3 Bucks Co. Athletes Headed To Winter Olympics

Nearly 240 American participants from 16 sports will descend upon PyeongChang, South Korea next month to represent the United States in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Bucks County should be proud: We have three natives competing.

The three Bucks County residents are among nine from Pennsylvania.

Local participants include Jamie Greubel Poser, a bobsledder from Newtown. She competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in Sochi. According to her biography, Greubel Poser competed in heptathlon and pentathlon at Cornell University. Her college track teammates encouraged her to try the bobsled, and the rest is history.

Ryan Gunderson, a Bensalem native, will be a member of the ice hockey team. Gunderson is a Holy Ghost Prep graduate. He plays defense. This is his first Olympic Games.

Joining Gunderson on the ice hockey team is Brian O'Neill of Yardley. He's a forward who graduated from Germantown Academy and attended Yale University. This is also his first Olympic Games.

The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony will begin at 8 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, Feb. 9. The Closing Ceremony takes place at 8 a.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, Feb. 25.

Here is a look at the rest of the Keystone State Olympic participants. (Click on the athlete's name for their complete biography from Team USA.)

Chad Kolarik
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Abington

Ryan Zapolski
Sport: Ice Hockey
Hometown: Erie

Summer Britcher
Sport: Luge
Hometown: Glen Rock

Andrew Sherk
Sport: Luge
Hometown: Fort Washington

Jayson Terdiman
Sport: Luge
Hometown: Berwick, Pa.

John-Henry Krueger
Sport: Short Track Speedskating
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.

(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)