Longhorns Olympians

TEXAS TRACK & FIELD Longhorns Olympians BY NAME BY YEAR Dylan Armstrong__________________________________ 2008, 2012 1948 LONDON Patrik Bodén __________________________________________1992 Jerry Thompson: The three-time NCAA two-mile champion qualified Peter Borglund ___________________________________ 1988, 1992 for the USA team and competed in the 5,000 meters, but did not reach Mark Boswell ____________________________________ 2000, 2004 the finals. Mike Burley __________________________________________1976 Brendan Christian ___________________________________2004, ’08 1952 HELSINKI Paul Craig ____________________________________________1976 Bishop Dolegiewicz _____________________________________1976 Dean Smith: A member of the 1952 USA team, Smith became the Long- horns’ first Olympic medal winner at the Games. He ran the first leg Richard Duncan __________________________________ 1996, 2000 on the gold medal-winning 400m relay team (40.1). He also placed Marquise Goodwin _____________________________________2012 fourth in 100m in 10.4. Winthrop Graham _________________________________ 1988, 1992 Owen Hamilton ___________________________________ 1980, 1984 1956 MELBOURNE Trey Hardee _____________________________________ 2008, 2012 Oskar Jakobsson __________________________________ 1976, 1980 Eddie Southern: A member of the USA team, Southern set an Olympic Johnny “Lam” Jones ____________________________________1976 record of 50.1 in the 400m hurdles prelims. He went on to become the Horns’ second Olympic medalist, receiving a silver medal for finish- Du’aine Ladejo ________________________________________1992 ing second to fellow American Glenn Davis in the 400m hurdles. Samyr Laine __________________________________________2012 Kamiel Maase _________________________________________2008 1976 MONTREAL Andra Manson ________________________________________2008 Leo Manzano ____________________________________ 2008, 2012 Johnny Lam Jones: Jones earned a spot on the USA team before starting Desmond Morris __________________________________ 1980, 1984 his freshman year at Texas. He earned a gold medal as the second leg Marvin Nash __________________________________________1976 of the 400m relay team (38.33). He also was sixth in the 100m (10.27). Paul Craig: One of five Longhorns competing for the Canadian team at Patrick Sang _____________________________________ 1988, 1992 the Montreal Games, Craig advanced to the semifinals in the 1,500m. Ian Seale _____________________________________________1976 He ran a 3:41.0 in the semis, but did not qualify for the final. Oddur Sigurdssonf _____________________________________1984 Bishop Dolegiewicz: A member of the Canadian squad, Dolegiewicz Dean Smith ___________________________________________1952 competed in the discus, but did not place. Karl Smith ___________________________________________1984 Marvin Nash: Ran the second leg of Canada’s eighth place 400m relay Eddie Southern ________________________________________1956 team (39.47). Hugh Spooner _________________________________________1976 Hugh Spooner: Ran the first leg of Canada’s 400m relay team that fin- Pablo Squella __________________________________________1988 ished eighth (39.47). Ian Stapleton __________________________________________1980 Ian Seale: Ran a 47.0 leadoff leg for Canada’s 1,600m relay team that fin- Jerry Thompson _______________________________________1948 ished just short of a medal, taking fourth in the finals (3:02.6). Einar Vihjalmsson _____________________________ 1984, 1988, 1992 Mike Burley: A member of the USA modern pentathlon team, but did Dag Wennlund ___________________________________ 1988, 1992 not place. Oskar Jakobsson: Competing for Iceland in the javelin, his throw of 238- 9 did not qualify for the finals. 1980 MOSCOW Oskar Jakobsson: In his second Olympic appearance, Jakobsson placed 11th in the shot put (62-6 3/4). He qualified in the discus, but did not reach the finals. Owen Hamilton: A member of the Jamaican team, he qualified for the semifinals in the 800m where his time of 1:47.6 missed the finals by one place. Desmond Morris: Competing for Jamaica, Morris qualified in the high jump, but did not reach the finals. Ian Stapleton: Running on Jamaica’s 1,600m relay team, Stapleton helped them advance to the semifinals, but they did not make the final. 2012-13 TEXAS TRACK & FIELD • HISTORY/RECORDS 49 49 TEXAS TRACK & FIELD Longhorns Olympians BY YEAR 1984 LOS ANGELES 1996 ATLANTA Owen Hamilton: In his second Olympic appearance for Jamaica, Hamil- Richard Duncan: Competing for Canada, Duncan finished 34th in the ton advanced to the 800m quarterfinals. long jump with a leap of 24-11 3/4. Desmond Morris: Competing in his second Olympics for Jamaica in high jump, Morris did not advance to the finals. 