From left to right, Jake Gibbs, Devery Karz, Maka Unufe and Jared Ward are the only native Utahns competing in the Summer Games for Team USA in Rio de Janeiro, which begin Aug. 5.
Utah has four home-grown athletes representing Team USA and one local high school standout swimming for Team Mexico. The games begin on Aug. 5 with opening ceremonies and end on Aug. 21 with the marathon and closing ceremonies.
RIO DE JANIERO — The sport that carried Jared Ward to the Olympics is something of a family tradition and his life-long pursuit.
Devery Karz and Jake Gibbs, on the other hand, didn’t pursue the sports that earned them a trip to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil until they’d left high school.