From: Big Ten Mailing List Manager mailing-lists@office.bigten.org Subject: More Than 150 To Represent Big Ten At Rio Games Date: August 3, 2016 at 4:34 PM To: [email protected] More Than 150 To Represent Big Ten At Rio Games All 14 Big Ten institutions have participants in 2016 games. Aug. 3, 2016 • Release on BigTen.org: http://www.bigten.org/genrel/080316aai.html • 2016 Olympic Games Schedule • All-Time Big Ten Olympians (thru 2014 Games) The 2016 Olympic Games open this week and the Big Ten will boast more than 150 participants and coaches in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5-21. All 14 Big Ten schools will be represented at the Games with Michigan leading the way with 30 representatives (24 competitors and six coaches). The Wolverines are followed by Penn State (24), Indiana (17), Wisconsin (16), Ohio State (14) and Nebraska (11). Of the 154 overall representatives, 126 are competitors including 27 who will be students on Big Ten campuses this fall. The Big Ten contingent of current and former students, coaches and alumni includes 66 members of the United States Olympic Team along with representation of 34 additional countries. Other countries represented (with multiple competitors in parentheses): Armenia, Austria, Australia, Bahamas (3), Belgium, British Virgin Islands, Burundi, Canada (16), Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt (2), France, Great Britain (2), Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong (2), Ireland, Jamaica, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico (2), Netherlands, New Zealand (3), Nigeria (3), Puerto Rico (3), Serbia, Slovenia (2), South Africa, Spain (3), Sweden (2) and U.S. Virgin Islands. The Big Ten representatives will compete in 15 different sports with 35 each in both swimming & diving and track & field. Other sports with multiple Big Ten competitors are volleyball (14), rowing (10), fencing (7), soccer (6), wrestling (5), basketball (3), cycling (3), gymnastics (3), rugby (3), field hockey (2), golf (2).. Six of the competitors earned CoSIDA Academic All-American status during their careers in the Big Ten: Indiana's Kelsie Ahbe (track & field), Michigan's Connor Jaeger (swimming), Minnesota's Lindsay Whalen (basketball), Nebraska's Jordan Larson (volleyball), Purdue's Kara (Patterson) Winger (track & field) and Wisconsin's Gwen Jorgensen (triathlon). The Big Ten will be represented by 23 coaching staff members including six from Michigan and five from Wisconsin. Four of the coaches with Big Ten connections will be serving as head coaches in their respective sports: former Michigan head coach Bob Bowman (United States swimming head coach), Indiana diving coach Drew Johansen (United States diving head coach), Nebraska rifle head coach Ashley McAllister (Puerto Rico rifle head coach) and Nebraska alum Mark Williams (United States men's gymnastics head coach). Big Ten students and coaches have been a part of the Olympic experience on more than 1,500 occasions, including many making multiple trips to the international event. That list of conference standouts has accumulated more than 600 medals, including nearly 300 gold. Former medalists include Ohio State track star Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, and former Indiana swimmer Mark Spitz, who won four medals, including two golds, in the 1968 Games before claiming seven gold medals during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. The Winter Games have also been rewarding, as 12 members of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” United States hockey team were from Minnesota and Wisconsin. 2016 Olympic Participants From Big Ten Institutions Participants include all current and former students, alumni and coaches (listed below the competitors) from Big Ten institutions who are scheduled to participate in the Olympics. If the participant will be a current student at a Big Ten institution this fall, they are indicated with an asterisk. ILLINOIS Michelle Bartsch, Volleyball, USA (alternate) Nikkita Holder, Track & Field (100m hurdles), Canada Susanna Kallur, Track & Field (100m hurdles), Sweden Ashley Kelly, Track & Field (200m), British Virgin Islands Thomas Pieters, Golf, Belgium Rajeev Ram, Tennis (doubles), USA Andrew Riley, Track & Field (110m hurdles), Jamaica Pedrya Seymour, Track & Field (100m hurdles), Bahamas INDIANA Kelsie Ahbe, Track & Field (pole vault), Canada *James Connor, Diving (10m platform), Australia Amy Cozad, Diving (synchronized 10m platform), USA Derek Drouin, Track & Field (high jump), Canada *Marwan Ismail El Kamash, Swimming (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle), Egypt *Kennedy Goss, Swimming (800m freestyle relay), Canada *Michael Hixon, Diving (3m springboard, synchronized 3m springboard), USA *Ali Khalafalla, Swimming (50m freestyle), Egypt *Lilly King, Swimming (100m, 200m breaststroke), USA Cody Miller, Swimming (100m breaststroke), USA Olu Olamigoke, Track & Field (triple jump), Nigeria *Jessica Parratto, Diving (10m platform, synchronized 10m platform), USA *Blake Pieroni, Swimming (100m freestyle), USA *Blake Pieroni, Swimming (100m freestyle), USA *Anze Tavcar, Swimming (100m, 200m freestyle), Slovenia Orianica Velasquez, Soccer, Colombia Drew Johansen, Diving (head coach), USA Ray Loose, Swimming (assistant coach), USA IOWA Daniel Dennis, Wrestling (57kg), USA Troy Doris, Track & Field (triple jump), Guyana Houry Gebeshian, Gymnastics (uneven bars, beam, vault, floor, all-around), Armenia Diane Nukuri, Track (10000m, marathon), Burundi Tom Brands, Wrestling (freestyle coach), USA MARYLAND Katie (O’Donnell) Bam, Field Hockey, USA Thea LaFond, Track & Field (triple jump), Dominica Micha Powell, Track & Field (4x400m relay), Canada Jill Witmer, Field Hockey, USA MICHIGAN Felix Aubock, Swimming (200m, 400, 1500m freestyle), Austria Nate Brannen, Track & Field (1500m), Canada Dylan Bosch, Swimming (4x200m freestyle relay), South Africa Amanda Elmore, Rowing (coxed eight), USA Bora Gulari, Sailing, USA *Siobhan Haughty, Swimming (200m freestyle, 200m IM), Hong Kong Connor Jaeger, Swimming (400m, 1,500m freestyle), USA Claudia Lau, Swimming (100m, 200m backstroke), Hong Kong Sam Mikulak, Gymnastics (all-around), USA Felice Mueller, Rowing (coxless pair), USA Anders Lie Nielsen, Swimming (4x200m freestyle relay), Denmark Cindy Ofili, Track & Field (100m hurdles), Great Britain Bruno Ortiz, Swimming (4x100m freestyle relay), Spain Miguel Ortiz, Swimming (4x100m freestyle relay), Spain Uhunoma Osazuwa, Track & Field (heptathlon), Nigeria Michael Phelps, Swimming (100m, 200m butterfly, 200m IM), USA Jeff Porter, Track & Field (110m hurdles), USA Tiffany (Ofili) Porter, Track & Field (100m hurdles), Great Britain Sean Ryan, Marathon Swimming (10km), USA Nicole (Edwards) Sifuentes, Track & Field (1500m), Canada Ellen Tomek, Rowing (double sculls), USA Nick Willis, Track & Field (1500m), Great Britain Mike Woods, Cycling (road race, time trial), Canada Shelina Zadorsky, Soccer, Canada Mike Bottom, Swimming (assistant coach), USA Bob Bowman, Swimming (head coach), USA Arnett Chisholm, Track & Field (individual coach), USA James Henry, Track & Field (individual coach), Great Britain Mike McGuire, Track & Field (individual coach), Canada Ron Warhurst, Track & Field (individual coach), New Zealand MICHIGAN STATE Franklin Gomez, Wrestling (65kg), Puerto Rico Draymond Green, Basketball, USA Emily Regan, Rowing (coxed eight), USA MINNESOTA Ben Blankenship, Track (1500m), USA Hassan Mead, Track & Field (5000m), USA David Plummer, Swimming (100m backstroke), USA Daly Santana, Volleyball, Puerto Rico *Kierra Smith, Swimming (100m, 200m breaststroke), Canada Barbora Spotakova, Track & Field (javelin), Czech Republic Lindsay Whalen, Basketball, USA NEBRASKA Therese Alshammar, Swimming (50m freestyle), Sweden Kayla Banwarth, Volleyball, USA Jordan Burroughs, Wrestling (74kg), USA Marusa Cernjul, Track & Field (high jump), Slovenia Jordan Larson, Volleyball, USA Danielle Page, Basketball, Serbia Danielle Page, Basketball, Serbia Sarah Pavan, Beach Volleyball, Canada Kelsey Robinson, Volleyball, USA Miles Ukaoma, Track & Field (400m hurdles), Nigeria Ashley (Rose) MacAllister, Rifle (head coach), Puerto Rico Mark Manning, Wrestling (freestyle coach), USA Mark Williams, Gymnastics (men's head coach), USA NORTHWESTERN *Valerie Gruest Slowing, Swimming (400m, 800m freestyle), Guatemala *Jordan Wilimovsky, Swimming (1500m freestyle), Marathon Swimming (10km), USA OHIO STATE *Aina Cid | Centelles, Rowing (women’s pair), Spain Nate Ebner, Rugby Sevens, USA Michael Hartfield, Track & Field (long jump), USA *Eleanor Harvey, Fencing (foil), Canada Misha Koudinov, Gymnastics (all-around), New Zealand Ilse Paulis, Rowing (lightweight double sculls), Netherlands *Nichelle Prince, Soccer, Canada Jason Pryor, Fencing (epee), USA Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino, Rowing (double sculls), France *Mona Shaito, Fencing (foil), Lebanon *Kyle Snyder, Wrestling (97kg), USA *Dustin Tynes, Swimming (100m breaststroke), Bahamas Michelle Williams, Swimming (50m freestyle), Canada Lou Rosselli, Wrestling (freestyle coach), USA PENN STATE Monica Aksamit, Fencing (sabre), USA Matt Anderson, Volleyball, USA *Matt Baranoski, Cycling, USA *Amelia (Meya) Bizer, Rugby, USA (alternate) Miles Chamley-Watson, Fencing (foil), USA Megan (Hodge) Easy, Volleyball, USA (alternate) Nicole Fawcett, Volleyball, USA (alternate) Daniel Gomez-Tanamachi, Fencing (foil), Mexico Christa Harmotto Dietzen, Volleyball, USA Alisha Glass, Volleyball, USA Carlos Guerra, Volleyball, Mexico Darrell Hill, Track & Field (shot put), USA Max Holt, Volleyball, USA Joe Kovacs, Track & Field (shot put),