

And he won't be the only person from Bergen County, or New Jersey, to qualify. The Washington Post put together a list of qualifiers so far, which includes nine from the Garden State.

They are:

• Tracy Eisser, Fair Lawn, Rowing
• Jackie Dubrovich, Riverdale, Fencing
• Alan Hadzic, West Orange, Fencing
• Francesca Russo, Wayne, Fencing
• Khalil Thompson, Teaneck, Fencing
• Dagmara Wozniak, Avenel, Fencing
• Kara Kohler, Princeton, Rowing
• Molly Reckford, Short Hills, Rowing
• Morgan Perason, New Vernon, Triathlon

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