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Guard Young![]() | USA | Men’s Gymnastics | “Pinch-hit leap from Young aids U.S. gymnasts” from Deseret Morning News “Silver medal a ‘beautiful thing’” from Deseret Morning News Athlete bio at athens2004.com Athlete bio at usolympicteam.com Guard Young Olympic Central at SoonerSports.com | |
Ryan Millar![]() | USA | Men’s Volleyball | Italy: L (1-3) Netherlands: W (3-0) Russia: L (1-3) Australia: W (3-1) Brazil: W (3-1) Quarterfinal v. Greece: W (3-2) Semifinal v. Brazil: L (0-3) Bronze Medal Match v. Russia: L (0-3) | “Volleyball drama: USA stings Greece” from USA Today Athlete bio at usavolleyball.org Audio interviews at usavollyball.com “Millar already thinking Beijing” from Deseret Morning News |
Hidde van Beest![]() | Australia | Men's Volleyball | Brazil: L (1-3) Russia: L (0-3) Italy: L (0-3) USA: L (1-3) Netherlands: L (0-3) | Athlete bio at athens2004.com Athlete bio at byucougars.com “Nothing to lose, everything to gain” from olympics.com.au |
| Megan Dirkmaat | USA | Women’s Eight | Won first heat; set world best time: 5:56.55. | Athlete bio at athens2004.com Athlete bio at Golden Bear athletics See last two paragraphs of article from Deseret Morning News “Rowing Is More Than Just Putting Your Blade in the Water” at www.lgrc.org (clicking will download a 60 KB PDF document) |
Mark Chay![]() | Singapore | Men’s 200m Freestyle Men’s 100m Freestyle | Finished 5th in his heat, 2.58 seconds behind winner; did not qualify for semifinals. Finished 8th (last) in his heat, 1.41 seconds behind winner; did not qualify for semifinals. | Athlete bio at athens2004.com Athlete bio at teamsingapore.com.sg |
Gary Tan![]() | Singapore | Men’s 200m Individual Medley | Finished 7th in his heat, 3.64 seconds behind winner; did not qualify for semifinals. | Athlete bio at athens2004.com Athlete bio at byucougars.com |
Diogo de Oliveira Yabe![]() | Brazil | Men’s 200m Individual Medley | Finished 6th in his heat, 3.21 seconds behind winner; did not qualify for semifinals. | Athlete bio at athens2004.com Athlete bio at byucougars.com |
Marsha Mark Baird![]() | Trinidad and Tobago | Women’s Heptathlon | 100m Hurdles: 13.58; 1039 pts (12th overall) High Jump: 1.70; 855 pts (22nd overall) Shot Put: 11.20; 608 pts (32nd overall) 200m: 25.11; 877 pts (22nd overall) Long Jump: 6.22; 918 pts (10th overall) Javelin: 49.90; 858 pts (2nd overall) 800m: 2:21.21; 807 pts (24th overall) Total Score: 5962 pts (25th overall) | Athlete bio at athens2004.com Athlete bio at geocities.com “Ex-Y. teammates ready for heptathlon” from Deseret Morning News Second half of “Ready, set . . . but Lott-Hogan’s not” from Deseret Morning News |
Tiffany Lott-Hogan![]() | USA | Women’s Heptathlon | 100m Hurdles: 13.13; 1105 pts (2nd overall) High Jump: 1.67; 818 pts (31st overall) Shot Put: 14.43; 823 pts (8th overall) 200m: 24.99; 888 pts (19th overall) Long Jump: 6.15; 896 pts (15th overall) Javelin: 45.84; 780 pts (11th overall) 800m: 2:25.10; 756 pts (26th overall) Total Score: 6066 pts (20th overall) | Athlete bio at byucougars.com “Big Plans” from the Salt Lake Tribune “Ex-Y. teammates ready for heptathlon” from Deseret Morning News “Ready, set . . . but Lott-Hogan’s not” from Deseret Morning News |
Frank Fredericks![]() | Namibia | Men’s 100m Men’s 200m | Round 1: 10.12; first in heat Round 2: 10:17; fourth in heat; did not qualify for semifinals Round 1: 20.54; first in heat Round 2: 20.20; second in heat Semifinals: 20.43; third in heat Finals: 20.14; tied for fourth; 0.11 behind bronze medalist, 0.13 behind silver medalist | Athlete bio at athens2004.com “Fredericks back for one last shot at elusive gold” from msnbc.com “American trio shuts out Fredericks” from Deseret Morning News “Fredericks - It's now time to give back” from iaaf.org |
Leonard Myles-Mills![]() | Ghana | Men’s 100m Men’s 4x100m Relay | Round 1: 10.21; third in heat Round 2: 10:18; third in heat Semifinals: 10:22; sixth in heat; did not qualify for finals Round 1: 38.88; sixth in heat, 0.86 behind the winner; did not qualify for finals | Athlete bio at athens2004.com Athlete bio at byucougars.com “Y. coach will sprint in 100-meter semis” from Deseret Morning News |
Kirsten Bolm![]() | Germany | Women’s 100m Hurdles | Preliminaries: 12.85; fourth in heat Semifinals: Injured while running the race; did not finish | “Hurdles blend sweet victory, bitter defeat” from stltoday.com Kirsten Bolm Web site |
Justin Wilcock![]() | USA | Men’s Three-Meter Springboard | Preliminaries: 225.87 pts; 32nd place (last); did not qualify for semifinals | Athlete bio at athens2004.com “Utah pair to dive for U.S. at '04 Games ” from Deseret Morning News “Utah diver has golden courage” from Deseret Morning News Justin Wilcock Web site and Olympic diary |
Rachelle Kunkel![]() | USA | Women’s Three-Meter Springboard | Preliminaries: 294.75; 12th place Semifinals: 209.76; 12th place Finals: 336.96; total: 546.72; ninth place | Athlete bio at athens2004.com “Utah pair to dive for U.S. at '04 Games ” from Deseret Morning News “Diver Kunkel finishes ninth” from Deseret Morning News |
Maggie Chan-Roper![]() | Hong Kong | Women's Marathon | Qualified for the marathon but broke her foot a few days before she was scheduled to fly to Athens for the Olympics. | “Elite Pharmanex Athlete Qualifies for Olympic Games” from pharmanex.com |
Read more about BYU's Olympic connections at byucougars.com.