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SEC in the 2008 Summer Olympics

Posted: August 4, 2008
Birmingham, AL -- Below is a list of former and current Southeastern Conference student-athletes who will be participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics, August-September, in Beijing, China as either an athlete or a coach with an Olympic Team.


Student-Athlete SEC School Sport Event(s)/Role Country
Trish Bartholomew Alabama Track & Field (W) 400m Grenada
Stefan Gherghel Alabama Swimming (M) 100 & 200 Fly; Relays Rumania
Agustina de Giovanni Alabama Swimming (W) 200m Breast Argentina
(1) Harvey Glance Alabama Track & Field Assistant Coach United States
Tahesia Harrigan Alabama Track & Field (W) 100m & 200m Brit. Virgin Islands
Kelly Kretschman Alabama Softball Athlete United States
Kou Luogon Alabama Track & Field (W) 400m Hurdles Liberia
Miruna Mataoanu Alabama Track & Field (W) High Jump Rumania
Hunor Mate Alabama Swimming (M) 200m Breast Hungary
Miguel Pate Alabama Track & Field (M) Long Jump United States
Anne Poleska Alabama Swimming (W) 200m Breast Germany
Vlad Polyakov Alabama Swimming (M) 100m & 200m Breast Kazakhstan
Arlene Semeco Alabama Swimming (W) 50m & 100m Free Venezuela
Apostolis Tsagkarakis Alabama Swimming (M) 50m Free; Relays Greece
Veronica Campbell-Brown Arkansas Track & Field (W) 200m Jamaica
Alistair Cragg Arkansas Track & Field (M) 1,500m, 5,000m & 10,000m Ireland
Tyson Gay Arkansas Track & Field (M) 100m United States
Deena Kastor Arkansas Track & Field (W) Marathon United States
Wallace Spearmon Arkansas Track & Field (M) 200m United States
April Steiner Bennett Arkansas Track & Field (W) Pole Vault United States
Nicole Teter Arkansas Track & Field (W) 800m United States
Christin Wurth-Thomas Arkansas Track & Field (W) 1,500m United States
Amy Yoder Begley Arkansas Track & Field (W) 10,000m United States
Sanjay Ayre Auburn Track & Field (M) 400m Jamaica
Fred Bousquet Auburn Swimming (M) 100m Fly; 400m FR; 400m MR France
George Bovell Auburn Swimming (M) 50m Free; 100m Free Trinidad & Tobago
Marc Burns Auburn Track & Field (M) 100m Trinidad & Tobago
Cesar Cielo Auburn Swimming (M) 50 & 100 Free; 400 FR;
400 MR		 Brazil
Timicka Clarke Auburn Track & Field (W) 100m Bahamas
Kirsty Coventry Auburn Swimming (W) 100 & 200 Back;
200 & 400 IM		 Zimbabwe
Alana Dillette Auburn Swimming (W) 100m Back Bahamas
Vonnette Dixon Auburn Track & Field (W) 100m Jamaica
Mark Gangloff Auburn Swimming (M) 100m Breast United States
Brett Hawke Auburn Swimming Assistant Coach Brazil
Margaret Hoelzer Auburn Swimming (W) 100m & 200m Back United States
Jeremy Knowles Auburn Swimming (M) 100m & 200m Fly;
200m IM		 Bahamas
Josanne Lucas Auburn Track & Field (W) 400m Hurdles Trinidad & Tobago
Gabor Mate Auburn Track & Field (M) Discus Hungary
Avard Moncur Auburn Track & Field (M) 4x400m Relay Bahamas
Leevan Sands Auburn Track & Field (M) Triple Jump Bahamas
Shamar Sands Auburn Track & Field (M) 110m Hurdles Bahamas
Alexei Puninski Auburn Swimming (W) 100m Fly Croatia
Eric Shanteau Auburn Swimming (M) 200m Breast United States
Maurice Smith Auburn Track & Field (M) Decathlon Jamaica
Kerron Stewart Auburn Track & Field (W) 100m/200m/4x100m Relay Jamaica
Matt Targett Auburn Swimming (M) 100m Free Australia
Donald Thomas Auburn Track & Field (M) High Jump Bahamas
Bradley Ally Florida Swimming (M) 200 & 400 IM;
100 & 200 Breast		 Barbados
Aaron Armstrong Florida Track & Field (M) 100m & 200m Trinidad & Tobago
