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Aug. 6, 2008
Walnut Creek, Calif. -- The XXIX Olympiad will open with ceremony on Friday in Beijing, China. The Games will showcase nearly 260 athletes, coaches, and managers with current and past ties to Pacific-10 Conference institutions. Forty-six countries will include at least one Pac-10 representative on their competition rosters, exemplifying the Olympic mantra, "One World, One Dream".
A total of 120 Pac-10 athletes, including alternates, will compete for the United States in 21 sports, while 108 athletes will serve as ambassadors for foreign countries. The National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube for its facade that artistically emulates bubbles, will host the largest contingent of Pac-10 athletes: 62 swimmers and 22 water polo players will face-off in the 50-meter pool, while four divers take to the springboards. As in past Olympiads, the Conference will also have a strong showing (52 athletes) at National Stadium, home of the track and field events.
A handful of United States sports teams are heavily dominated by Pacific-10 Conference athletes. The softball team, for instance, boasts 10 Conference representatives on a team of 15, in addition to two of three alternates. On the women's water polo team, all but one of the 13 squad members played for a Pac-10 program. Similarly, the men's side boasts Pac-10 affiliation on just over half of the squad. Both the men's and women's soccer squads have approximately five players with Conference ties.
Elite athletes to watch for atop the medal podium in sports not yet mentioned, include: Bob and Mike Bryan, STAN, men's tennis, doubles; Jason Kidd, CAL, men's basketball; Lisa Leslie, USC, women's basketball; Tina Thompson, USC, women's basketball; Logan Tom, STAN, women's indoor volleyball; Kerri Walsh, STAN, women's beach volleyball.
The following is a break-down of Pac-10 Olympians by institution, then by sport:
SCHOOL ATHLETES/COACHES/MANAGEMENT ARIZONA 29 ARIZONA STATE 16 CALIFORNIA 45 OREGON 4 OREGON STATE 6 STANFORD 47 UCLA 39 USC 49 WASHINGTON 19 WASHINGTON STATE 5TOTAL 259
NAME PAC-10 INSTITUTION COUNTRY EVENT(S)ARCHERY (1)
Women's Alison Williamson Arizona State Great Britain IndividualBASEBALL (4) Brian Barden Oregon State USA Jason Donald Arizona USA John Gall Stanford USA
Marcel Lachemann USC USA (Asst. Coach) (former athlete/asst. coach)
BASKETBALL (9) Women's Micaela Cocks Oregon New Zealand Clare Bodensteiner Stanford New Zealand Jillian Harmon Stanford New Zealand Lisa Leslie USC USA Tina Thompson USC USA
Men's Shawn Redhage Arizona State Australia Robertas Javtokas Arizona Lithuania Jason Kidd California USA
Casey Smith Arizona State USA (Head Athletic Trainer) (former athletic trainer)
CYCLING (1) Women's Christine Thorburn, M.D. Stanford USA
DIVING (5) Women's Blythe Hartley USC Canada 3-meter springboard Claire Febvay Arizona France Angelique Rodriguez Arizona Puerto Rico
Men's Joona Puhakka Arizona State Finland 3-meter springboard
Mark Bradshaw (Coach) Arizona State Finland
GYMNASTICS (2) Women's Artistic Olivia Vivian Oregon State Australia
Women's Team Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs UCLA Canada
JUDO (1) Women's Sayaka Matsumoto California USA
FIELD HOCKEY (2) Women's Shellie Onstead California USA (Asst. Coach) (head coach)
