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Spartan rower ready to compete in Rio Olympics

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Emily Regan will row for Team USA at the Rio Olympica Games. She competed for MSU from 2007-09.

Former MSU rower Emily Regan will compete in the Rio Olympic Games. Current Sports host Al Martin talks with Regan about her sport and what it takes to make Team USA.

The opening ceremony for the summer Olympics in Rio will be held tonight. For 16 days, the greatest athletes in the world will compete on a global stage.

One of those athletes is former Michigan State University rower Emily Regan.

Current Sports host Al Martin recently spoke with Regan about her sport, her time at MSU, and her Olympic dreams.

Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
Al Martin is the host of Beyond the Score, a new series coming to WKAR in the fall of 2024. Al is also sports reporter for WKAR news.
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