August 18th, 2008 by
andrew stein
All of these gymnastics competitions have brought back many memories of Kerri Strug’s memorable vault during the women’s team competition during the 1996 olympics in Atlanta. And something that I didn’t realize was the Kerri is a Stanford alum. Gymnasts usually compete in the olympics in the teens, and therefore, well before they go to college. Thus, Strug attended Stanford after her amazing performance in the olympics. She graduated in 2001.
In case you don’t remember, a video of the vault is below:
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August 17th, 2008 by
andrew stein
I can’t believe we’re already at Day 10 of the Olympics. This is going by much too fast!
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John Gall — Baseball: USA vs. China [4 a.m. MSNBC Mult. Sports Coverage]
Gabe Gardner and Kevin Hansen — Volleyball (M): USA vs. Japan [7 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
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August 17th, 2008 by
andrew stein
Two more Stanford Athletes earned a gold medal today while rowing. Adam Kreek won a gold medal with the Canadian Men’s Rowing Eight, and Elle Logan won the gold medal with the USA team in the women’s Rowing eight.
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Here is a picture of Adam’s Gold-medal-winning rowing team:
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Also on the water today was Lindsay Meyer who will be starting her freshman year at Stanford this fall. According to NBC’s broadcast, she deferred starting at Stanford for one year because she was told that she had a chance of competing in the olympics. This goal of competing in beijing did come true, but unfortunately, she was unable to bring home a medal.
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August 17th, 2008 by
andrew stein
1 gold!
1 silver!
3 bronze!
Ben Wildman-Tobriner earned the gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Julia Smit earned a silver medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and she also won a bronze medal in the 4×200-meter relay. In addition Bob and Mike Bryan both won a bronze medal in men’s doubles tennis. Go Card!
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August 16th, 2008 by
andrew stein
The women’s basketball game today between the USA and New Zealand will determine if you are a bigger USA fan or a bigger Stanford fan because both of the Stanford athletes participating, Clare and Jillian, are both playing for the NZ team.
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Clare Bodensteiner and Jillian Harmon — Basketball (W): New Zealand vs. USA [7:15 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
Lauren Lappin and Jessica Mendoza — Softball: USA vs. Netherlands [4:30 a.m. MSNBC (LIVE) Live Game Coverage]
Lauren Lappin and Jessica Mendoza — Softball: USA vs. China [9 p.m. CNBC (LIVE) Live Game Coverage]
Tony Azevedo, Layne Beaubien, Peter Hudnut, and Peter Varellas — Water Polo (M): USA vs. Germany [11 p.m. USA Mult. Sports Coverage]
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August 15th, 2008 by
andrew stein
Today is going to be a relatively quiet day for Stanford athletes in the olympics…
Ogonna Nnamani and Logan Tom — Volleyball (W): USA vs. Poland {9:30 p.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage (8/17)]
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August 15th, 2008 by
andrew stein
And the Stanford athletes in competition today are…
John Gall — Baseball: USA vs. Canada [7:30 p.m. MSNBC Mult. Sports Coverage (8/16)]
Lauren Lappin and Jessica Mendoza — Softball: USA vs. Chinese Taipei [9 p.m. CNBC (LIVE) Live Game Coverage]
Michael Robertson — Track & Field (M): Discus (Qual.) [7:40 p.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage (8/16)]
Erica McLain — Track & Field (W): Triple Jump (Qual.) [6:40 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
Jillian Camarena — Track & Field (W): Shot Put (Qual.) [6:10 p.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage (8/16)]
Leila Ben-Youssef — Track & Field (W): Pole Vault (Qual.) [7:10 p.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage (8/16)]
Gabe Gardner and Kevin Hansen — Volleyball (M): USA vs. China [7 p.m. NBC Part of Primetime Coverage]
Ogonna Nnamani and Logan Tom — Volleyball (W): USA vs. China [5 a.m. MSNBC (LIVE) Live Game Coverage]
Tony Azevedo, Layne Beaubien, Peter Hudnut, and Peter Varellas — Water Polo (M): USA vs. Croatia [9:10 p.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage (8/16)]
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August 14th, 2008 by
andrew stein
What Stanford athletes do we have to look forward to in this 6th day of competition in Beijing?
