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By University Communications
August 8, 2008

Swimming

UA Olympians: Jean Basson, Amanda Beard, Simon Burnett, Lyndon Ferns, Joel Greenshields, Matt Grevers, Ryk Neethling, Nicholas Nilo, Lacey Nymeyer, Roland Schoeman, Albert Subirats, Jake Tapp, Darian Townsend, Juan Veloz

Site: National Aquatics Center, Olympic Green, Beijing

Dates: Aug. 9-17

Saturday, Aug. 9

• Men's 400m Freestyle Prelims: Darian Townsend
• Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Prelims: Lacey Nymeyer

Sunday, Aug. 10

• Men's 400m Freestyle Final: Darian Townsend
• Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final: Lacey Nymeyer
• Men's 200m Freestyle Prelims: Darian Townsend, Jean Basson

• Men's 100m Backstroke Prelims: Matt Grevers, Jake Tapp
• Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Prelims: Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Simon Burnett, Nicholas Nilo

Monday, Aug. 11

• Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinal: Darian Townsend, Jean Basson
• Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinal: Matt Grevers, Jake Tapp
• Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final: Darian Townsend, Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Simon Burnett, Nicholas Nilo
• Men's 200m Butterfly Prelims: Juan Veloz

Tuesday, Aug. 12

• Men's 200m Freestyle Final: Darian Townsend, Jean Basson
• Men's 100m Backstroke Final: Matt Grevers, Jake Tapp
• Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinal: Juan Veloz
• Men's 100m Freestyle Prelims: Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns, Joel Greenshields
• Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Prelims: Ryk Neethling, Jean Basson, Nicholas Nilo

Wednesday, August 13

• Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinal: Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns, Joel Greenshields
• Men's 200m Butterfly Final: Juan Veloz
• Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final: Ryk Neethling, Jean Basson, Nicholas Nilo
• Women's 100m Freestyle Prelims: Lacey Nymeyer
• Women's 200m Breaststroke Prelims: Amanda Beard
• Men's 200m Individual Medley Prelims: Darian Townsend

Thursday, Aug. 14

• Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinal: Lacey Nymeyer
• Men's 100m Freestyle Final: Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns, Joel Greenshields
• Women's 200m Breaststroke Semifinal: Amanda Beard
• Men's 200m Individual Medley Semifinal: Darian Townsend
• Men's 50m Freestyle Prelims: Roland Schoeman
• Men's 100m Butterfly Prelims: Lyndon Ferns, Albert Subirats, Juan Veloz

Friday, Aug. 15

• Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinal: Roland Schoeman
• Women's 200m Breaststroke Final: Amanda Beard
• Men's 200m Individual Medley Final: Darian Townsend
• Women's 100m Freestyle Final: Lacey Nymeyer
• Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinal: Lyndon Ferns, Albert Subirats, Juan Veloz
• Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Prelims: Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman

Saturday, Aug. 16

• Men's 100m Butterfly Final: Lyndon Ferns, Albert Subirats, Juan Veloz
• Men's 50m Freestyle Final: Roland Schoeman

Sunday, Aug. 17

• Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final: Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman

Women’s Volleyball

UA Olympian: Kim Glass

Site: Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing

• Aug. 9, USA v. Japan
• Aug. 11, USA v. Cuba
• Aug. 13, USA v. Venezuela
• Aug. 15, USA v. China
• Aug. 17, USA v. Poland
• Aug. 19, Quarterfinals
• Aug. 21, Semifinals
• Aug. 23, Bronze and Gold Medal matches

Softball

UA Olympians: Mike Candrea, Jennie Finch, Alicia Hollowell, Lovieanne Jung, Caitlyn Lowe

Site: Fengtai Sports Center Softball Field, Beijing

• Aug. 11, USA vs. Venezuela
• Aug. 12, USA vs. Australia
• Aug. 13, USA vs. Canada
• Aug. 14, USA vs. Japan
• Aug. 15, USA vs. Chinese Taipei
• Aug. 17, USA vs. Netherlands
• Aug. 18, USA vs. China
• Aug. 20, Semifinals
• Aug. 21, Gold Medal game

Baseball

UA Olympian: Jason Donald

Site: Wukesong Baseball Field, Beijing

• Aug. 13, USA vs. South Korea
• Aug. 14, USA vs. Netherlands
• Aug. 15, USA vs. Cuba
• Aug. 16, USA vs. Canada
• Aug. 18, USA vs. China
• Aug. 19, USA vs. Chinese Taipei
• Aug. 20, USA vs. Japan Aug. 22, Semifinals
• Aug. 23, Gold Medal game

Men's 1,500-meter Run

UA Olympian: Bernard Lagat

Site: National Stadium, Olympic Green, Beijing

• Aug. 15, Round 1
• Aug. 17, Semifinals
• Aug. 19, Final

Women's Shot Put

UA Olympian: Jill Camarena

Site: National Stadium, Olympic Green, Beijing

• Aug. 16, Qualifying round
• Aug. 16, Final

Men's 10,000-meter Run

UA Olympian: Abdi Abdirahman

Site: National Stadium, Olympic Green, Beijing

• Aug. 17, Final

Men's 5,000-meter Run

UA Olympian: Bernard Lagat

Site: National Stadium, Olympic Green, Beijing

• Aug. 20, Round 1
• Aug. 22, Final

Men's Pole Vault

UA Olympian: Dominic Johnson

Site: National Stadium, Olympic Green, Beijing

• Aug. 20, Qualifying round
• Aug. 22, Final

Women's 3-meter Springboard Diving

UA Olympian: Angelique Rodriguez

Site: National Aquatics Center, Olympic Green, Beijing

• Aug. 15, Preliminary round
• Aug. 16, Semifinals
• Aug. 17, Final

Women's 10-meter Platform Diving

UA Olympian: Claire Febvay

Site: National Aquatics Center, Olympic Green, Beijing

• Aug. 20, Preliminary round
• Aug. 21, Semifinals
• Aug. 21, Final

Cycling

UA Olympian: Todd Wells

• Aug. 23, Cross Country Mountain Bike

Broadcast information: NBC plans 1,400 hours of broadcast coverage of the 2008 Beijing Games on a number of channels, including NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, Universal HD, Oxygen and Telemundo. Additionally, 2,200 hours of coverage will be available online. For specific broadcast information, go to http://www.nbcolympics.com.