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· Baseball
· Basketball: Women
· Diving: Men
· Diving: Women
· Softball
· Swimming: Men
· Swimming: Women
· Track and Field: Men
· Track and Field: Women |
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| MEDAL TRACKER (current and former UT athletes) |
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Gold: 10 |
Silver: 2 |
Bronze: 2 |
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| GOLD |
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| Athlete, Country |
Sport, Event |
Performance (Time/Score) |
Ricky Berens, USA
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Swimming, 800m freestyle relay
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6:58.56 (World Record) |
| Ian Crocker, USA |
Swimming, 400m medley relay |
prelims |
| Brendan Hansen, USA |
Swimming, 400m medley relay |
3:29.34 (World Record) |
Aaron Peirsol, USA
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Swimming, 100m backstroke
Swimming, 400m medley relay
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52.54 (World Record)
3:29.34 (World Record) |
| Sanya Richards, USA |
Track and Field, 1600m relay |
3:18.54 |
| Melaine Walker, Jamaica |
Track and Field, 400m hurdles |
52.67 (Olympic Record) |
Dave Walters, USA
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Swimming, 800m freestyle relay |
prelims |
Garrett Weber-Gale, USA
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Swimming, 400m freestyle relay
Swimming, 400m medley relay
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3:08:24 (World Record)
prelims |
| SILVER |
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| Athlete, Country |
Sport, Event |
Performance (Time/Score) |
| Cat Osterman, USA |
Softball |
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Aaron Peirsol, USA
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Swimming, 200m backstroke |
1:54.33 |
| BRONZE |
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| Athlete, Country |
Sport, Event |
Performance (Time/Score) |
| Sanya Richards, USA |
Track and Field, 400m |
49.93 |
| Taylor Teagarden, USA |
Baseball |
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PHOTO GALLERY
· Burnt Orange in Beijing |
HISTORY
· UT at the Olympics
· All-time UT Olympic medalists
· All-time UT Olympians (by Olympiad)
· All-time UT Olympians (by sport) |
GENERAL COVERAGE
· [08.25.08] Texas completes Beijing Olympics with 10 gold and 14 total medals
· [08.08.08] 2008 Beijing Olympics: UT athletes and coaches 
· [08.01.08] Twenty-seven Longhorns to represent six countries in 2008 Olympic Games
· [07.27.08] Herd of Longhorns headed to Beijing, by John Maher, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.08.08] Twenty-two Longhorns to represent U.S. in 2008 Olympic Games |
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ATHLETE
· Taylor Teagarden |
USA BASEBALL
· USABaseball.com
· Roster
· Schedule
· History |
NEWSSTAND
· [08.11.08] Team USA excited to meet President; Teagarden makes up for presidential meeting previously missed, USA Baseball
· [07.22.08] Trade for Texas Rangers' Teagarden: Majors for Olympics, by Anthony Andro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
· [07.21.08] Winning blast for Texas Rangers, then going, going, gone?, by Jeff Wilson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
· [07.18.08] Rangers call up catcher Teagarden, by Thor Nystrom, MLB.com
· [07.16.08] Olympic Team roster announced, USABaseball.com
· [07.16.08] Teagarden relished chance to return to Austin, by Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman |
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TEAM USA ASSISTANT COACH
· Gail Goestenkors |
USA BASKETBALL
Keep up with the 2008 USA Women’s Senior National Team and assistant coach Gail Goestenkors on USA Basketball’s Web site. |
COACH G'S JOURNEY TO THE GOLD
· [08.25.08] Good as Gold!
