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Ohio State In The 2008 Beijing Olympics

• Competition and Broadcast Schedule

Olympic News On OhioStateBuckeyes.com
08/18/2008 - Rowing: Margot Shumway and U.S. Contingent Finish Fifth in Quadruple Sculls
08/18/2008 - Basketball: Redd, Team USA Reach Olympic Quarterfinals with Win over Germany
08/18/2008 - Track & Field Video: Coach Gary Talks About His Olympic Experiences
08/17/2008 - Women's Basketball: Smith Scores 13 as USA Women Down New Zealand, 96-60
08/16/2008 - Women's Basketball: USA Women Roll Over Spain In Second Half For 95-55 Win
08/16/2008 - Basketball: Redd, Team USA Undefeated in Olympic Pool Play
08/15/2008 - Video: Buckeyes Excited to Watch Bhavsar Find Olympic Glory
08/15/2008 - Buckeyes on Beijing: Former Ohio State Olympians Reflect on Games Past and Present
08/14/2008 - Basketball: Redd, Americans Remain on Roll with 92-69 Win over Greece
08/14/2008 - Blogging from Beijing: Miles Avery Sends Back News from China
08/13/2008 - Men's Swimming: Roki's Olympics Highlight Summer Swims
08/13/2008 - Women's Basketball: Smith, Team USA Improve to 3-0 with 97-41 Win Over Mali
08/12/2008 - Basketball: Redd, Team USA Handle Angola, 97-76
08/11/2008 - Men's Gymnastics: Bhavsar, USA Win Team Bronze Medal
08/11/2008 - Men’s Tennis: Devin Mullings Makes Olympic Debut
08/11/2008 - Women's Basketball: Smith, USA Women Down Host China, 108-63
08/10/2008 - Men’s Gymnastics: Bhavsar, U.S. Advance to Olympic Team Finals Monday
08/10/2008 - Men's Basketball: Redd, USA Men Take Olympic Opener, 101-70, Over China
08/10/2008 - Basketball: Buckeyes Check in from Beijing
08/09/2008 - Women's Basketball: Smith, Team USA Defeat Czech Republic, 97-57
08/08/2008 - Rowing: Blogging From Beijing: Rowing's Margot Shumway Celebrates Birthday
08/08/2008 - Swimming: Coach Bill Wadley Predicts Olympic Gold & More
08/08/2008 - Men's Gymnastics: Blogging from Beijing: Miles Avery Sends Back News from China
08/07/2008 - Men's Gymnastics: Morgan Hamm Withdraws from 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
08/06/2008 - Men's Basketball: Redd, USA Fight Off Australia, 87-76
08/05/2008 - Men's Basketball: Redd, USA Men's Team Gives Back to China
08/05/2008 - Women's Basketball: Smith, USA Women Earn Hard-Fought 71-67 Victory Over Australia
08/04/2008 - Women's Basketball: Smith, USA Women Run Away with 93-58 Victory over Russia
08/03/2008 - Women's Basketball: Smith, USA Women's National Team Defeats Latvia 84-74
08/03/2008 - Men's Basketball: Redd, USA Top Russia, 89-68
08/01/2008 - Men's Basketball: Redd's 16-Point Effort Powers USA Men Past Lithuania
07/31/2008 - Men's Basketball: Redd, Team USA Oust Turkey, 114-82
07/29/2008 - Basketball: USA Basketball Men’s and Women’s Olympic Games to Air Live from Beijing on NBC Networks
07/28/2008 - Men's Gymnastics: Raj Bhavsar Added to 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
07/28/2008 - Men's Gymnastics: Paul Hamm Withdraws from 2008 U.S. Men's Gymnastics Olympic Team
07/28/2008 - Rowing: Former Buckeye Margot Shumway's Q&A with Row2k
07/26/2008 - Men's Basketball: Redd Nets 20 Points in Team USA's Victory Over Canada
07/21/2008 - Men's Gymnastics: Miles Avery Named Olympic Assistant Coach
07/07/2008 - Track & Field: Ohio State Concludes Action at U.S. Olympic Trials
07/06/2008 - Track & Field: Myers, Brown Chase Olympic Dreams Sunday on NBC
07/05/2008 - Track & Field: Myers Advances to 1,500m Finals at U.S. Trials
07/04/2008 - Track & Field: Buckeyes Advance at U.S. Track & Field Trials
07/03/2008 - Track & Field: Four Buckeyes Compete at U.S. Trials Thursday
06/30/2008 - Men's Basketball: Buckeyes in Beijing: Redd Comments on USA Basketball Selection
06/30/2008 - Rowing: Former Buckeye Margot Shumway Joins Growing Ohio State Contingent for Olympic Games
06/29/2008 - Track & Field: Former Buckeye Taylor Comes Up Inches Short in Shot Put
06/26/2008 - Track & Field: Buckeyes in Beijing Video: Mentoring the Mile
06/25/2008 - Swimming: Ohio State's U.S. Olympic Trials Competitors
06/23/2008 - Men's Gymnastics: Coach Miles Avery and Olympians Paul and Morgan Hamm Meet with Media
06/23/2008 - Men's Basketball: Redd to Beijing - USA Basketball Announces 12-Member Team
06/23/2008 - Swimming: 14 Swimmers Set for U.S. Olympic Trials
06/23/2008 - Track & Field: Ohio State Olympic Hopefuls Gearing Up for U.S. Trials
06/22/2008 - Men’s Gymnastics: Morgan Hamm Named to 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
06/22/2008 - Men’s Gymnastics: Paul Hamm Named to 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
06/22/2008 - Men's Diving: Buckeye Results from the Olympic Trials
06/22/2008 - Women's Diving: Buckeye Results from U.S. Olympic Trials
06/21/2008 - Swimming: Niksa Roki Qualifies for Summer Olympics
06/20/2008 - Men’s Gymnastics: Former Buckeye Raj Bhavsar Holds Third at 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials
06/17/2008 - Fencing: Once in a Lifetime
06/17/2008 - Men's Swimming: Markovic Remains Hopeful His Olympic Dream Will Come True
06/15/2008 - Wrestling: 8 Minutes Away
06/13/2008 - Diving: Seven Buckeyes to Compete at U.S. Olympic Trials
06/05/2008 - Men's Gymnastics: Paul Hamm Featured on NBCOlympics.com
06/03/2008 - Synchronized Swimming: Catching up with Becky Kim
05/23/2008 - Softball: Speaking with Kristi DeVries
05/02/2008 - Men's Gymnastics: Head Coach Miles Avery Featured in International Gymnast

