Friday Update — Bruins at the Olympics

UCLA medalists so far: Kim Vandenberg, bronze (swimming, 4×200 relay).

FRIDAY UPDATE:

Swimming: According to the official site, UCLA’s Kim Vandenberg does get a bronze medal after all. She was on the 4×200 relay team that raced in the heats, before being substituted for in the finals. Congratulations to Kim.

Beach Volleyball: UCLA’s Elaine Youngs and partner Nicole Branagh advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Cuba’s Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza 21-15, 21-13. Their quarterfinal will be either Saturday night or early Sunday morning.

Women’s Soccer: USA 2, Canada 1 (Quarterfinals) — The U.S. scored the game-winner in the 101st minute. UCLA’s Lauren Cheney appeared in a game for the first time for the USA, and Kara Lang played the whole game for Canada. The U.S. will play Japan in the semifinals on Monday at 6 a.m.

Rowing: UCLA assistant coach Mark Hunter and partner Zac Purchase finished first in their semifinal, advancing to the finals on Sunday. UCLA alum Mark Altman and his team finished sixth in their semifinal, not enough to advance to the medal race.

Women’s Water Polo: USA 12, Russia 7 — The U.S. won their group and clinched a bye to the semifinals. Natalie Golda scored three goals, and fellow Bruin got to play in her first game at the Olympics.

Softball: USA beats Japan 7-0, beats Canada 8-1. Remember when I said this would be a tough day for Team USA? No one told them, apparently. Natasha Watley homered against Japan. Tairia Flowers had her first hit of the Olympics in that game and scored a run. Andrea Duran had two RBIs against Canada. Team USA is now 4-0.

Gymnastics: Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs finished 16th in the individual all-around, which is better than she did in the qualifying. More interesting — she’s only going to be an incoming freshman at UCLA next year. It must be nice for the UCLA gymnastics team to add the 16th best gymnast in the world.

Track and Field: Bruin Jonathan Williams narrowly missed advancing to the semifinals in the 400m Hurdles, 0.06 seconds behind the slowest time that advanced. That’s gotta hurt. UCLA’s Suzy Powell-Roos finished 15th in the qualifying rounds for the discus and did not advance to the finals.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR TONIGHT (Friday, Aug. 15)

Notes: The softball game, as usual, is being shown live on CNBC, and it looks like the water polo match will be televised online.

9 p.m. — Softball: USA vs. Chinese Taipei (Duran, Flowers, Nuveman, Watley)
9:10 p.m. — Men’s Water Polo: USA vs. Croatia (Brooks, Wright)

REST OF THE SCHEDULE BY DAY:

Saturday, Aug. 16

*TBD — Beach Volleyball: Quarterfinals (Youngs)

Sunday, Aug. 17

*TBD — Beach Volleyball: Quarterfinals (Youngs)
12:30 a.m. — Rowing: Finals (Hunter)
4 a.m. — Track and Field: 100m Hurdles round 1 (Dawn Harper)
4:30 a.m. — Softball: USA vs. Netherlands (Duran, Fernandez, Flowers, Nuveman, Watley)
5:10 a.m. — Track and Field: Women’s 400m Hurdles round 1 (Sheena [Johnson] Tosta)
6:10 p.m. — Track and Field: Hammer throw qualifying rounds (Jessica Cosby)
9 p.m. — Softball: USA vs. China (Duran, Fernandez, Flowers, Nuveman, Watley)
11 p.m. — Men’s Water Polo : USA vs. Germany (Brooks, Wright)

Monday, Aug. 18

6 a.m. — Women’s Soccer: Semifinals (Cheney, Ellis coach)
*4:40 a.m. — Track and Field: 100m Hurdles Semis (Harper)
*5:45 a.m. — Track and Field: Women’s 400m Hurdles Semis ([Johnson] Tosta)
*7 a.m. — Track and Field: Men’s 400m Hurdles finals (Williams)
*6 or 7 p.m. — Beach Volleyball: Semfinals (Youngs)
6:40 p.m. — Track and Field: Long Jump qualifying rounds (Rhonda Watkins)

