Beebe's first ever Olympian

Michael Robertson, who was born in Beebe, but was schooled overseas, and who makes his residence in Beebe, qualified for the U.S. Olympic men's discus team at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, OR on Sunday. Robertson, who competed on the college level at SMU and Stanford, finished second to qualify for the Beijing games, which will begin on August 8. Robertson becomes the first person EVER from Beebe to compete in either the summer or winter Olympic games. Congraduations Michael!! We'll be rooting for you!!


UPDATE:

Michael did not qualify for the finals in the discus, however, he still made all of us very proud. I'm sure that he will be back for the 2012 summer games in London.