Cycling

Adam Craig, Exeter

Mountain biking

The Bangor native, a 1999 graduate of Dexter Regional High School, is competing in the first mountain biking event at the Olympic Games. Craig, 26, who lives in Bend, Ore., is a 12-time national champion in various cycling disciplines. After competing in soccer, skiing and track in high school, Craig found his calling while riding his bike on the trails near his home. After three consecutive U23 titles in 2001-03, he earned podium finishes in the national championships three times before finally climbing the top rung in 2007 to win the Stars-and-Stripes jersey.

Rowing

Wyatt Allen, Portland

Men’s Eight

The veteran rower is one of three returning members from the U.S. team that won the gold medal in Athens. Allen, who played soccer and lacrosse at Portland High School, began rowing as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia in 1997. Allen, 29, started rowing full time in 2001 on both single and quadruple sculls before being named to the Men’s Eight boat in 2004. Allen was named the 2007 U.S. Rowing male athlete of the year. The Associated Press has predicted that Allen’s team will win the bronze medal at Beijing.

Anna Goodale, Camden

Women’s Eight

The four-time national team member is competing in her first Olympic Games. Goodale, 25, played on the Camden-Rockport High School girls’ basketball team that won the Class B championship in 2000. She took up rowing at Syracuse University. Goodale has rowed on the winning boats at the Head of the Charles regatta for three consecutive years. She was on the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 2006 and 2007 world championships. She plans to illustrate children’s books after her rowing career ends.

Elle Logan, Boothbay Harbor

Women’s Eight

At age 20, Logan is the youngest member of the Women’s Eight boat. She started rowing while attending the Brooks School in North Andover, Mass., where she won a national championship in 2004. A member of the Stanford Class of 2010, Logan was named to the 2007 rowing All-American team. Logan served as an alternate on the U.S. Eight at last year’s world championship.

Swimming

Ian Crocker, Portland

100 butterfly

The 2000 graduate of Cheverus High School is the world-record holder in the 100-meter butterfly at 50.40 seconds. The most decorated Maine Olympic athlete, Crocker will be competing in his third Olympic Games, having already won two gold medals, one silver and one bronze. While at the University of Texas, Crocker was a 22-time All-American and 10-time NCAA champion. Crocker joined Mark Spitz and Pablo Morales as the only swimmers to win four consecutive NCAA championships in the 100 butterfly. He was the first swimmer to break 51 seconds in the event. His two Olympic gold medals came on relay teams that broke the world record. Crocker looms as Michael Phelps’ biggest threat to his bid to win eight gold medals in Beijing. AP predicts Crocker will win silver, while Phelps takes the gold.