Tuesday, Aug. 19

TBD — Women’s Water Polo: Semifinals (Golda, Hipp, Baker coach)
*7:30 a.m. — Track and Field: 100m Hurdles finals (Harper)
*6:30/9 p.m. — Softball: Semifinals (Duran, Fernandez, Flowers, Nuveman, Watley, Harding)

Wednesday, Aug. 20

*TBD — Men’s Water Polo: Quarterfinals (Brooks, Wright)
*2 a.m. — Softball: Bronze Medal game (Duran, Fernandez, Flowers, Nuveman, Watley, Harding)
*4:20 a.m. — Track and Field: Hammer throw finals (Cosby)
5:40 a.m. — Track and Field: Pole Vault qualifying rounds (Yoo Kim)
*7:35 a.m. — Track and Field: Women’s 400m Hurdles finals (Tosta)
6:50 p.m. — Track and Field: High Jump qualifying rounds (Amy Acuff)
*6 or 8 p.m. — Beach Volleyball: Gold and Bronze medal games (Youngs)

Thursday, Aug. 21

TBD — Women’s Water Polo: Gold/Bronze Medal games (Golda, Hipp, Baker coach)
3/6 a.m. — Women’s Soccer: Gold/Bronze Medal games (Cheney, Ellis coach)
*3:30 a.m. — Softball: Gold Medal game (Duran, Fernandez, Flowers, Nuveman, Watley, Harding)

Friday, Aug. 22

*TBD — Men’s Water Polo: Semfinals (Brooks, Wright)
*4:20 a.m. — Track and Field: Long Jump finals (Watkins)
4:40 a.m. — Track and Field: 4×400 Relay round 1 (Monique Henderson)
*5:45 a.m. — Track and Field: Pole Vault finals (Kim)

Saturday, Aug. 23

*4 a.m. — Track and Field: High Jump finals (Acuff)
*5:40 a.m. — Track and Field: 4×400 Relay finals (Henderson)

Sunday, Aug. 24

*TBD — Men’s Water Polo: Gold/Bronze Medal games (Brooks, Wright)

FULL LISTINGS BY SPORT:

TRACK AND FIELD (10 Bruins)

Amy Acuff (High Jump), Jeanette Bolden (Head Coach, team USA), Jessica Cosby (Hammer), Dawn Harper (100m Hurdles), Monique Henderson (4×400 relay), Yoo Kim (Pole Vault, Korea), Suzy Powell-Roos (Discus), Sheena (Johnson) Tosta (400m Hurdles), Rhonda Watkins (Long Jump, Trinidad and Tobago), Jonathan Williams (400m Hurdles, Belize)

Aug. 15 — Discus qualifying rounds (Suzy Powell-Roos — 15th)
Aug. 15 — Men’s 400m Hurdles round 1 (Jonathan Williams — 4th)
Aug. 17, 4 a.m. — 100m Hurdles round 1 (Dawn Harper)
Aug. 17, 5:10 a.m. — Women’s 400m Hurdles round 1 (Sheena [Johnson] Tosta)
Aug. 17, 6:10 p.m. — Hammer throw qualifying rounds (Jessica Cosby)
*Aug. 18, 4:40 a.m. — 100m Hurdles Semis (Harper)
*Aug. 18, 5:45 a.m. — Women’s 400m Hurdles Semis (Tosta)
*Aug. 18, 7 a.m. — Men’s 400m Hurdles finals (Williams)
Aug. 18, 6:40 p.m. — Long Jump qualifying rounds (Rhonda Watkins)
*Aug. 19, 7:30 a.m. — 100m Hurdles finals (Harper)
*Aug. 20, 4:20 a.m. — Hammer throw finals (Cosby)
Aug. 20, 5:40 a.m. — Pole Vault qualifying rounds (Yoo Kim)
*Aug. 20, 7:35 a.m. — Women’s 400m Hurdles finals (Tosta)
Aug. 20, 6:50 p.m. — High Jump qualifying rounds (Amy Acuff)
*Aug. 22, 4:20 a.m. — Long Jump finals (Watkins)
Aug. 22, 4:40 a.m. — 4×400 Relay round 1 (Monique Henderson)
*Aug. 22, 5:45 a.m. — Pole Vault finals (Kim)
*Aug. 23, 4 a.m. — High Jump finals (Acuff)
*Aug. 23, 5:40 a.m. — 4×400 Relay finals (Henderson)

