Schedule of Olympic Events Featuring UA Athletes
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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
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
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