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John Gall — Baseball: USA vs. Cuba [8:30 p.m. USA Mult. Sports Coverage]
Clare Bodensteiner and Jillian Harmon — Basketball (W): New Zealand vs. Czech Rep. [6 p.m. NBC Olympic Basketball Channel]
Lauren Lappin and Jessica Mendoza — Softball: USA vs. Japan [9 p.m. CNBC (LIVE) Live Game Coverage]
David Dunford — Swimming (M): 50m Freestyle (H) [3:30 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
Jason Dunford — Swimming (M): 100m Butterfly (H) [4:40 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
Gabe Gardner and Kevin Hansen — Volleyball (M): USA vs. Bulgaria [7 a.m. NBC Part of Primetime Coverage]
Alison Gregorka, Jessica Steffens, and Brenda Villa — Water Polo (W): USA vs. Russia [11:20 p.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage (8/15)]
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August 13th, 2008 by
andrew stein
Day 5 of Olympic action is about to get started, and although there may have been a little disappointment in the silver finish by the women’s gymnastics team, there is so much more olympics to go, and I’m looking forward to all of it. I can’t believe we haven’t even started on track and field yet!
Stanford athletes participating in day 5 at Beijing:
John Gall — Baseball: USA vs. Korea [3 a.m. MSNBC Mult. Sports Coverage]
John Gall — Baseball: USA vs. Netherlands [7:30 p.m. USA Mult. Sports Coverage]
Clare Bodensteiner and Jillian Harmon — Basketball (W): New Zealand vs. China [1:45 a.m. NBC Olympic Basketball Channel]
Simon Elliott and Ryan Nelsen — Soccer (M): New Zealand vs. Belgium [4:45 a.m. NBC Olympic Soccer Channel]
Lauren Lappin and Jessica Mendoza — Softball: USA vs. Canada [9 p.m. CNBC (LIVE) Live Game Coverage]
Tobias Oriwol — Swimming (M): 200m Backstroke (H) [4:09 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
Julia Smit — Swimming (W): 4×200m Free Relay (H) [6:05 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
Tony Azevedo, Layne Beaubien, Peter Hudnut, and Peter Varellas — Water Polo (M): USA vs. Serbia [7:50 p.m. NBC Part of Late Night Coverage (8/14)]
Alison Gregorka, Jessica Steffens, and Brenda Villa — Water Polo (W): USA vs. Italy [12:40 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
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Meanwhile, Phelps continues to earn Gold medals paving his way through history…
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August 12th, 2008 by
andrew stein
I’m sure I will probably talk more of this later, but for the time being here’s the update of how Stanford is doing in terms of medals in Beijing. Ben Wildman-Tobriner won a gold medal as part of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay team, and Julia Smit earned a silver medal as part of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay team. Go card!
And here’s several events and their respective Stanford people to look for today:
Christine Thorburn — Cycling (W): Time Trial [8:30 p.m. NBC Part of Primetime Coverage (8/13)]
Nicole Barnhart, Rachel Buehler, and Ali Riley — Soccer (W): USA vs. New Zealand [4:45 a.m. MSNBC (LIVE) Live Game Coverage]
Lauren Lappin and Jessica Mendoza — Softball: USA vs. Australia [9 p.m. CNBC (LIVE) Live Game Coverage]
Jason Dunford — Swimming (M): 100m Freestyle (H) [3:30 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
Julia Smit — Swimming (W): 4×200m Free Relay (H) [5:15 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
Elaine Breeden — Swimming (W): 200m Butterfly (H) [4:14 a.m. NBC Part of Daytime Coverage]
Ogonna Nnamani and Logan Tom — Volleyball (W): USA vs. Venezuela 9 p.m. NBC Part of Late Night Coverage (8/13)
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Julia Smit, silver medalist from the 4×100-meter freestyle relay
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