For some, the Olympic dream is unattainable.

But for 46 current SEC student-athletes, that dream became a reality earlier this month. Of course, there were many more SEC alumni who took part in the biggest competition in the world, but for now, we keep our focus with those still working on finishing their degrees.

Here is the breakdown of some of the numbers for current SEC student-athletes who were in the 2016 Rio Olympics:

  • 12 represented the United States
  • Including the United States, they represented 24 countries
  • The SEC sent 28 male competitors and 18 female competitors
  • Swimming was the most SEC-saturated sport with 23 competitors, while track and field followed closely behind with 18 competitors
  • Georgia sent the most student-athletes with 12
  • Mississippi State and Vanderbilt were the only SEC schools that did not send any current student-athletes to Rio
  • SEC student-athletes took home four gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals

Most of the 46 student-athletes didn’t make it past the qualifying rounds, but what’s truly important is the fact that they had the opportunity to perform on the biggest stage. Now take a look at how each of these SEC student-athletes performed individually or as part of a team in Rio:

ALABAMA

Iacovos “Jack” Hadjiconstantinou – Cyprus Men’s Swimming: His Olympic experience began and ended on Day 1 as he finished at No. 47 in the 400-meter freestyle.

Kristian Gkolomeev – Greece Men’s Swimming: He struggled in the 100-meter freestyle, finishing at No. 20 in the qualifying heats. His performance in the 50-meter freestyle earned him a qualifying spot in the semifinals, but there he finished five spots out of qualifying for the finals. He and his teammates just missed out on the semifinals for the 4×100-meter freestyle relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay, finishing No. 10 and No. 15, respectively.

Anton McKee – Iceland Men’s Swimming He came in at No. 35 in the 100-meter breaststroke, finishing well out of the qualifying realm. But he got closer on the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing just two spots out of the semifinals.

Christopher Patrick Reid – South Africa Men’s Swimming: His time in the 100-meter backstroke heats sent him to the semifinals, where he finished two spots out of the final. His team finished at No. 13 in the 4×100-meter medley relay qualifying heats, missing out of the finals by five spots.

Jereem Richards – Trinidad and Tobago Men’s Track & Field: He was one of six possible runners for the 4×400-meter relay team, but he was not chosen in the end. The team initially finished seventh, but they were disqualified shortly after the race ended because of a lane violation.

ARKANSAS

Lexi Weeks – USA Women’s Track & Field: She finished No. 19 in the pole vaulting qualifications, failing to advance to the finals.

Clive Pullen – Jamaica Men’s Track & Field: He finished well behind the leading group in the No. 33 spot, leaving the dream of the finals just out of reach.

AUBURN

Luis Martinez – Guatemala Men’s Swimming: In the 100-meter butterfly, he finished a heartbreaking three spots out of qualifying for the semifinals.

Peter Holoda – Hungary Men’s Swimming: He was a part of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, but the team was disqualified for violating the lineup rule.

Ziv Kalontarov – Israel Men’s Swimming: He finished in the No. 41 spot of the 50-meter freestyle heats, which was well out of qualifying positions. The 100-meter freestyle heat didn’t treat him any better, leaving him behind in the No. 45 spot.

Teray Smith – Bahamas Men’s Track & Field: He finished No. 52 in Round 1 of qualifying for the 200-meter, missing the semifinals by 28 spots.

FLORIDA

Caeleb Dressel – USA Men’s Swimming: The most successful of the SEC student-athletes, Dressel came home from Rio with two gold medals: 4×100-meter freestyle relay and 4×100-meter medley relay. In the 100-meter freestyle finals, he finished sixth. And perhaps even more importantly, he came home untouched by the legal troubles plaguing former Gator Ryan Lochte.

Andrea D’Arrigo – Italy Men’s Swimming: He and his 4×200-meter freestyle teammates missed the finals by just one spot. He didn’t make it past the heats for the 200-meter freestyle either, placing seven spots out of qualifying.

Jan Switkowski – Poland Men’s Swimming: He was a part of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay team that was disqualified for violating the lineup rule. His 4×100-meter freestyle relay team finished No. 12 in the qualifying heat, dashing those finals hopes. He also competed in the 200-meter butterfly where he barely missed qualifying for the semifinals by 1/1,000 of second.

Andres Arroyo – Puerto Rico Men’s Swimming: In his tight 800-meter semifinal, he finished in the No. 22 spot of the semifinals, missing the final by seconds.

Arman Hall – USA Men’s Track & Field: He was part of the 4×400-meter relay team that brought home the gold for the United States.

GEORGIA

Gunnar Bentz – USA Men’s Swimming: You might recognize his name for the controversy surrounding him rather than the gold medal he won in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. He was one of the four American swimmers who was allegedly robbed at gunpoint after a night of partying in Rio.

Chase Kalisz – USA Men’s Swimming: Training with Michael Phelps has obviously helped him, because he brought home a silver medal in the 400-meter medley.

Jay Litherland – USA Men’s Swimming: He made it to the 400-meter individual medley final, but finished off the podium in fifth place.

Olivia Smoliga – USA Women’s Swimming: She brought home a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay. She also competed in the 100-meter backstroke final where she finished in sixth place, just a half second behind the leader.