Sarah Bateman Florida Swimming (W) 50m Free Iceland
Caroline Burckle Florida Swimming (W) 200m Free United States
Hazel Clark Florida Track & Field (W) 800m United States
Kerron Clement Florida Track & Field (M) 400m Hurdles United States
Melanie Costa-Schmid Florida Swimming (W) 200m Free; 4x200m Free Relay Spain
Rodion Davelaar Florida Swimming (M) 50m & 100m Free Curacao
Brett Fraser Florida Swimming (M) 100m & 200m Back Cayman Islands
Shaune Fraser Florida Swimming (M) 50, 100, 200m Free;
100m Fly 		Cayman Islands
Balacz Gercsak Florida Swimming (M) 400m free Hungary
Roberto Gomez Florida Swimming (M) 50 & 100 Free; 4x100m FR Venezuela
Kristin Heaston Florida Track & Field (W) Shot Put United States
Mariam Kevkhishvili Florida Track & Field (W) Shot Put Georgia
Matt LaPorta Florida Baseball Athlete United States
Ryan Lochte Florida Swimming (M) 400m IM; 200m Back;
200m IM		 United States
Gabriel Mangabeira Florida Swimming (M) 100m Fly Brazil
DeLisha Milton-Jones Florida Basketball (W) Athlete United States
Heather Mitts Florida Soccer (W) Athlete United States
Ricardo Monasterio Florida Swimming (M) 400 & 1,500m Free Venezuela
Anthony Nesty Florida Swimming Head Coach Suriname
Omar Pinzon Florida Swimming (M) 100m & 200m Back; 200m Fly;
200m & 400m IM 		Columbia
Tiandra Ponteen Florida Track & Field (W) 400m St. Kitts
Anna-Liisa Pold Florida Swimming (W) 400m IM Estonia
Eddie Reese Florida Swimming (M) Head Coach United States
Roland Rudolph Florida Swimming (M) 200m Back Hungary
Juan Carlos Sulbaran Florida Baseball Athlete Netherlands Antilles
Adam Sioui Florida Swimming (M) 100m & 200m Fly;
4x200m FR		 Canada
Calvin Smith Florida Track & Field (M) 400m United States
Gemma Spofforth Florida Swimming (W) 100m & 200m Back Great Britain
Dara Torres Florida Swimming (W) 50m Free United States
Gregg Troy Florida Swimming (M) Assistant Coach United States
J.B. Walsh Florida Swimming (M) 100m & 200m Fly Philippines
Novlene Williams-Mills Florida Track & Field (W) 400m Jamaica
Jack Bauerle Georgia Swimming (W) Head Coach United States
Chris Colwill Georgia Diving (M) 3m & Synch. 3m Springboard United States
Jenny Dahlgren Georgia Track & Field (W) Hammer Throw Argentina
Thorey Elisdottir Georgia Track & Field (W) Pole Vault Iceland
Debbie Ferguson Georgia Track & Field (W) 100m & 200m Bahamas
Hyleas Fountain Georgia Track & Field (W) Heptathlon United States
Sultana Frizell Georgia Track & Field (W) Hammer Throw Canada
Andras Haklits Georgia Track & Field (M) Hammer Throw Croatia
Reese Hoffa Georgia Track & Field (M) Shot Put United States
Dan Laak Georgia Diving Assistant Coach United States
Kara Lynn Joyce Georgia Swimming (W) 4x100m Free Relay United States
Sarah Poewe Georgia Swimming (W) 100m & 200m Breast Germany
Troyden Prinsloo Georgia Swimming (M) 1,500m Free South Africa
Sebastien Rouault Georgia Swimming (M) 400m & 1,500m Free France
Allison Schmitt Georgia Swimming (W) 200m Free; 4x200m FR United States
Levern Spencer Georgia Track & Field (W) High Jump St. Lucia
Gil Stovall Georgia Swimming (M) 200m Fly United States
Patricia Sylvester Georgia Track & Field (W) Long Jump Grenada
Sheila Taormina Georgia Swimming (W) Modern Pentathlon United States
Wendy Trott Georgia Swimming (W) 400m & 800m Breast South Africa
Neil Versfeld Georgia Swimming (M) 200m Breast South Africa
Jose Acevado Kentucky Track & Field (M) 200m Venezuela
Elvis Burrows Kentucky Swimming (M) 50m Free Bahamas
David Freeman Kentucky Track & Field (M) 1,500m Puerto Rico
