In Reply to: I wonder if some in that class are going to be one-and-dones. posted by BluBlood on May 12, 2010 at 15:55:08
I believe the only one out of the 4 with a chance to train for London 2012 would possibly be Mattie Larson. She has the least mature body of them all, and would have the best chance to make the team. But 2 things:
(1) She recently failed to make the US team for the Pacific Rim games coming up later this month. That doesn't bode well for her chances of making the US Olympic squad.
(2) If she decides she can make the Olympic team she won't be one-and-done. Instead she will defer her enrollment at UCLA, train fulltime and then consider competing for UCLA after the Olympics. And if she made the team, the US won say, a gold, then her endorsement deals would probably preclude her from NCAA eligibility e.g. Kerri Strug enrolled at UCLA after the Olympics but never was eligible.