BTN.com staff, July 30, 2012
With the Olympics off to a roaring start, we've been keeping our eyes on the Twitter accounts for any Big Ten name competing in London. Have a look at a few choice tweets from over the weekend, and see the entire list of Big Ten names involved in the post below.
https://twitter.com/maric_aleks/status/230003274152017920
Congrats to @NickMcCrory1 and @davidboudia on their bronze medal today in 10m synchro!!! You boys did awesome! Go #TeamUSA
— Christina Loukas (@christinaloukas) July 30, 2012
Watching the other athletes compete and do their thing- smiles, tears, medals….NOW its finally real….NOW its sinking in…..#London2012
— Bridget Franek LeMay (@blfranek) July 30, 2012
Me and my #Illini brother @DeronWilliams at the Opening Ceremonies. http://t.co/ZqaepEhy
— Robert Archibald (@RobertArchibald) July 30, 2012
Meeting Queen Elizabeth – http://t.co/VMcQqJRp
— Nick Willis (@nickwillis) July 30, 2012
https://twitter.com/GeenaGall/status/229668878458949633
?@RobertArchibald: Good luck to my fellow #IlliniOlympians in London. @DeronWilliams @brownnstone @emme_z …. #Illini? good luck! ILL…
— Emily Zurrer (@emme_z) July 29, 2012
Epic night with my teammates! @kreinp @racheldawson8 @be11ieve @mellygee123 @MichelleVitt55 @paigeselenski pic.twitter.com/XbRyWCDI
— Kayla Bashore (@KBhockey) July 28, 2012
GAME DAY! We take on the Hungarians tonight at 7.40pm LondonTime @brenda4villa @maggiesteffens @melseidemann @USAWP #itson #TeamUSA
— Betsey Armstrong (@betsarmstrong1) July 30, 2012
Getting so pumped to kill it out there in team finals for team USA! #lesdoit
— Sam Mikulak (@SamuelMikulak) July 30, 2012
Met all of the @todayshow hosts at practice today! Here's a picture of me and Al Roker ? pic.twitter.com/N5XSPGqp
— Kara Winger (@karathrowsjav) July 28, 2012
Remember these things? Mama Boudia brought one of my first ones to join in on the Olympic action! #beaniebabies pic.twitter.com/VDP41pjy
— David Boudia (@davidboudia) July 28, 2012
Thanks everyone for all the well wishes! I'm feeding off your positive energy and bottling it up for some fast swimming!
— Matt Grevers (@MattGrevers) July 29, 2012
Life goal 1 complete got on the Howard stern show talked to @Howard_Stern and Robbin life goal #2 get gold medal aug 11
— Jake Herbert (@Jakeherbert84) July 30, 2012
Gotta give it to @usabasketball … Marching with #TeamUSA, showing patience with pictures, and very polite through the whole process
— Matt Tegenkamp (@MattTegenkamp) July 30, 2012
2nd night hanging in the village w/ my USA mates. Enjoying the sites & atmosphere. Amazing athletes..OLYMPIANS… everywhere.Fun but focused
— Amber Neben (@amberneben) July 27, 2012
https://twitter.com/EvanJager/status/229943889971273729
Me and 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meter dash @justingatlin pic.twitter.com/IM3lNuyB
— Jordan Burroughs (@alliseeisgold) July 28, 2012
Me and former Husker @chan_taemac #GBR pic.twitter.com/BX2vrNyw
— Jordan Burroughs (@alliseeisgold) July 28, 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. The list includes the handful of Big Ten athletes contributing Olympic journals to BTN.com, featuring an entertaining band of Big Ten swimmers.
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.
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 |
