Lancaster, PA (November 24, 2014) –Three members of the U.S. Olympic Women's field hockey team, who train in Lancaster County, Pa., recently spoke to students at Bucher Elementary School, also in Lancaster. Team Captain Lauren Crandall, Katie Reinprecht, and Stefanie Fee inspired students by introducing themselves and talking about what it’s like to be an Olympian and how to set goals and succeed. The Olympians also talked about what their team theme “UN1TED” means and how it compares to Bucher Elementary School’s theme for this year, which is “UN1TY.”

Crandall, Reinprecht, and Fee spent approximately 25 minutes speaking to each grade, which included kindergarten through fourth grades. The highlight of each presentation was a skills demonstration on ECORE Athletic turf.

In addition to traveling around the world playing field hockey, Crandall, Reinprecht, and Fee also work part-time at ECORE International, a company that transforms reclaimed waste into unique performance surfacing. The Olympians’ insights have been critical in the development of the company’s newest surfacing brand, ECORE Athletic, which offers everything from underlayments to court surfaces and turf products. Each product in the ECORE Athletic line contains an element of recycled rubber, which offers superior impact absorption and excellent slip resistant properties, allowing athletes to perform better, longer.

To learn more, visit about ECORE Athletic: www.ecoreathletic.com. To learn more about the U.S. Olympic Women’s Field Hockey Team visit: www.teamusa.org/USA-Field-Hockey.

About ECORE International
ECORE was born “green” and has been making smart choices for more than a century. What began as the Lancaster Cork Company in 1876 is now ECORE International. In addition to creating cork products, ECORE is committed to transforming reclaimed waste into unique performance surfacing.

Today ECORE offers a full line of the smartest, highest-performing and most eco-logically responsible recycled rubber products made in the United States. ECORE leads the commercial rubber flooring category and continues to blaze trails and set new standards in recycled rubber technology, responding with intelligent solutions that improve people’s lives every day. ECORE’s brands include ECORE Commercial Flooring, ECORE Athletic, Everlast Fitness Flooring with Nike Grind, PlayGuard Safety Surfacing, and QT Sound Insulation.

To learn more about ECORE International, its advanced technologies, and portfolio of products and brands, please visit www.ecoreintl.com.