SOFTBALL (6 Bruins)

Players on Team USA: Andrea Duran, Lisa Fernandez, Tairia (Mims) Flowers, Stacey Nuveman, Natasha Watley
On Australia: Tanya Harding (I couldn’t find their schedule)

Note: A lot of these games are at 9 p.m., watchable for us West Coasters.

Aug. 11 — USA 11, Venezuela 0 (Watley home run — link to video highlights)
Aug. 12 — USA 3, Australia 0 (Watley RBI single)
Aug. 14 — USA 8, Canada 1 (Duran 2 RBI, link to video)
Aug. 14 — USA 7, Japan 0 (Watley home run, link to video)

Aug. 15, 9 p.m. — USA vs. Chinese Taipei
Aug. 17, 4:30 a.m. — USA vs. Netherlands
Aug. 17, 9 p.m. — USA vs. China
*Aug. 19, 6:30 p.m. — Semifinal #1
*Aug. 19, 9 p.m. — Semifinal #2
*Aug. 20, 2 a.m. — Bronze Medal game
*Aug. 21, 3:30 a.m. — Gold Medal game

MEN’S SOCCER (3 Bruins)

Players on Team USA: Benny Feilhaber, Patrick Ianni, Marvell Wynne

Aug. 7 — USA 1, Japan 0 (Wynne assist)
Aug. 10 — USA 2, Netherlands 2
Aug. 13 — Nigeria 2, USA 1 (USA eliminated)

WOMEN’S SOCCER (3 Bruins)

On USA: Lauren Cheney, Jillian Ellis (assistant coach)
On Canada: Kara Lang

Aug. 6 — Norway 2, USA 0
Aug. 6 — Canada 2, Australia 1 (Kara Lang scored game-winning goal)
Aug. 9 — USA 1, Japan 0
Aug. 9 — Canada 1, China 1
Aug. 12 — USA 4, New Zealand 0
Aug. 12 — Sweden 2, Canada 1
Aug. 15 — Quarterfinals: USA 2, Canada 1

Aug. 18, 6 a.m. — Semifinals: USA vs. Japan
Aug. 21, 3a/6a — Medal games

WOMEN’S WATER POLO (3 Bruins)

On Team USA: Natalie Golda, Jaime Hipp, Guy Baker (head coach)

Aug. 11, — USA 12, China 11 (Golda scored four goals — video highlights)
Aug. 13 — USA 9, Italy 9
Aug. 14 — USA 12, Russia 7 (Golda scored three goals)

Aug. 19, TBD — Semifinals
*Aug. 21, TBD — Medal games

MEN’S WATER POLO (2 Bruins)

On Team USA: Brandon Brooks, Adam Wright

Aug. 10 — USA 8, China 4 (Wright assist)
Aug. 11 — USA 12, Italy 11 (Wright goal)
Aug. 13 — Serbia 4, USA 2

Aug. 15, 9:10 p.m. — USA vs. Croatia
Aug. 17, 11 p.m. — USA vs. Germany
*Aug. 20, TBD — Quarterfinals
*Aug. 22, TBD — Semifinals
*Aug. 24, TBD — Medal games

TENNIS (2 Bruins)

Bruins competing: Mark Knowles (Bahamas), Marcin Matkowski (Poland)

Both are competing in doubles. Knowles’ parter is Devin Mullings, Matkowski’s partner is Maruisz Fyrstenberg. There are 32 doubles teams in the single-elimination tournament.

