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NORTHERN ARIZONA TRACK & FIELD Lopez Lomong •Served as U.S. Flagbearer at 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing •Advanced to semifinals of the men’s 1500m •First NAU athlete to represent the United States in the Olympic Games •Won two National Championships (2007 indoor 3000, 2007 outdoor 1500) as a Lumberjack •Competed at NAU from 2005 to 2007, earning five All- American awards Northern Arizona Track and Field has been represented in every summer Olympics since 1984, by a total of 10 differnet athletes, including three-time Olympians Angela Chalmers and Anna Soderberg. Angela Chalmers Anna Soderberg NAU O •Bronze medal in the 3000-meters at •Competed in the 2008 Olympics in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 2004 Olympics in Athens, and Barcelona, Spain the 2000 games in Sydney •Competed in the 1988 Summer •Competed in three World Olympics in Seoul, Korea Championships, finishing as high as eighth (Paris, 2003) in the discus •Ran track and cross country for the Lumberjacks 1982-1986 •NCAA Champion, 1997 LYMPIANS •1986 NCAA Women’s Cross Country •NAU student-athlete 1993-1997 Champion •NAU Hall of Fame, 2003 •NAU Hall of Fame, 1992 Samantha George Victor Castillo •Competed in the 2000 Summer •Competed in the long jump in the Olympics in Sydney, Australia on the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Canadian 4x400 meter relay team Greece •11th-place finish at NCAA •Third-place finish at 2003 Pan Championships, 400-meters American Games •Big Sky Conference record-holder, •IAAF third-best world mark of 27-3 400-meters (53.01, 1998) LUMBERJACKS IN THE OLYMPICS Athlete Year(s) Country Maya Benzoor 1984 Israel Jama Bile 1996 Samolia Victor Castillo 2004 Venezuela Angela Chalmers 1988, 1992, 1996 Canada Samantha George 2000 Canada Lopez Lomong 2008 United States Kristian Pettersson 2000 Sweden Anna Soderberg 2000, 2004, 2008 Sweden Georgina Toth 2008 Cameroun Anthony Wilson 1996 Canada 1 2008 Olympian Georgina Toth NORTHERN ARIZONA TRACK & FIELD UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Location Flagstaff, Ariz.
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