2000 SYDNEY Einar Vilhjalmsson: Competing for Iceland, Vilhjalmsson placed sixth Mark Boswell: Competing for Canada, Boswell finished in a sixth-place in the javelin finals with a toss of 267-8. tie in the high jump with a clearance of 7-7 1/4. Oddur Sigurdsson: A member of the Iceland team, Sigurdsson reached Richard Duncan: Competing in his second Olympics for Canada, Dun- the quarterfinals in the 400m. can finished in 16th place in Group I qualifying in the long jump (24- Karl Smith: A member of the Jamaican team, Smith reached the 400m 11 1/4). hurdles semifinals. 1988 SEOUL 2004 ATHENS Mark Boswell: Competing for Canada, Boswell finished seventh in the Peter Borglund: A member of the Swedish team, he was ninth in the high jump with a leap of 7-6. javelin (256-7). Brendan Christian: Competing for Antigua, Christian advanced to the Winthrop Graham: Won a silver medal as a member of Jamaica’s 1,600m second round of the 200 meters with a time of 20.71. He ran a 20.03 in relay team and narrowly missed another medal in his specialty, the the second round to finish just outside the top 16. 400m hurdles. Graham placed fifth in that event, clocking an all-time Southwest Conference best of 48.04. 2008 BEIJING Patrick Sang: Competing for Kenya, he came in seventh in the steeplechase (8:15.22). Dylan Armstrong: Competing for Canada, Armstrong narrowly missed Pablo Squella: Competing for Chile, Squella advanced to the quarterfi- medaling by finished fourth in the shot put with a toss of 69-0.50 nals in the 800m. (21.04m). Einar Vihjalmsson: Competed in the javelin for Iceland, but did not Brendan Christain: Competing for Antigua, Christian finished ninth in make the final. the 200 meters, narrowly missing the finals. He posted times of 20.29 Dag Wennlund: Competing in his first Olympics for Iceland, he was in the semifinals and 20.58 in the quarterfinals. eighth in the javelin (256-7). Trey Hardee: Competing for the United States, Hardee was in third place after the first day of the decathlon with 4,428 points, but did not clear 1992 BARCELONA a bar in the pole vault and decided to withdraw. Kamiel Maase: Competing for the Netherlands, Maase placed 39th in the Winthrop Graham: Competing for his native Jamaica in his second men’s marathon with a time of 2:20.30. Olympics, Graham won a silver medal, the second in his career, in the Andra Manson: Competing for the United States, Manson just missed 400m hurdles(47.66). qualifying for the final in the high jump. He posted a clearance of 2.25 Patrick Sang: A member of the Kenyan team, Sang won a silver medal in meters, which ended up being the minimum height to advance, but the steeplechase, clocking 8:09.55. he was unable to move on due to misses. Du’aine Ladejo: Competing for Great Britain, Ladejo became the Horns’ Leo Manzano: Competing for the United States, Manzano finished 12th fifth Olympic medalist earning a bronze medal as a member of its in the second heat of the 1,500-meter semifinals. He advanced to the 1,600m relay squad. semis by placing sixth in his quarterfinal heat in 3:36.67. Einar Vihjalmsson: A member of the Iceland team, Vihjalmsson was one of four former Horns competing in the javelin. He did not qualify for the final, but his toss of 258-2 was good for 14th place. Dag Wennlund: Competing for Iceland in the javelin, Wennlund did not make the final, but his throw of 255-6 ranked 15th. Patrik Bodén: A member of the Swedish team, Boden did not advance to the javelin final, but his toss of 254-11 was good for 16th place. Peter Borglund: Competing for Sweden, Borglund did not make the finals. He threw the javelin for 245-2. 50 2012-13 TEXAS TRACK & FIELD • HISTORY/RECORDS TEXAS TRACK & FIELD Longhorns Olympians BY YEAR 2012 LONDON Dylan Armstrong: Competing for Canada, Armstrong finished fifth in the shot put finals with a toss of 68-8 (20.93). He posted a mark of 67- 2.75 (20.49m) on his third and final attempt, which was good for third in the second of two qualifying flights of the prelims. He was seventh among the 12 competitors in the prelims. Marquise Goodwin: A member of the United States team, Goodwin finished 10th in the long jump with a leap of 25-7.25. He needed just one attempt in the qualifying round to reach the finals. Goodwin leapt 26-7.25 (8.11m) in his first-ever attempt in Olympic competition. That was the top mark in Group A and was one of just two automatic qualifiers for the finals. He leapt a career-best 27-4 (8.33m) on his final attempt at the U.S. Olympic Trials to earn a spot on the Olympic Team. Goodwin was the first collegian to win both the Olympic Trials and the NCAA Outdoor long jump competition in the same year since 1960. He was also the first-ever Longhorn to reach the long jump final at the Olympics. Trey Hardee: Competing for the United States, Hardee won a silver medal in the decathlon, becoming the first Longhorn to medal in the event and seventh to medal at the Olympics. Hardee, who posted 8,671 points, was in second place from wire-to-wire behind fellow Ameri- can Ashton Eaton who was in reach of the Olympic record (8,893 by Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic in 2004), but still managed an impressive tally of 8,869. Eaton and Hardee became the first Ameri- cans to go one-two in the Olympic decathlon since Milton Campbell and Rafer Johnson in 1956.

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