· [08.15.08] Pool play wrap-up
· [08.11.08] Coach G describes her opening ceremonies experience
· [08.05.08] Ni hao from China
· [07.28.08] Summer wrap-up before Beijing |
EVENTS SCHEDULE
· 2008 Olympic Women's Basketball schedule
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NEWSSTAND
· [08.23.08] Coach G and USA Women's Basketball win gold at Summer Olympics
· [08.21.08] USA Women's Basketball defeats Russia, 67-52, to advance to its fourth-straight title match
· [08.19.08] USA Women's Basketball heads to semifinals after defeating South Korea, 104-60, Associated Press
· [08.17.08] USA Women's Basketball remains unbeaten in pool play at the Summer Olympics, by Doug Feinberg, AP
· [08.15.08] Thompson keys third quarter run as US beats Spain, by by Doug Feinberg, Yahoo! Sports
· [08.13.08] USA Women’s Basketball defeats Mali, 97-41, for its 28th consecutive Olympic victory, Associated Press
· [08.11.08] USA assistant coach key to team victory over China, by Luciana Chavez, McClatchy Newspapers
· [08.11.08] USA Women's Basketball routs China, 108-63, in second round of Olympics, Associated Press
· [08.09.08] President Bush watches US rout Czech in opener, by Doug Feinberg, AP
· [07.20.08] Goestenkors hoping to soak up international strategy, by Cedric Golden, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.17.08] Video: Coach G's press conference on 2008 Summer Olympics
· [07.17.08] Transcript: Coach G chats about upcoming trip to Beijing
· [05.09.08] Photo gallery: Countdown to Beijing Olympics with Coach G
· [05.09.08] Countdown to Beijing Olympics with Coach G |
PHOTO GALLERY
· [08.08.08] Coach G in Beijing with USA Women's Basketball
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ATHLETE
· Troy Dumais |
COACH
· Matt Scoggin, assistant diving coach |
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ATHLETE
· Laura Wilkinson |
COACH
· Matt Scoggin, assistant diving coach |
NEWSSTAND
· [06.23.08] Ex-Horn Laura Wilkinson earns third trip to Olympics, Austin American-Statesman |
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ATHLETE
· Cat Osterman: USA Softball bio | DePaul assistant coach bio |
EVENTS SCHEDULE
· 2008 Olympic Softball schedule |
GET TO KNOW CAT OSTERMAN
Three-time USA Softball National Player of the Year and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Cat Osterman provides periodic blog entries at Cat's Corner on CatOsterman.com. |
NEWSSTAND
· [08.15.08] Superior to Phelps? A softball question, by Buck Harvey, San Antonio Express-News
· [08.13.08] USA's Cat Osterman pounces with no-hitter vs. Australia, by Andy Gardiner, USA Today
· [08.10.08] Made in China (Cat Osterman), by Nick Gholson, Wichita Falls Times Record News
· [07.29.08] Q&A with U.S. Olympian Cat Osterman
· [07.23.08] All-Star team must deal with Osterman's finesse, by Mark Berman, The Roanoke Times
· [07.19.08] The Q&A: Cat Osterman, by Jenni Carlson, The Oklahoman
· [07.17.08] Milk ad goes for the gold, by Lewis Lazare, Chicago Sun Times
· [07.12.08] U.S. softball team aiming at fourth gold in China, by Tom Withers, AP
· [06.21.08] USA Softball: So good, they are being punished?, by Kate Hairopoulos, Sporting News
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ATHLETES
· Ricky Berens
· Ian Crocker
· Brendan Hansen
· Aaron Peirsol
· Scott Spann
· Garrett Weber-Gale
· Dave Walters |
COACHES
· Eddie Reese, head men's swimming coach |
EVENTS SCHEDULE
· 2008 Olympic Swimming schedule |
TV SCHEDULE
· 2008 Olympic Swimming TV schedule (NBCOlympics.com) |
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NEWSSTAND
· [08.25.08] Three questions for Queen City gold-medal swimmer (Ricky Berens), by Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
· [08.15.08] Swimmer with local ties achieves gold at Olympics, by Craig Harvey, ObserverToday.com
· [08.14.08] Road to Gold went from Tabb to Beijing, by Nick Mathews, Newport News (Va.) Daily Press
· [08.14.08] Price of Gold just right for first-time Olympian Berens, by Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
