You are Olympians: Former student goes to Torino

Lowell Bailey, a former Union student, is a member of the U.S. Biathlon team and will compete in the Winter Olympics, which opens this week in Torino, Italy. Bailey attended Union for three spring terms, from 2000 to 2002, in between training.

While at Union, he competed on the Junior National team and in 2001, he earned bronze at the European Biathlon Championships in the sprint and pursuit and won the 2001 Europa Cup in Switzerland.

The first Union Olympian was Nikki Stone '97, a freestyle aerial skier who won gold in 1998 and won 35 World Cup events before retiring in 1999. 

On another Olympic note, Rita Kalmikova, who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, is an assistant swim coach who also coaches the College's masters swimming program. The program, open to any person over age 19, welcomes both the average swimmer and the world class athlete.