History of Ohio State and the Olympics
Basketball, Women's
Gymnastics, Men's
Track and Field

2008 Ohio State Olympians

Name Country Year(s) at OSU Hometown Sport/Event
Miles Avery ^ United States OSU Head Coach Columbus, Ohio Gymnastics
Raj Bhavsar United States Lettered 2000-03 Houston, Texas Gymnastics
Siobhan Byrne Ireland 2008 graduate Eislingen, Germany Sabre (Fencing)
Itai Chammah Israel Sophomore Yavne, Israel 100 & 200 meter backstroke (Swimming)
Kristi DeVries Netherlands Lettered 2001-04 Corona, Calif. Softball
Gulsah Gunenc Turkey Lettered 2004-07 Edirne, Turkey 100 & 200 butterfly (Swimming)
Morgan Hamm * United States OSU Graduate Waukesha, Wis. Gymnastics
Paul Hamm * United States OSU Graduate Waukesha, Wis. Gymnastics
Kate Hooven United States Lettered 2003-04 Pleasanton, Calif. Synchronized Swimming
Becky Kim United States Senior Walnut Creek, Calif. Synchronized Swimming
Devin Mullings Bahamas Lettered 2004-07 Freeport, Bahamas Tennis
Michael Redd United States Lettered 1998-00 Columbus, Ohio Basketball
Jason Rogers United States Lettered: 2002, 03, 05, 06 Los Angeles, Calif. Sabre (Fencing)
Niksa Roki Croatia Junior Zagreb, Croatia 400 IM & 200 backstroke (Swimming)
Margot Shumway United States Lettered: 2001, 02 Westlake, Ohio Rowing
Katie Smith United States Lettered 1993-96 Columbus, Ohio Basketball
Hannah Thompson United States Lettered 2002-05 Rochester, N.Y. Foil (Fencing)
Bryan Volpenhein United States OSU Graduate Cincinnati, Ohio Rowing
Lori Walker % NBC Television OSU Head Coach Columbus, Ohio Soccer

