ACC Athletes and Coaches Compete in the 2004 Olympics |
Greensboro, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference is well represented in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games with 56 current or former ACC athletes and coaches competing for 21 different countries. Thirty-three of the 56 athletes will represent the USA, including seven among the 18-member women’s soccer team which began competition today. North Carolina leads all schools with 18 Olympic athletes and coaches, followed by Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami with seven apiece.
Women’s Basketball
Gail Goestenkors (asst coach)..Duke............USA
Dawn Staley....................Virginia........USA
Utoro Umoh-Coleman.............Clemson.........Nigeria
Men’s Basketball
Carlos Boozer..................Duke............USA
Larry Brown (head coach).......North Carolina..USA
Tim Duncan.....................Wake Forest.....USA
Iker Iturbe....................Clemson.........Spain
Stephon Marbury................Georgia Tech....USA
Oliver Purnell (asst coach)....Clemson.........USA
Darius Songaila................Wake Forest.....Lithuanian
Roy Williams (asst coach)......North Carolina..USA
Men’s Diving
Kyle Prandi....................Miami...........USA
Women’s Diving
Jenna Dreyer...................Miami...........South Africa
Men’s Rowing
Wyatt Allen....................Virginia........USA
Men’s Sailing
Kevin Burnham..................Miami...........USA
Women’s Soccer
Mia Hamm.......................North Carolina..USA
Angela Hucles..................Virginia........USA
Kristine Lilly.................North Carolina..USA
Heather O’Reilly...............North Carolina..USA
Cindy Parlow...................North Carolina..USA
Catherine Reddick..............North Carolina..USA
Lindsay Tarpley................North Carolina..USA
Softball
Natalie Anter..................North Carolina..Italy
Leslie Malerich................Florida State...Italy
Men’s Swimming
Wickus Nienaber................Florida State...Swaziland
Jorge Oliver...................Georgia Tech....Puerto Rico
Stephen Parry..................Florida State...Great Britain
Vanja Rogulj...................Virginia........Croatia
Leo Salinas....................Georgia Tech....Mexico
Onur Uras......................Georgia Tech....Turkey
Chris Vythoulkas...............Florida State...Bahamas
Women’s Swimming
Golda Marcus...................Florida State...El Salvador
Rhiannon Leier.................Miami...........Canada
Vesna Stojanovska..............Georgia Tech....Macedonia
Women’s Track and Field
Patrina Allen..................Miami...........Jamaica
LaTasha Colander...............North Carolina..USA
Shalane Flanagan...............North Carolina..USA
Laura Gerraughty...............North Carolina..USA
Monique Hennagan...............North Carolina..USA
Chaunte Howard.................Georgia Tech....USA
Marion Jones...................North Carolina..USA
Nadine Saustin.................North Carolina..Haiti
Jillian Schwartz...............Duke............USA
Kimberly Walker................Florida State...Trinidad&Tobago
Lauryn Williams................Miami...........USA
Men’s Track and Field
Davian Clarke..................Miami...........Jamaica
Curt Clausen...................Duke............USA
Shawn Crawford.................Clemson.........USA
Dominic Demerritte.............North Carolina..Bahamas
Brian Dzingai..................Florida State...Zimbabwe
Vikas Gowda....................North Carolina..India
Allen Johnson..................North Carolina..USA
Duane Ross.....................Clemson.........USA
Angelo Taylor..................Georgia Tech....USA
Men’s Triathlon
Hunter Kemper..................Wake Forest.....USA
Wrestling
Tom Brands.....................Virginia Tech...USA