Men's Peter Milkovich California Canada (Asst. Coach) (asst. coach)
ROWING (28) Women's Gabriela Varekova USC Czech Republic Iva Obradovic California Serbia Single Scull Rika Geyser Washington South Africa Single Scull Erin Cafaro California USA Eights Julie Nichols (alternate) California USA Single Scull Sabrina Kolker Stanford USA Pair (W2) Elle Logan Stanford USA Eight (W8+) Lindsay Meyer Stanford USA Eight Anna (Mickelson) Cummins Washington USA Eight (W8+); Coxless Pair Megan Kalmoe Washington USA Scull Pair Mary Whipple Washington USA Eight (W8+), coxswain
Laurel Korholz California USA (Asst. Coach)
Men's Scott Frandsen California Canada Pairs; Fours Jake Wetzel California Canada Eights Adam Kreek Stanford Canada Eight David Calder Washington Canada Coxless Pair Rob Gibson (alternate) Washington Canada Coxless Pair Ante Kusurin Washington Croatia Scull Pair Mark Hunter UCLA Great Britain Lwt. Double Scull Elliot Hovey California USA Double Sculls Josh Inman Oregon State USA Eight+ David Banks Stanford USA Four (M4-), bowman Jamie Schroeder Stanford USA Quadruple Sculls Mike Altman UCLA USA Lightweight Fours Scott Gault Washington USA Quadruple Sculls Guiseppe Lanzone Washington USA Straight Four Brett Newlin Washington USA Straight Four
Mike Teti (Head Coach) California USA (head men's crew coach) SOCCER (16) Women's Kara Lang UCLA Canada Forward Clare Rustad Washington Canada Defender/Midfield Ali Riley Stanford New Zealand Nicole Barnhart Stanford USA Rachel Buehler Stanford USA Lauren Cheney UCLA USA Forward Amy Rodriguez USC USA Hope Solo Washington USA Goalkeeper
Jillian Ellis UCLA USA (Asst. Coach) (current head coach)
Men's Simon Elliott Stanford New Zealand Ryan Nelsen Stanford New Zealand Robbie Findley (Alternate) Oregon State USA Benny Feilhaber UCLA USA Midfielder Frankie Hejduk (Alternate) UCLA USA Defender Patrick Ianni UCLA USA Defender Marvell Wynne UCLA USA Defender
SOFTBALL (18) Tanya Harding UCLA Australia Utility Jenn Salling Oregon Canada Danielle Lawrie Washington Canada Pitcher Jennie Finch Arizona USA Alicia Hollowell (alternate)Arizona USA Lovie Jung Arizona USA Caitlin Lowe Arizona USA Vicky Galindo California USA Infield Lauren Lappin Stanford USA Jessica Mendoza Stanford USA Andrea Duran UCLA USA 3rd Base/Outfield Lisa Fernandez UCLA USA Pitcher (Replacement Player) Tairia (Mims) Flowers UCLA USA Utility Stacey Nuveman UCLA USA Catcher Natasha Watley UCLA USA Shortstop
Linda Wells (Asst. Coach) Arizona State Netherlands Mike Candrea (Head Coach) Arizona USA John Rittman (Asst. Coach) Stanford (head coach)USA
SWIMMING (70) Women's Sherry Tsai California Hong Kong backstroke; freestyle Hannah Wilson California Hong Kong butterfly; freestyle Katinka Hosszu USC Hungary 400/200 IM Saori Haruguchi Oregon State Japan 200 IM Lauren Boyle California New Zealand 800 freestyle relay Nicolette Teo UCLA Singapore 100/200 breaststroke Sara Isakovic California Slovenia backstroke; freestyle Amanda Beard Arizona USA 200 breaststroke Lacey Nymeyer Arizona USA 100 freestyle; 400 freestyle relay Natalie Coughlin California USA 100 backstroke; 100 freestyle; 200 IM Emily Silver California USA 400 freestyle relay Elaine Breeden Stanford USA 100/200 butterfly Julia Smit Stanford USA 400/800 freestyle relay Kim Vandenberg UCLA USA 800 freestyle relay Rebecca Soni USC USA 100/200 breaststroke; 400 medley relay