Brittany MacLean – Canada Women’s Swimming: She brought home the bronze medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, but she finished off the podium in fifth place for the 400-meter freestyle. She also swam in the 200-meter freestyle and the 800-meter freestyle, but she missed qualifying for both finals.

Chantal Van Landeghem – Canada Women’s Swimming: She also brought home bronze in a relay, but for her, it was the 4×100-meter freestyle. She and her team missed the podium for the 4×100-meter medley relay by two spots. Individually, she swam for the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle, but she didn’t make it out of the semifinals for either.

Keturah Orji – USA Women’s Track & Field: She finished just off the podium in fourth place for the triple jump. Though she did set a new national record with a mark of 14.71 meters.

Kendell Williams – USA Women’s Track & Field: Overall, she finished in the No. 17 spot in the heptathlon. But she did record the third-best mark in the long jump, which was her best performance in the six events.

Cejhae Greene – Antigua and Barbuda Men’s Track & Field: He competed in both the 4×100-meter relay and the 100-meter race, but he failed to qualify for finals in either. However, his team ran a personal best of 38.44 seconds in the relay.

Leontia Kallenou – Cyprus Women’s Track & Field: She met her season’s best in the high jump with 1.80 meters, but it wasn’t enough to move her into the finals.

Karl Robert Saluri – Estonia Men’s Track & Field: He came up short in the decathlon, placing at No. 23. His best finish was fourth in the 1500-meter race.

Maicel Uibo – Estonia Men’s Track & Field: Saluri’s teammate in Athens and in Rio, Zibo finished right behind him in the decathlon at No. 24. He had a season’s best performance in the high jump at 2.13 meters, putting him in fourth place in the event.

KENTUCKY

Sean Michael Gunn – Zimbabwe Men’s Swimming: He did not qualify for the 100-meter freestyle finals as he finished No. 48 overall in the heats.

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn – Puerto Rico Women’s Track & Field: She won her first heat in the 100-meter hurdles, but she was disqualified in the semifinals after crashing into the final hurdle.

LSU

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cui – New Zealand Women’s Diving: She finished No. 24 of 29 in the 3-meter springboard preliminaries, which kept her out of the semifinals.

MISSOURI

Mikel Schreuders – Aruba Men’s Swimming: He tried for the 200-meter freestyle, but he missed qualifying for the semifinals by almost eight full seconds.

J’Den Cox – USA Men’s Wrestling: He brought home the bronze medal in the 86-kilogram freestyle after a stunning 5-0 victory in the final match.

OLE MISS

Raven Saunders – USA Women’s Track & Field: The 19.35-meter mark was her personal best, but it wasn’t quite enough to put her on the podium. She finished in the No. 5 spot in shot put.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Julia Catherine Vincent – South Africa Women’s Diving: Like Cui, she didn’t fare well in the 3-meter springboard preliminaries, coming in last of all 29 divers.

Ahmed Akram – Egypt Men’s Swimming: He finished No. 27 in the 400-meter freestyle heats, missing the final by a long shot. Later, he finished No. 11 in the 1500-meter freestyle heats, just missing the final by three spots.

Aliyah Abrams – Guyana Women’s Track & Field: She had dreams of 400-meter gold, but those were put on hold when she finished No. 38 in the preliminary heats.

TENNESSEE

Hannah Wilkinson – New Zealand Women’s Soccer: Unfortunately, New Zealand didn’t make it out of group play with the United States, France and Colombia, but the team did pull out a 1-0 win over Colombia.

Kira Toussaint – Netherlands Women’s Swimming: She finished a heartbreaking two spots out from qualifying for the semifinals in the 100-meter backstroke.

Christian Coleman – USA Men’s Track & Field: He was one of the seven members of the 4×100-meter relay, though he wasn’t chosen for the event once in Rio. The team won its semifinal heat and looked to win bronze in the final before discovering it had been disqualified for exchange violation.

Kali Davis-White – Jamaica Women’s Track & Field: Despite qualifying for the 2016 Olympics, she did not run in Rio.

TEXAS A&M

Stephanie Malherbe – South Africa Women’s Soccer: Like New Zealand, South Africa didn’t make it past group play. Unlike New Zealand, South Africa didn’t win a single match. The team did tie with Brazil who later went on to play for bronze.

Sydney Pickrem – Canada Women’s Swimming: She finished sixth in a tough 200-meter individual medley final. She suffered another heartbreak in the 400-meter individual medley when she finished less than two seconds shy of the finals.

Beryl Gastaldello – France Women’s Swimming: France finished seventh in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay just days before being disqualified from the 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she competed for the 100-meter freestyle and the 100-meter butterfly, but she failed to move on to the semifinals in either.

Latario Collie-Minns – Bahamas Men’s Track & Field: He disappointingly failed to get any marks in the triple jump, so he did not move on to the finals.

Lindon Victor – Grenada Men’s Track & Field: He finished at No. 16 in the decathlon, though he did score the highest of the group in the discus throw event with a 53.24-meter mark.

Brenessa Thompson – Guyana Women’s Track & Field: She didn’t make it to the finals in either the 100-meter race or the 200-meter race after finishing No. 53 and No. 59, respectively.