Seventeen Colorado Springs-area athletes have qualified for the London Games this summer, with the largest contingent being 10 Olympic Training Center wrestlers, and 15 others are in contention for Olympic berths, according to a study conducted by The Gazette.

It’s the second Olympics for wrestlers Dremiel Byers, Clarissa Chun and Spenser Mango, none of whom hit the podium in 2008 in Beijing. In shooting, it’s the fourth Olympics for Daryl Szarenski, and Matt Emmons has beat thyroid cancer in hopes of adding to the gold medal that he won in 2004 and the silver he claimed in 2008. Fencer Seth Kelsey has qualified for his third Olympics, and triathlete Hunter Kemper is gunning for his fourth.

Gazette research shows that 15 other Colorado residents – 14 are cyclists – have secured spots in London, including triathlete Laura Bennett and mountain bikers Georgia Gould, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, Heather Irmiger and Todd Wells. Also from Colorado, swimmer Missy Franklin, hurdler David Oliver, road cyclist Taylor Phinney and beach volleyball player Elaine Youngs remain optimistic for tickets to London. Nine Olympic trials are scheduled the next two months, as the U.S. gears up for another battle against China and Russia in the medal race.

A list of Springs-area athletes who are heading to London and those attempting to get there:

 

CYCLING

*Katie Compton, mountain bike

 

FENCING

*Seth Kelsey, epee

 

GYMNASTICS

John Orozco, artistic

 

MODERN PENTATHLON

*Dennis Bowsher

Will Brady

Eli Bremer

*Margaux Isaksen

Mickey Kelly

 

SHOOTING

B.J. Blanchard, skeet

Corey Cogdell, trap

*Matt Emmons, rifle

Jeff Holguin, double trap

Sean McLelland, skeet

*Daryl Szarenski, air pistol

Frank Thompson, skeet

*Jason Turner, air pistol

 

TRACK AND FIELD

Jenny Simpson, middle distance

 

TRIATHLON

Greg Billington

Matt Chrabot

Mark Fretta

Hunter Kemper

 

VOLLEYBALL

Jennifer Tamas, indoor

 

WRESTLING

*Chas Betts, Greco-Roman

*Dremiel Byers, Greco-Roman

*Kelsey Campbell, women’s freestyle

*Clarissa Chun, women’s freestyle

*Ellis Coleman, Greco-Roman

*Stephany Lee, women’s freestyle

*Justin Lester, Greco-Roman

*Spenser Mango, Greco-Roman

*Elena Pirozhkova, women’s freestyle

*Ben Provisor, Greco-Roman

 

OTHERS FROM COLORADO TO WATCH

Samantha Achterberg, Littleton, modern pentathlon

*Laura Bennett, Boulder, triathlon

Kristen Bowman, Elbert, trampoline and tumbling

Bonnie Brandon, Centennial, swimming

Lance Brooks, Denver, track and field

Emma Coburn, Crested Butte, track and field

Janay DeLoach, Fort Collins, track and field

Jeremy Dodson, Boulder, track and field

Missy Franklin, Centennial, swimming

*Judy Freeman, Boulder, mountain bike

*Madalyn Godby, Louisville, track cycling

*Georgia Gould, Fort Collins, mountain bike

David Herman, Wheat Ridge, BMX

*Cari Higgins, Boulder, track cycling

*Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, Boulder, mountain bike

*Heather Irmiger, Boulder, mountain bike

Brandie Jay, Fort Collins, artistic gymnastics

Christine Jennings, Longmont, open-water swimming

Kara Lynn Joyce, Denver, swimming

Zach Lokken, Durango, canoe

*Kristin McGrath, Durango, road cycling

David McKienzie, Littleton, indoor volleyball

*Amanda Miller, Fort Collins, road cycling

Billy Nelson, Longmont, track and field

David Oliver, Denver, track and field

*Krista Park, Durango, mountain bike

Taylor Phinney, Boulder, road cycling

Taylor Ritzel, Larkspur, rowing

*Willow Koerber Rockwell, Durango, mountain bike

*Carmen Small, Durango, road cycling

Peter Stetina, Boulder, road cycling

*Evelyn Stevens, Boulder, road cycling

*Todd Wells, Durango, mountain bike

Keelin Winters, Lakewood, soccer

*Chloe Woodruff, Boulder, mountain bike

Elaine Youngs, Durango, beach volleyball

 

*Qualified for the Olympics

 

REMAINING OLYMPIC TRIALS

Archery: June 2-3 in Colorado Springs

BMX: June 16 in Chula Vista, Calif.

Diving: June 17-24 in Federal Way, Wash.

Gymnastics: June 28-July 1 in San Jose, Calif.

Rowing: June 11-14 in West Windsor, N.J.

Shooting: May 18-20 in Tucson, Ariz., and May 30-June 11 in Columbus, Ga.

Swimming: June 25-July 2 in Omaha, Neb.

Track and field: June 21-25 and June 28-July 1 in Eugene, Ore.

Contact Brian Gomez: 719-636-0256 or brian.gomez@gazettedev.gazette.com. Facebook: Brian Gomez. Twitter: @gazetteskysox. Google+: Brian Gomez.

Colorado-Colorado Springs graduate Matt Emmons has qualified for the London Games this summer in rifle. It’s the third Olympics for Emmons, who won a gold medal in 2004 and a silver in 2008, then recently beat thyroid cancer. In all, 17 Springs-area athletes have punched tickets to London, and 15 others are still in contention for Olympic berths. Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Shannon Szwarc