BTN.com staff, July 24, 2012
The Big Ten Conference and member schools released their official lists of all Big Ten names past and present competing in the upcoming 2012 London Summer Olympics, which open this Friday. The list includes the handful of Big Ten athletes contributing Olympic journals to BTN.com, featuring an entertaining band of Big Ten swimmers. Find the official list by school in this post and click on the linked names to find the latest journals from those athletes.
You can also read all of BTN.com's Olympic coverage in our special 2012 Olympics Section. Also, we're posting best wishes from readers to our Olympians on this page. Drop us a note for publication and we'll be sure to add it.
BigTen.org has more on this including a rich list of all-time Olympians from the Big Ten (see this PDF file). The Olympic begin July 27 and run through Aug. 12.
Note: Participants include all current and former student-athletes, coaches or alumni (ex. individuals competing in weightlifting who attended a Big Ten school) who are scheduled to participate in the Olympics. If the participant was a current or former coach at a Big Ten institution, their current position appears in parentheses.
| Illinois | Country | Sport |
| Robert Archibald* | Great Britain | Men?s Basketball |
| Nikkita Holder* | Canada | Women?s Track and Field |
| Gia Lewis-Smallwood* | USA | Women?s Track and Field |
| Andrew Riley* | Jamaica | Men?s Track and Field |
| Deron Williams* | USA | Men?s Basketball |
| Emily Zurrer* | Canada | Women?s Soccer |
| Indiana | Country | Sport |
| Kayla Bashore-Smedley* | USA | Women?s Field Hockey |
| Margaux Farrell* | France | Women?s Swimming |
| Christina Loukas* | USA | Women?s Diving |
| Dorina Szekeres | Hungary | Women?s Swimming |
| Nicholas Schwab | Dominican Republic | Men?s Swimming |
| Kate Fesenko* | Ukraine | Women?s Swimming |
| Derek Drouin | Canada | Men?s Track and Field |
| Orianica Velasquez | Colombia | Women?s Soccer |
| Iowa | Country | Sport |
| Kineke Alexander | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Women?s Track and Field |
| Heather Arseth | Mauritius | Women?s Swimming |
| Caroline Nichols | USA | Women?s Field Hockey |
| Diane Nukuri-Johnson* | Burundi | Women?s Track and Field |
| Roman Trussov | Kazakhstan | Men?s Swimming |
| Michigan | Country | Sport |
| Betsey Armstrong* | USA | Women?s Water Polo |
| Nate Brannen* | Canada | Men?s Track and Field |
| Syque Caesar | Bangladesh | Men?s Gymnastics |
| Tyler Clary* | USA | Men?s Swimming |
| Geena Gall* | USA | Women?s Track and Field |
| Janine Hanson* | Canada | Women?s Rowing |
| Charlie Houchin* | USA | Men?s Swimming |
| Connor Jaeger | USA | Men?s Swimming |
| Sam Mikulak | USA | Men?s Gymnastics |
| Tom Peszek* | USA | Men?s Rowing |
| Michael Phelps (volunteer coach) | USA | Men?s Swimming |
| Krista Phillips* | Canada | Women?s Basketball |
| Jeff Porter* | USA | Men?s Track and Field |
| Tiffany (Ofili) Porter* | Great Britain | Women?s Track and Field |
| Nicole (Edwards) Sifuentes* | Canada | Women?s Track and Field |
| Davis Tarwater* | USA | Men?s Swimming |
| Sarah Trowbridge* | USA | Women?s Rowing |
| Peter Vanderkaay* | USA | Men?s Swimming |
| Nick Willis* | New Zealand | Men?s Track and Field |
| Michigan State | Country | Sport |
| Franklin Gomez* | Puerto Rico | Wrestling |
