Villanova Has Its First 2012 Olympian

Adrian Blincoe, a 2003 Villanova graduate (accounting), Villanova assistant coach and New Zealand's national record holder in the 5000 meters has been selected to his second Olympic Games, making this the  17th consecutive Summer Olympics that has featured a Villanova runner, a streak started by Americans George Guida and Browning Ross in the 1948 London Olympics.

Next month, Bobby Curtis, Jen Rhines, and Sheila Reid all have realistic chances to qualify for The Olympics, Rhines and Curtis for The United States and Reid for Canada.