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.