^ - Coach
* - Withdrew (Injury)
% - NBC Television Announcer

Good Luck in Beijing


Miles Avery
Gymnastics
United States

Raj Bhavsar
Gymnastics
United States

Siobhan Byrne
Fencing
Ireland

Itai Chammah
Swimming
Israel

Kristi DeVries
Softball
Netherlands

Gulsah Gunenc
Swimming
Turkey

Morgan Hamm
Gymnastics
United States

Paul Hamm
Gymnastics
United States

Kate Hooven
Synch Swimming
United States

Becky Kim
Synch Swimming
United States

Devin Mullings
Tennis
Bahamas

Michael Redd
Basketball
United States

Jason Rogers
Fencing
United States

Niksa Roki
Swimming
Croatia

Margot Shumway
Rowing
United States

Katie Smith
Basketbal
United States

Hannah Thompson
Fencing
United States

Bryan Volpenhein
Rowing
United States

Lori Walker
Soccer
NBC Television

2008 Ohio State Olympic Hopefuls

Name Country Year(s) at OSU Hometown Sport/Event
Bianca Alvarez United States Sophomore Miami, Fla. 3-meter springboard (Diving)
Kristin Asman United States Sophomore Columbus, Ohio 10-meter platform (Diving)
Andrew Bretscher United States Sophomore Greencastle, Ind. 100 butterfly (Swimming)
Joel Brown United States Lettered 2001-04 Baltimore, Md. 110-meter hurdles (Track & Field)
Jacob Busch United States Senior Toledo, Ohio 200 freestyle (Swimming)
Alex Chen United States Junior Bowie, Md. 400 freestyle (Swimming)
Chelsea Davis United States Senior Columbus, Ohio 3-meter springboard (Diving)
Joe Doyle United States Lettered 2004-07 Centerburg, Ohio 50 & 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly (Swimming)
Joel Elber United States Junior Brunswick, Ohio 50 freestyle (Swimming)
Justin Farra United States Sophomore Clarksville, Md. 200 IM (Swimming)
Jenna Griffin United States Grad. Student Somerset, N.J. 400-meter (Track & Field)
Kellen Harkness United States 2008 graduate Puyallup, Wash. 3-meter springboard (Diving)
Michael Hulme United States Sophomore Bozeman, Mont. 400 IM (Swimming)
Elliott Keefer United States Sophomore Overland Park, Kan. 100 & 200 breaststroke(Swimming)
Jill Lockhart United States Junior Muncie, Ind. 200 backstroke (Swimming)
Keturah Lofton United States Lettered 2002-06 Zanesville, Ohio Hammer throw (Track & Field)
George Markovic Serbia Sophomore Sydney, Australia 400 freestyle (Swimming)
Sean Moore United States Sophomore Englewood, Colo. 10-meter platform (Diving)
Rob Myers United States Lettered 2001-2004 Rushville, Ohio 1500-meter dash (Track & Field)
Mark Neiman United States Junior Cherry Hill, N.J. 400 & 1500 freestyle (Swimming)
Brian Olinger United States Lettered 2002-06 Fresno, Ohio 3,000-meter steeplechase (Track & Field)
Andrew Olson United States Junior Allison Park, Pa. 200 freestyle (Swimming)
Sam Pelkey United States Junior Muncie, Ind. 100 & 200 breaststroke(Swimming)
Jeff See United States Junior Middletown, Ohio 1500-meter mile (Track & Field)
Phil Seleskie United States Sophomore Hastings, Minn. 200 IM (Swimming)
Burkley Showe United States Junior Worthington, Ohio 3-meter springboard (Diving)
Dan Taylor United States Lettered 2001-04 Middlefield, Ohio Shot (Track & Field)
Matt Voelker United States Lettered 2005-08 Arlington, Ohio 50 & 100 freestyle(Swimming)
Wes Wieser United States Senior Chesterfield, Mo. 10-meter platform (Diving)

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