Chicagoans Going For Gold
By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Aug 8, 2008 4:00PM
The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing are getting ready to start have already kicked off and, well, it seems that not many folks are as enthusiastic about it as some of us are (one of us has even participated in an Olympic Torch relay). So forgive us if we seemed a bit excited this morning because we dig that time every four two years when the world comes together to celebrate the pageantry and athleticism of sports we otherwise never care about. Handball? Field hockey? The modern pentathlon? It can't all be swimming and track. And don't forget about trampoline! And as Chicago tries to lure the 2016 Summer Olympics, it seems only right that we focus on our own area athletes who are competing in this year's games. We've compiled a list of area athletes and their events and throughout the Olympics, we'll do our best to keep you posted on how our Chicagoans are faring.
Team USA
- Tamika Catchings (Stevenson) - Women's Basketball
- T.C. Dantzler (Harvey) - Wrestling (Greco-Roman - 74kg/163 lbs)
- Jennie Finch (Chicago Bandits) - Softball
- Syvlia Fowles (Chicago Sky) - Women's Basketball
- Matt Grevers (Lake Forest & Northwestern Univ.) - Men's Swimming (100m backstroke, 4x100m freestyle relay)
- Brad Guzan (Homers Glen) - Men's Soccer
- Tom Hoff (Park Ridge) - Men's Indoor Volleyball
- Christine Loukas (Riverwoods) - Women's Diving (3m springboard)
- Christine Magnuson (Tinley Park) - Women's Swimming (100m butterfly)
- Brian McBride (Arlington Heights & Chicago Fire) - Men's Soccer
- David Neville (Merrillville, IN) - Men's Track & Field (400m)
- Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington) - Women's Volleyball
- Candace Parker (Naperville) - Women's Basketball
- Cappie Poindexter (Marshall) - Women's Basketball
- Sean Rooney (Wheaton) - Men's Volleyball
- Jamie Schroeder (Wilmette) - Men's Rowing (quadruple sculls)
- Jorge Torres (Wheeling) - Men's Track & Field (10,000m)
- Christian Vande Velde (Lemont) - Men's Cycling (road)
- Dwyane Wade (Robbins) - Men's Basketball
Other Countries
- Ashley Brzozowicz (Chicago Rowing/Canada) - Women's Rowing (Eights)
- Larry Langowski (Chicago/Mexico) - Wrestling (Freestyle - 120kg)
- Andres Nocioni (Chicago Bulls/Argentina) - Men's Basketball