Eagle River’s Alev Kelter and the U.S. Women’s Rugby team won the bronze medal in their victory over Australia on Tuesday. The Australians led 12-7 but at the end of the match, team member Alex Sedrick ran most of the length of the field to score for the win.
The women’s team had lost to defending champions New Zealand on Monday, putting them in the running for the bronze.
Kelter has been an athlete all her life. When she was 14 years old, Kelter won a spot on the U.S. national soccer development program and later captained the U18 U.S. national hockey team, winning back-to-back gold medals at the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Women’s World Championships. After her senior year at Wisconsin, she tried out for the Olympic ice hockey team, but didn’t make the final cut. She started playing rugby at age 22, and competed in the U.S. women’s rugby team in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Her personal website says she is dedicated to social justice, inclusion, and body positivity.
