Olympians and their Southland college connections

We asked Southland universities to stake claim to their Olympics connections, and they responded with lists that totaled 106 names. The only qualifications: the participants competed there, coached there or, in two cases, simply attended school there. The list:

Cal Poly Pomona

Kim Rhode: skeet and trap shooting, USA

Cal State Fullerton

Karen Bardsley: women’s soccer, Great Britain

Cal State Northridge

Keshia Baker: track and field 1,600-meter relay, USA

Chapman

*Kate Ziegler: swimming 800-meter freestyle, USA

*Ariana Kukors: swimming 800-meter freestyle, USA

Loyola Marymount

Reid Priddy: men’s volleyball, USA

Pepperdine

Yakhouba Diawara: men’s basketball, France

Miranda Ayim: women’s basketball, Canada

Roxanne Barker: women’s soccer, South Africa

Robert Lindstedt: men’s tennis, Sweden

Sarah Attar: track and field, Saudi Arabia

Sean Rooney: men’s volleyball, USA

Merrill Moses: men’s water polo, USA

Jesse Smith: men’s water polo, USA

Terry Schroeder: men’s water polo head coach, USA

Marv Dunphy: women’s volleyball consultant, USA

Gary Sato: men’s volleyball assistant coach, USA

Marcio Sicoli: beach volleyball coach, USA

UCLA

Amy Acuff: track and field high jump, USA

Brittany Borman: track and field javelin, USA

Lauren Cheney: women’s soccer, USA

Jessica Cosby: track and field, hammer throw, USA

Danusia Francis: gymnastics alternate, Great Britain

Dawn Harper: track and field 100-meter hurdles, USA

Mark Hunter: rowing lightweight double scull, Great Britain

Meb Keflezighi: track and field marathon, USA

Yoo Kim: track and field pole vault, Korea

Chay Lapin: men’s water polo, USA

Sydney Leroux: women’s soccer, USA

Anna Li: gymnastics alternate, USA

Kevin Love: men’s basketball, USA

Courtney Mathewson: women’s water polo, USA

Marcin Matkowski: tennis doubles, Poland

Tori Pena: track and field pole vault, Ireland

Jean-Julien Rojer: tennis doubles, Netherlands

Kelly Rulon: women’s water polo, USA

Chelsea Stewart: women’s soccer, Canada

Rena Wang: badminton, USA

Russell Westbrook: men’s basketball, USA

Rosie White: women’s soccer, New Zealand

Adam Wright: men’s water polo, USA

Julian Wruck: track and field discus, Australia

Bob Alejo: beach volleyball coach, USA

Jillian Ellis: women’s soccer assistant coach, USA

Karch Kiraly: women’s volleyball assistant coach, USA

Adam Krikorian: women’s water polo head coach, USA

Michael Sealy: men’s volleyball assistant coach, USA

John Speraw: men’s volleyball assistant coach, USA

UC Irvine

Ryan Bailey: men’s water polo, USA

Jeff Powers: men’s water polo, USA

Tim Hutten: men’s water polo, USA

Brian Thornton: men’s volleyball, USA

David Smith: men’s volleyball, USA

Dan Klatt: women’s water polo assistant coach, USA

Paula Weishoff: women’s volleyball assistant coach, USA

Jamie Morrison: women’s volleyball assistant coach, USA

UC Riverside

Ron Larsen: men’s volleyball assistant coach, USA

UC Santa Barbara

Jason Lezak: swimming 400-meter freestyle relay, USA

Todd Rogers: beach volleyball, USA

USC

Tumua Anae: women’s water polo, USA

Haley Anderson: swimming 10,000 meters, USA

Emir Bekric: track and field 400-meter hurdles, Serbia

Flora Bolonyai: women’s water polo, Hungary

Aaron Brown: track and field 200 meters, Canada

Shea Buckner: men’s water polo, USA

Dimitri Colupaev: swimming freestyle relays, Germany

Kami Craig: women’s water polo, USA

Nicole Davis: women’s volleyball, USA

Joel Dennerley: men’s water polo, Australia

Zsofia Erdelyi: track and field marathon, Hungary

Anna Espar: women’s water polo, Spain

Allyson Felix: track and field sprinter, USA

Stina Gardell: swimming individual medley, Sweden

Katinka Hosszu: swimming butterfly, individual medley, Hungary

Tina Kefalas: track and field marathon, Greece

Jennifer Kessy: beach volleyball, USA

Sofia Konoukh: women’s water polo, Russia

Clement Lefert: swimming butterfly, 400-meter freestyle relay, France

Lynette Lim: swimming freestyle, Singapore

Josh Mance: track and field, 1,600-meter relay, USA

Ous Mellouli: swimming freestyle, Tunisia

Vladimir Morozov: swimming backstroke, freestyle relay, Russia

Bryshon Nellum: track and field 400 meters, 1,600-meter relay, USA

Eva Orban: track and field hammer throw, Hungary

Cristian Quintero: swimming freestyle, Venezuela

Amy Rodriguez: women’s soccer, USA

Carol Rodriguez: track and field, 400 meters, Puerto Rico

April Ross: beach volleyball, USA

Felix Sanchez: track and field 400-meter hurdles, 1,600-meter relay, Dominican Republic

Duane Solomon Jr.: track and field 800 meters, USA

Rebecca Soni: swimming breaststroke, USA

Donald Suxho: men’s volleyball, USA

Amanda Weir: swimming 400-meter freestyle relay, USA

Lauren Wenger: women’s water polo, USA

Katarzyna Wilk: swimming freestyle, Poland

Jesse Williams: track and field high jump, USA

Kevin Clements: swimming assistant coach, Austria

Robert Lynn: men’s water polo assistant coach, USA

Teri McKeever: women’s swimming head coach, USA

Jamie Morrison: women’s volleyball assistant coach, USA

Dave Salo: women’s swimming assistant coach, USA

Catherine Vogt: men’s swimming assistant coach, Tunisia

Paula Weishoff: women’s volleyball assistant coach, USA

PARALYMPICS

Cal Lutheran

Cortney Jordan: freestyle swimming, USA

Cal State Northridge

Katie Holloway: sitting volleyball, USA

*Attended the university, but did not compete for the swim team.