Teri McKeever (Coach) USC/California USA
Men's Markus Rogan Stanford Austria 100/200 backstroke Nicolas Nilo Arizona Brazil Henrique Barbosa California Brazil 100/200 breaststroke Phillip Morrison Stanford Brazil 800 freestyle relay Rodrigo Castro USC Brazil 200 freestyle; 400/800 free. relay Joel Greenshields Arizona Canada Jake Tapp Arizona Canada Tobias Oriwol Stanford Canada 200 backstroke Ante Cvitkovic Arizona State Croatia 400 medley relay Duje Draganja California Croatia 50/100 freestyle Gordan Kozulj California Croatia backstroke Simon Burnett Arizona England Martti Aljand California Estonia 100/200 breaststroke Martin Liivamagi California Estonia 200 IM Tamas Kerekjarto USC Hungary 200 butterfly; 200 IM Zoltan Povazsay USC Hungary 800 freestyle relay Ankur Poseria USC India 100 butterfly Gal Nevo Arizona State Israel 200 IM Guy Barnea California Israel 100 backstroke David Dunford Stanford Kenya 50 freestyle Jason Dunford Stanford Kenya 100 butterfly; 100 freestyle Mohammed Madwa Arizona State Kuwait 50/100 freestyle Rolandas Gimbutis California Lithuania 50 freestyle Rugile Mileisyte Washington State Lithuania Juan Veloz Arizona Mexico Miguel Molina California Philippines 200 IM; 200 breaststroke Bart Kizierowski California Poland 50 freestyle Milorad Cavic California Serbia 100 butterfly Damir Dugonjic California Slovenia 100 breaststroke Jernej Godec California Slovenia 50 freestyle Jean Basson Arizona South Africa Lyndon Ferns Arizona South Africa Ryk Neethling Arizona South Africa Roland Schoeman Arizona South Africa Darian Townsend Arizona South Africa Gerhard Zandberg Arizona South Africa Jonas Persson Arizona Sweden Dominik Meichtry California Switzerland 200 freestyle Ratapong "Nuk" Sirisanont California Thailand breaststroke Ous Mellouli USC Tunisia 200/400/1500 free. Nathan Adrian California USA 400 freestyle relay Ben Wildman-Tobriner Stanford USA 50 freestyle; 400 freestyle relay Larsen Jensen USC USA 400/1500 freestyle Klete Keller USC USA 800 freestyle relay Erik Vendt USC USA 800 freestyle relay Mark Warkentin USC USA 10k open water Albert Subarits Arizona Venezuela
Mike Chasson (Coach) Arizona State Kuwait Rick DeMont (Asst. Coach) Arizona South Africa Matt Macedo (Coach) California Trinidad &Tobago Dave Salo (Head Coach) USC Tunisia Frank Busch (Asst. Coach) Arizona USA Ian McLeod (Trainer) Arizona State USA Mark Schubert USC USA (General Manager)
TABLE TENNIS (1) Women's Jackie Lee (alternate) California USA
TENNIS (4) Men's Mark Knowles UCLA Bahamas Doubles Marcin Matkowski UCLA Poland Doubles Bob Bryan Stanford USA Doubles Mike Bryan Stanford USA Doubles
TRACK AND FIELD (54) Women's Arantxa King (Alternate) Stanford Bermuda Natasha Danvers-Smith USC Great Britain 400-meter hurdles Eva Orban USC Hungary Hammer Throw Yoo Kim UCLA Korea Pole Vault Inga Stasiulionyte USC Lithuania Javelin Throw Carol Rodriguez USC Puerto Rico 400-meter dash Brigita Langerhole USC Slovenia 800-meter Rhonda Watkins UCLA Trinidad/Tobago Long Jump Leila Ben Youssef Stanford Tunisia Pole Vault Jacquelyn Johnson Arizona State USA Heptathlon Kristin Heaston California USA Shot Put Magdalena Lewy California USA Marathon Grace Upshaw California USA Long