Aug. 12 — First Round: Matkowski/Fyrstenberg def. Yu/Zeng (CHN) 6-3, 6-4.
Aug. 12 — First Round: Knowles/Mullings lose to Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 6-2, 6-1.
Aug. 13 — Round of 16: Matkowski/Fyrstenberg def. Damm/Vizner (CZE) 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Aug. 14 — Quarterfinals: Matkowski/Fyrstenberg lose to Aspelin/Johansson (SWE) 7-6 (5), 6-4.

SWIMMING (2 Bruins)

Bruins competing: Kim Vandenberg, 4×200m relay (USA), Nicolette Teo, 100/200 breast, relays (Singapore)

Aug. 10 –100m Breaststroke heats (Nicolette Teo 1:10.75 — 7th in heat)
Aug. 13 — 200m Breaststroke heats (Teo 2:34.60 — 6th in heat)
Aug. 13 — 4×200m Relay heats (Vandenberg’s team wins heat, 7:52.43)
Aug. 13 — 4×200m Relay finals (Vandenberg not in final race where team won bronze, but she gets a bronze medal anyway.)

BEACH VOLLEYBALL (3 Bruins)

Bruin competing: Elaine Youngs
Bruins coaching: Bob Alejo, Liz Masakayan

Elaine Youngs and her partner Nicole Branagh are in Group E. Each group has four teams, the top two teams and some third-place teams go to the Round of 16.

Aug. 9 — Youngs/Branagh def. Kadjik/Mooren (NED) 21-19, 27-25.
Aug. 11 — Youngs/Branagh def. Pohl/Rau (GER) 21-17, 21-16
Aug. 13 — Youngs/Branagh def. Ribalta/Crespo (CUB) 21-19, 13-21, 15-12.

Aug. 14/15/16 — Round of 16
*Aug. 16/17 — Quarterfinals
*Aug. 18, 6/7 p.m. — Semifinals
*Aug. 20 6/8 p.m. — Bronze/Gold medal matches

ROWING (2 Bruins)

Bruins competing: Mark Altman (USA), Lightweight Fours; Mark Hunter (Great Britain), Lightweight Double Sculls

Aug 10 — Heats: Bruin rowing assistant coach Mark Hunter easily won his heat with partner Zac Purchase, advancing to the semifinals. The other Bruin, Mark Altman’s team finished fourth in their heat.
Aug. 12 — Repechage: Altman’s team finsihed third, which looks like enough to advance to the semifinals. (Link to video)
Aug. 15 — Semifinals: Hunter/Purchase won their semfinal.

Aug. 17, 12:30 a.m. — Finals

GYMNASTICS (1 Bruin)

Bruin competing: Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (Canada)

Aug. 10 — Women’s Qualifiers — Hopfner-Hibbs finished 19th in the All-Around (out of 98), which as freesia39 pointed out in the comments, is good enough to advance to the finals.

Aug. 14 —Women’s Individual finals: Hopfner-Hibbs finished 16th overall. Very impressive, and she’s just going to be an incoming freshman this year.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL (1 Bruin)

John Speraw is an assistant coach for Team USA. Since there are no Bruins actually competing, I’m just going to list the games here, not in the daily schedule:

Aug. 9, 9:30 p.m. — USA vs. Venezuela
Aug. 11, 9:30 p.m. — USA vs. Italy
Aug. 14, 7 a.m. — USA vs. Bulgaria
Aug. 16, 7 p.m. — USA vs. China
Aug. 18, 7 a.m. — USA vs. Japan
*Aug. 20, TBD — Quarterfinals
*Aug. 22, TBD — Semifinals
*Aug. 24, TBD — Medal games

(My sources were UCLABruins.com, NBC, USA Softball, USA Water Polo and the official Beijing 2008 site.)