UCLA medalists so far: Dawn Harper, gold (track, 100m Hurdles); Lauren Cheney, gold (USA soccer); Mark Hunter, gold (rowing, lightweight double sculls); Sheena Tosta, silver (track, 400m Hurdles); Andrea Duran, silver (USA softball); Tairia Flowers, silver (USA softball); Stacey Nuveman, silver (USA softball); Natasha Watley, silver (USA softball); Natalie Golda, silver (USA women’s water polo); Jaime Hipp, silver (USA women’s water polo); Kim Vandenberg, bronze (swimming, 4×200 relay); Tanya Harding, bronze (Australia softball); Adam Wright, medal TBD (USA men’s water polo in gold medal game); Brandon Brooks, medal TBD (USA men’s water polo in gold medal game).
FRIDAY UPDATE:
Men’s Water Polo Semifinals: USA 10, Serbia 5 — The U.S. advances to the Gold Medal Game against Hungary (Sunday, 12:40 a.m.). UCLA’s Adam Wright had three assists and two steals. The fourth quarter will be replayed on NBC tonight. The U.S. has not been to the gold medal game in men’s water polo since 1988. Hungary has won the last two gold medals.
Track and Field: UCLA’s Monique Henderson ran on the USA 4×400 relay team that finished first in their qualifying round in a time of 3:22.45. The relay team advances to the finals (Saturday, 5:40 a.m.) where they will have a good chance to medal. The qualifying win is scheduled to be shown on NBC tonight, the final should be on NBC Saturday night.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR THIS WEEKEND:
Notes: I might not have time to update this again until Sunday. Both remaining events are good medal opportunities. The 4×400 relays will be on NBC Saturday night, the water polo final will be on NBC Sunday sometime between 12 and 4.
Saturday, 5:40 a.m. — Track and Field: 4×400 Relay finals (Henderson)
Sunday, 12:40 a.m. — Men’s Water Polo: Gold Medal Game, USA vs. Hungary (Brooks, Wright)
FULL RESULTS 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 in heat)
Aug. 17 — 100m Hurdles round 1 (Dawn Harper — 2nd in heat, qualifies for semis)
Aug. 17 — Women’s 400m Hurdles round 1 (Sheena Tosta — 5th in heat)
Aug. 17 — Hammer throw qualifying rounds (Jessica Cosby — NM)
Aug. 18, 4:40 a.m. — 100m Hurdles Semis (Harper wins semifinal)
Aug. 18 — Women’s 400m Hurdles Semis (Tosta wins semifinal)
Aug. 18 — Long Jump qualifying rounds (Rhonda Watkins 19th in qualifying)
Aug. 19 — 100m Hurdles finals (Harper wins gold medal, link to video)
Aug. 20, 5:40 a.m. — Pole Vault qualifying rounds (Yoo Kim, NM)
Aug. 20 — Women’s 400m Hurdles finals (Tosta wins silver medal)
Aug. 20 — High Jump qualifying rounds (Amy Acuff, 9th)
Aug. 22 — 4×400 Relay round 1 (Henderson’s USA team wins heat)
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 — USA 7, Chinese Taipei 0
Aug. 17 — USA 8, Netherlands 0 (Flowers home run, link to video)
Aug. 17 — USA 9, China 0 (Flowers 2 RBI, link to video)
Australia: Finished 5-2, third place in group play.
Aug. 19 — Semifinal #1 vs. #2 — USA 4, Japan 1, 9 inn. (Link to video)
Aug. 19 — Semifinal #3 vs. #4 — Australia 5, Canada 3
Aug. 20 — Bronze Medal game: Japan 4, Australia 3, 12 inn. (Australia gets bronze)
Aug. 21 — Gold Medal game: Japan 3, USA 1 (USA gets silver)
MEN’S SOCCER (3 Bruins)
Players on Team USA: Benny Feilhaber, Patrick Ianni, Marvell Wynne
Aug. 7 — USA 1, Japan 0 (Wynne assist, link to video)
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 — Semifinals: USA 4, Japan 2
Aug. 21 — Gold Medal Game: USA 1, Brazil 0 (USA wins gold)
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. 18 — Semifinals: USA 9, Australia 8 (Golda goal)
Aug. 21 — Gold Medal Game: Netherlands 9, USA 8 (Golda goal, USA gets silver)
MEN’S WATER POLO (2 Bruins)
On Team USA: Brandon Brooks, Adam Wright
Aug. 10 — USA 8, China 4 (Wright assist, link to video)
Aug. 11 — USA 12, Italy 11 (Wright goal)
Aug. 13 — Serbia 4, USA 2
Aug. 15 — USA 7, Croatia 5 (Wright goal)
Aug. 17 — USA 8, Germany 7 (Wright two goals, USA gets bye to semfinals, link to video)
Aug. 22 — Semifinals: USA 10, Serbia 5 (Wright three assists, two steals)
Aug. 24, 12:40 a.m. — Gold Medal Game: USA vs. Hungary
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. (link to video)
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. (link to video)
Aug. 14 — Round of 16: Youngs/Branagh def. Grasset/Peraza (CUB) 21-15, 21-13.
Aug. 17 — Quarterfinals: Youngs/Branagh lose to Xue/Zhang Xi (CHN) 21-17, 21-13.
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 semifinal (link to video).
Aug. 17 — Finals: Hunter/Purchase WIN THE GOLD MEDAL! (link to video)
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.)
Gilbert
Ben