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Roxborough’s Glenn Ochal Wins Olympic Bronze

Ochal is part of Team USA's four-man rowing team in the 2012 Olympics.

Roxborough native Glenn Ochal won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics Saturday.

The Roman Catholic High School alum is part of the four-man rowing team that came came in third after the teams from Great Britain and Australia. The USA team time was 6:07:20.

Ochal's teammates were Henrik Rummel, Charlie Cole, and Scott Gault.

Ochal, who began rowing at Roman in 2001, graduated from Princeton University in 2008. The 25-year-old has trained in Chula Visa, CA, and qualified for the Olympics in the men's four.

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