· [08.13.08] Charlotte's Ricky Berens wins gold medal, by Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
· [08.12.08] Charlotte swimmer (Ricky Berens) stars in preliminary event, by Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
· [08.12.08] Austin's Peirsol captures gold; Phelps makes it 3 for 3, by John Maher, Austin American-Statesman
· [08.12.08] Aaron Peirsol has no rival as a backstroker, by Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News
· [08.12.08] Veterans Coughlin, Peirsol help U.S. swim team save face in Beijing, by Pat Forde, ESPN.com
· [08.12.08] Phelps, Peirsol continue U.S. men's record onslaught at Water Cube, by Brian Cazeneuve, SI.com
· [08.12.08] Berens hopes for freestyle relay gold of his own, by Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
· [08.11.08] Rewriting the books, by John Maher, Austin American-Statesman
· [08.11.08] Lezak anchors comeback for the ages for U.S. men's relay team, by Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News
· [08.11.08] Weber-Gale is golden in 400 relay, by Charles F. Gardner, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
· [08.10.08] Texas-Ex Weber-Gale wins gold, smashes 400m freestyle relay world record at Beijing Olympics
· [08.10.08] Peirsol advances to 100 backstroke semifinals at Beijing Olympics
· [08.09.08] Hansen advances to 100 breaststroke finals at Beijing Olympics
· [08.09.08] Hansen advances to 100m breaststroke semifinals at 2008 Beijing Olympics
· [08.05.08] Garrett Weber-Gale: Fulfilling his own prophecy, by Charles F. Gardner, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
· [08.04.08] Teammates at Texas, Olympic swimmers compete in
Beijing, by Chip Brown, Dallas Morning News
· [08.03.08] Tabb grad hopes to come up aces, by Dave Fairbank,
Newport News (Va.) Daily Press
· [07.29.08] Countdown to Beijing: Brendan Hansen, San Antonio Express-News
· [07.24.08] Scott Spann: Making his own opportunities, by Mike Watkins, USA Swimming
· [07.18.08] Men's Swimming Olympic notebook: July 18
· [07.06.08] Weber-Gale wins 50 to gain sprint double, by John Henderson, The Denver Post
· [07.06.08] Weber-Gale outpaces stars for record, by John Maher, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.04.08] 44-year victory lap for the Reeses, by Judith Nygren, Omaha World-Herald
· [07.03.08] Lezak, Weber-Gale swap U.S. 100-meter freestyle mark, by John Maher, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.02.08] Peirsol: Former Texas Longhorn earns spot on U.S. swim team, by Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News
· [07.01.08] Berens: Bearin' down for Beijing, by Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
· [06.30.08] Berens' big test begins, by Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
· [06.30.08] Spann follows his dad's path into the pool, by John Maher, Austin American-Statesman |
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ATHLETES
· Hee-Jin Chang (South Korea)
· Susana Escobar (Mexico)
· Kathleen Hersey |
COACH
· Kim Brackin, head swimming coach (Zimbabwe) |
EVENTS SCHEDULE
· 2008 Olympic Swimming schedule |
TV SCHEDULE
· 2008 Olympic Swimming TV schedule (NBCOlympics.com) |
NEWSSTAND
· [08.13.08] Roswell's Hersey advances to 200 butterfly final, by Jeff Schultz, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
· [08.12.08] Atlanta connection: Hersey, Shanteau get turns to dive in, by Jeff Schultz, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
· [08.10.08] Coventry breaks 100m backstroke world record at Beijing Olympics
· [08.10.08] Escobar wins 400 freestyle heat at Beijing Olympics
· [08.09.08] Coventry tops world record, takes silver in 400 IM at Beijing Olympics
· [08.09.08] Coventry advances to 400 IM Finals at Beijing Olympics
· [08.03.08] Roswell swimmer ready to take on the world, by Jill
Vejnoska, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
· [07.04.08] Future Longhorn Hersey earns Olympic berth, by John Maher, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.04.08] Hersey, 18, finding success at the right time, by Mike Tierney, NBCOlympics.com |