| Minnesota | Country | Sport |
| Lindsey Berg* | USA | Women?s Volleyball |
| Kelci Bryant | USA | Women?s Diving |
| Barbora ?potáková | Czech Republic | Women?s Track and Field |
| Jillian Tyler* | Canada | Women?s Swimming |
| Lindsay Whalen* | USA | Women?s Basketball |
| Nebraska | Country | Sport |
| Therese Alshammar | Sweden | Women?s Swimming |
| Chelsey Aubry* | Canada | Women?s Basketball |
| Jordan Burroughs* | USA | Wrestling |
| Ade Dagunduro* | Nigeria | Men?s Basketball |
| Gyorgyi Farkas | Hungary | Women?s Track and Field |
| Jordan Larson* | USA | Women?s Volleyball |
| Karina Leblanc | Canada | Women?s Soccer |
| Janis Leitis | Latvia | Women?s Track and Field |
| Aleks Maric* | Australia | Men?s Basketball |
| Chantae McMillan* | USA | Women?s Track and Field |
| Carl Myerscough* | Great Britain | Men?s Track and Field |
| Amber Neben* | USA | Women?s Cycling |
| Ineta Radevica* | Latvia | Women?s Track and Field |
| Brittany Timko* | Canada | Women?s Soccer |
| Northwestern | Country | Sport |
| Matt Grevers* | USA | Men?s Swimming |
| Jake Herbert* | USA | Wrestling |
| Ohio State | Country | Sport |
| Katie Bell* | USA | Women?s Diving |
| Louise Bond-Williams* | Great Britain | Women?s Fencing |
| Samantha Cheverton* | Canada | Women?s Swimming |
| Roger Espinoza | Honduras | Men?s Soccer |
| Amanda Furrer | USA | Women?s Shooting |
| Dorde Markovic* | Serbia | Men?s Swimming |
| Mona Shaito | Lebanon | Women?s Fencing |
| Zain Shaito | Lebanon | Men?s Fencing |
| Margot Shumway* | USA | Women?s Rowing |
| Margarita Tschomakova* | Bulgaria | Women?s Fencing |
| Claudia Wurzel* | Italy | Women?s Rowing |
| Penn State | Country | Sport |
| Matt Anderson* | USA | Men?s Volleyball |
| Felix Aronovich* | Israel | Men?s Gymnastics |
| Dominique Blake* | Jamaica | Women?s Track and Field |
| Miles Chamley-Watson | USA | Men?s Fencing |
| Shana Cox* | Great Britain | Women?s Track and Field |
| Natalie Dell* | USA | Women?s Rowing |
| Nicole Fawcett* | USA | Women?s Volleyball |
| Alisha Glass* | USA | Women?s Volleyball |
| Bridget Franek* | USA | Women?s Track and Field |
| Daniel Gomez-Tanamachi | Mexico | Men?s Fencing |
| Christa Harmotto* | USA | Women?s Volleyball |
| Bobby Lea* | USA | Men?s Cycling |
| Megan Hodge* | USA | Women?s Volleyball |
| Erin McLeod* | Canada | Women?s Soccer |
| Carmelina Moscato* | Canada | Women?s Soccer |
| Kirsten Nieuwendam | Suriname | Women?s Track and Field |
| Tommy Ramos* | Puerto Rico | Men?s Gymnastics |
| Doris Willette* | USA | Women?s Fencing |
| Ryan Whitling (volunteer assistant) | USA | Men?s Track and Field |
| Purdue | Country | Sport |
| David Boudia | USA | Men?s Diving |
| Nedzad Mulabegavic* | Croatia | Men?s Track and Field |
| Kara Patterson* | USA | Women?s Track and Field |
| Lauren Sesselmann* | Canada | Women?s Soccer |
| Wisconsin | Country | Sport |
| Mohammed Ahmed | Canada | Men?s Track and Field |
| Kristin Hedstrom* | USA | Women?s Rowing |
| Evan Jager* | USA | Men?s Track and Field |
| Gwen Jorgensen* | USA | Women?s Triathlon |
| Grant James* | USA | Men?s Rowing |
| Ross James* | USA | Men?s Rowing |
| Egle Staisiunaite* | Lithuania | Women?s Track and Field |
| Hilary (Edmonson) Stellingwerff | Canada | Women?s Track and Field |
| Matt Tegenkamp* | USA | Men?s Track and Field |
| *Alumnus |
