Gator Olympians 2012

So to be honest, I am not sure who I am more excited to support in the Olympics... the US teams, or the UF athletes!

 For all you Gators out there, here are the athletes from UF competing for the USA! (two birds with one stone, oh yeah!)

Elizabeth Beisel…….Swimming…………200 backstroke, 400 IM
Clark Burckle……….Swimming…………200 breaststroke
Conor Dwyer………..Swimming…………400 freestyle, 4×200 freestyle relay
Ryan Lochte…………Swimming…………200 free, 200 back, 200 IM, 400 IM, 4×200 free relay
Dana Vollmer……….Swimming…………100 butterfly, 4×200 free relay
Will Claye……………Track & Field………Triple jump, long jump
Kerron Clement…….Track & Field………400 meter hurdles
Tony McQuay……….Track & Field………400 meter dash
Christian Taylor……Track & Field………Triple jump
Heather Mitts……….Women’s soccer….Defender
Abby Wambach……..Women’s soccer….Forward
Lisa Raymond……….Women’s tennis….Doubles

 The UF athletes representing other countries are:
Bradley Ally (Barbados)………………..Swimming…………200 IM
Sarah Bateman (Iceland)……………….Swimming…………50 freestyle, 4×100 medley relay
Marcin Cieslak (Poland)………………..Swimming…………200 butterfly, 200 IM
Melania Costa-Schmid (Spain)……….Swimming…………200 free, 400 free, 4×200 free relay
Brett Fraser (Cayman Islands)………..Swimming…………100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Shaune Fraser (Cayman Islands)……..Swimming…………100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Sarra Lajnef (Tunisia)…………………..Swimming…………200 breaststroke
Marco Loughran (Great Britain)………Swimming…………200 backstroke
Jemma Lowe (Great Britain)……………Swimming…………200 butterfly
Hrafnhildur Luthersdattir (Iceland)….Swimming…………100/200 breast, 400 medley relay
Omar Pinzon (Colombia)………………Swimming…………100/200 back, 200 butterfly, 200 IM
Steph Proud (Great Britain)…………….Swimming…………200 backstroke
Sinead Russell (Canada)……………….Swimming…………100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
Sebastien Rousseau (South Africa)….Swimming………….4×200 free relay
Gemma Spofforth (Great Britain)……..Swimming…………100 backstroke
Darian Townsend (South Africa)……..Swimming…………200 IM
  Moise Joseph (Haiti)…………………….Track & Field………800 meters
Genevieve LaCaze (Australia)…………Track & Field………3,000 steeplechase
  Kemal Mesic (Bosnia)…………………..Track & Field………Shot put
Shara Proctor (Great Britain)…………..Track & Field………Long jump
Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica)……Track & Field………400, 4×400 relay
Azania Stewart (Great Britain)…………Women’s hoops…..Center

Also, we have two UF coaches working with US teams, and the UF marching band, The Pride of the Sunshine, will play at the games (I better hear the chomp!!). I want to tell all these athletes (and those that came just short of qualifying) that the Gator Nation is so proud of you, and will be behind you the whole way!

 Come on, Gators, get up and go! T

Thanks to http://progators.blogs.gatorsports.com/13064/gators-in-the-games/ for this information :-)