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ATHLETES
· Brendan Christian (Antigua)
· Trey Hardee
· Kamiel Maase (Netherlands)
· Andra Manson
· Leo Manzano |
COACHES
· Bubba Thornton
· Jason Vigilante
· Mario Sategna |
EVENTS SCHEDULE
· 2008 Olympic Track and Field schedule |
BUBBA'S OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
· [08.28.2008] Home sweet home
· [08.14.2008] Final preparations
· [08.08.2008] Opening ceremonies
· [07.31.2008] Arrival in China
· [07.29.2008] Processing in San Jose
· [07.28.2008] Jolly old England
· [07.23.2008] Showtime in Sweden
· [07.21.2008] Time to hit the road |
GET TO KNOW TREY HARDEE
Former Longhorn and current Team USA member Trey Hardee has started his own web site, TreyHardee.com, where he will be providing blog entries, photos and other information during his trip to Beijing. |
NEWSSTAND
· [08.15.2008] Manzano advances to 1,500m semifinals at Beijing Olympics
· [08.05.2008] Manzano ran a long race to get to Beijing, by
Eddie Pells, The Associated Press
· [08.01.2008] Keller's Bubba Thornton bound for Beijing, by
Bryce Nieman, Keller Citizen
· [07.15.2008] Born in Mexico but U.S. bred, by David R. Henry, The Daily Texan
· [07.13.2008] Manzano's bond with coach has led to success, by Ricky Doyle, News 8 Austin
· [07.10.2008] U.S. track coach calls team 'strongest' ever, The Associated Press
· [07.08.2008] Land of hope and dreams, NBC
· [07.07.2008] U.S. hopes Olympic rivals will be singing America's tune, AFP
· [07.07.2008] Even not at full strength, U.S. track still world's best, by Charean Williams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
· [07.07.2008] U.S. 'melting pot' yields 1,500 team, by Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune
· [07.07.2008] Manzano, Marshevet Hooker qualify for Beijing Games, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.07.2008] Manson qualifies for Olympic Games, Brenham Banner-Press
· [07.06.2008] Former Horn Manzano pacing himself for final in 1,500 meters, by James Dunaway, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.03.2008] Manson's technique is big enough jump to reach Beijing, by John Maher, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.01.2008] Bound for Beijing, by Solomon Crenshaw Jr., The Birmingham News
· [06.30.2008] Former UT decathlete Hardee aims for Beijing, by John Maher, Austin American-Statesman
· [06.26.2008] Trials by fire, by Randy Riggs, Austin American-Statesman
· [06.20.2008] Perfect 10, by Ray Melick, The Birmingham News
· [06.10.2008] Born in Mexico, runner now carries U.S. Olympic dream, by Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press
· [05.14.2008] Texas senior Manzano eyes NCAAs, Olympic Games, by Dick Patrick, USA Today
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ATHLETES
· Michelle Carter
· Marshevet Hooker
· Sanya Richards
· Melaine Walker (Jamaica) |
EVENTS SCHEDULE
· 2008 Olympic Track and Field schedule |
KEEP UP WITH SANYA RICHARDS
Former Longhorn and current Team USA members Sanya Richards will keep fans updated on her Beijing happenings on her web site, SanyaRichards.net. Visit "Sanya's Corner" to read up on her blog and comment on her forum. |
NEWSSTAND
· [08.20.08] Texas-ex Sanya Richards feels ‘snakebit’ by bronze, by Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News
· [08.07.08] Richards leans on her family in chase for gold in 400 meters, by Dick Patrick, USA Today
· [08.05.08] Former Longhorn Ross cheers on fiancée, ex-Horn Sanya Richards, by Tom Canavan, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.21.08] Putting illness behind her Sanya Richards finds her stride, by Chip Brown, Dallas Morning News
· [07.07.08] Manzano, Marshevet Hooker qualify for Beijing Games, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.06.08] Two Texas Exes Beijing-bound; more still alive, Austin American-Statesman
· [07.05.08] Ticket to Beijing all they wanted, by Kate Hairopoulos, Dallas Morning News
· [07.04.08] Sanya Richards has a new plan, by Philip Hersh, Los Angeles Times |
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