Tayshaun Prince Kentucky Basketball (M) Athlete United States
Mikel Thomas Kentucky Track & Field (M) 110m Hurdles Trinidad & Tobago
Erin Tucker Kentucky Track & Field Assistant Coach Venezuela
Seimone Augustus LSU Basketball (W) Athlete United States
Kelly Baptiste LSU Track & Field (W) 100m Trinidad & Tobago
Neisha Bernard-Thomas LSU Track & Field (W) 800m Grenada
Heather Brand LSU Swimming (W) 100m Fly Zimbabwe
Marian Burnett LSU Track & Field (W) 800m Guyana
Laverne Eve LSU Track & Field (W) Javelin Bahamas
Sherry Fletcher LSU Track & Field (W) 100m Grenada
Sylvia Fowles LSU Basketball (W) Athlete United States
Alleyne Francique LSU Track & Field (M) 400m Grenada
Lolo Jones LSU Track & Field (W) 100m Hurdles United States
Muna Lee LSU Track & Field (W) 100m & 200m United States
Miko Malberg LSU Swimming (M) 50m Free Estonia
Jessica Ohanaja LSU Track & Field (W) 100m Hurdles Nigeria
Isa Phillips LSU Track & Field (M) 400m Hurdles Jamaica
Richard Thompson LSU Track & Field (M) 100m Trinidad & Tobago
Nickiesha Wilson LSU Track & Field (W) 400m Hurdles Jamaica
Mahesh Bhupathi Ole Miss Tennis (M) Doubles India
Brittney Reese Ole Miss Track & Field (W) Long Jump United States
Pierre Brown Mississippi State Track & Field (M) Athlete Canada
Dion Crabbe Mississippi State Track & Field (M) Athlete Brit. Virgin Islands
Aleen Bailey South Carolina Track & Field (W) 4x100m Jamaica
Leroy Dixon South Carolina Track & Field (M) 4x100m United States
Brad Guzan South Carolina Soccer (M) Athlete United States
Chelsea Hammond South Carolina Track & Field (W) Long Jump Jamaica
Natasha Hastings South Carolina Track & Field (W) 4x100m United States
Karen Johns South Carolina Softball Assistant Coach United States
Mechelle Lewis South Carolina Track & Field (W) 4x400m United States
Rodney Martin South Carolina Track & Field (M) 4x100m United States
Sharntelle McLean South Carolina Swimming (W) Freestyle Trinidad & Tobago
Tiffany Ross-Williams South Carolina Track & Field (W) 100m Hurdles United States
Dawn Staley South Carolina Basketball (W) Assistant Coach United States
Shevon Stoddart South Carolina Track & Field (W) 400m Jamaica
Terrence Trammell South Carolina Track & Field (M) 110m Hurdles United States
Monica Abbott Tennessee Softball Athlete United States
Jangy Addy Tennessee Track & Field (M) Decathlon Liberia
Octavio Alesi Tennessee Swimming (M) Butterfly Venezuela
Tamika Catchings Tennessee Basketball (W) Athlete United States
J.J. Clark Tennessee Track & Field (W) Assistant Coach United States
Anthony Famiglietti Tennessee Track & Field (M) 3000m Steeplechase United States
Gary Kikaya Tennessee Track & Field (M) 400m Congo
Kara Lawson Tennessee Basketball (W) Athlete United States
Christine Magnuson Tennessee Swimming (W) 100m Butterfly United States
Tom Pappas Tennessee Track & Field (M) Decathlon United States
Candace Parker Tennessee Basketball (W) Athlete United States
Leigh Smith Tennessee Track & Field (M) Javelin United States
Jevon Tarintino Tennessee Diving (M) Synch. 3m Springboard United States
Dee Dee Trotter Tennessee Track & Field (W) 400m United States
Rhian Wilkinson Tennessee Soccer (W) Athlete Canada
Casey Weathers Vanderbilt Baseball Athlete United States

CODES
Event(s)/Role - Athlete is listed in team sports and in sports where event has not been determined.

[As of August 7, 2008 / 10 am CT] - 157 former/current SEC student-athletes
(1) - Participated in track & field at Auburn. Current head coach at Alabama.



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