Jump Jillian Camarena Stanford USA Shot Put Erica McLain Stanford USA Triple Jump Amy Acuff UCLA USA High Jump Jessica Cosby UCLA USA Hammer Throw Dawn Harper UCLA USA 100-meter hurdles Monique Henderson UCLA USA 4x400-meter relay Suzy Powell-Roos UCLA USA Discus Sheena (Johnson) Tosta UCLA USA 400-meter hurdles Torri Edwards USC USA 100-meter dash; 4x100-meter relay Allyson Felix USC USA 200-meter dash; 4x100-meter relay; 4x400-meter relay Angela Williams USC USA 4x100-meter relay Aretha (Hill) Thurmond Washington USA Discus Diana Pickler Washington State USA Heptathlon
Tina Fernandes USC Puerto Rico (Asst. Coach) Jeanette Bolden UCLA USA (Head Coach)
Men's Jonathan Williams UCLA Belize 400-meter hurdles Anson Henry Washington State Canada 100-meter dash; 4x100-meter relay Martin Maric California Croatia Discus Felix Sanchez USC Dominican Rep. 400-meter hurdles Mart Israel Washington Estonia Discus Seth Amoo Arizona State Ghana 200-meter dash Joel Phillip Arizona State Granada 400-meter dash Shane Charles Washington Granada 400-meter hurdles Raphael Asafo-Agyei USC Great Britain 800-meter Amin Nikfar California Iran Shot Put Jorge I. Martinez Renteria California Mexico 100-meter dash (Alternate) Dominic Johnson Arizona St. Lucia Christian Belz Washington Switzerland 5000-meters Abdi Abdirahman Arizona USA Trevell Quinley Arizona State USA Long Jump Galen Rupp Oregon USA 10,000-meter Andrew Wheating Oregon USA 800-meter Ian Dobson Stanford USA 5000-meters Ryan Hall Stanford USA Marathon Michael Robertson Stanford USA Discus Jesse Williams USC USA High Jump Brad Walker Washington USA Pole Vault Bernard Lagat Washington State USA 1500-meter; 5000-meter Ian Waltz Washington State USA Discus Lewis Banda Arizona State Zimbabwe 400-meter dash
James Li (Manager) Arizona USA
VOLLEYBALL, BEACH (5) Women's Bibiana Candelas USC Mexico Kerri Walsh Stanford USA Elaine Youngs UCLA USA
Liz Masakayan (Coach) UCLA USA Youngs/Branagh
Men's Bob Alejo (Asst. Coach) UCLA USA
VOLLEYBALL, INDOOR (11) Women's Asia Kaczor USC Poland Sonja Tomasevic Washington Serbia Kim Glass Arizona USA Ogonna Nnamani Stanford USA Logan Tom Stanford USA Nicole Davis USC USA
Sue Woodstra USC/Cal USA (Asst. Coach)
Men's Gabe Gardner USC/Stanford USA Kevin Hansen Stanford USA
John Speraw (Asst. Coach)UCLA USA Jamie Morrison USC USA (Technical Consultant)
WATER POLO (25) Women's Aniko Pelle USC Hungary Sofia Konoukh USC Russia Heather Petri California USA Elsie Windes California USA Alison Gregorka Stanford USA Jessica Steffens Stanford USA Brenda Villa Stanford USA Natalie Golda UCLA USA Defender/Utility Jaime Hipp UCLA USA Goalkeeper Patty Cardenas USC USA Kami Craig USC USA Brittany Hayes USC USA Moriah Van Norman USC USA Lauren Wenger USC USA
Guy Baker (Head Coach) UCLA USA Bernice Orwig (Asst. Coach) USC USA
Men's John Mann (alternate) California USA Tony Azevedo Stanford USA Layne Beaubien Stanford USA Peter Hudnut Stanford USA Peter Varellas Stanford USA Brandon Brooks UCLA USA Goalkeeper Adam Wright UCLA USA Attacker J.W. Krumpholz USC USA
Robert Lynn (Asst. Coach)USC USA
WRESTLING (2) Matt Gentry Stanford Canada 74kg freestyle Heinrich Barnes Oregon State South Africa 66 kilos
MISCELLANEOUS (1) Hongping Li USC USA USOC Admin. Asst.
TOTAL PAC-10 ATHLETES: 228 TOTAL PAC-10 COACHES/SUPPORT: 31
