On Eve of 2012 Olympic Soccer, Total Gator Letterwinners Competing in London Increases to 37
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | General
Gator great Jeff Demps (Winter Garden, Fla.) has been added to the 2012 USA Track & Field Olympic Team, the USA Track & Field announced Tuesday, stating that Demps will be a member of the 4x100m relay pool, serving “as a replacement for Mike Rodgers who suffered a stress fracture in his left foot.”
Demps' addition to the roster increases the total number of Gator letterwinners competing at the 2012 Olympic Games to 37. In addition two current Gator head coaches (Gregg Troy – USA Men's Swimming Head Coach; Mike Holloway – USA Men's Track & Field Assistant Coach) and one Gator listed as an alternate (Melanie Booth, Canada's soccer team) are in London for the Olympic Games.
The 37 Gators competing in London sets the school's all-time record for number of letterwinners at a single Oylmpiad. A total of 34 Gators competed in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games.
While the 2012 Opening Ceremonies is set to be held on Friday, July 27, a pair of Gators will being their competition on Wednesday, July 25 when Heather Mitts and Abby Wambach lead the U.S. women's soccer team against France beginning at Noon ET at Hampden Park in first round action.
The U.S. women's soccer team's game vs. France can be watched live online at:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/online-listings/day=july-25/index.html
Booth, who is listed as an alternate for Canada's first round game against Japan on Wednesday, could be activated for future Olympic games and is with the team in London.
Gators at the 2012 Olympic Games
Gator * Sport * Country * Role at Olympics * Years at UF * Events
Bradley Ally * Swimming * Barbados * athlete * 2005-09 * 200 IM
Sarah Bateman * Swimming * Iceland * athlete * 2008-12 * 4x100 medley relay
Elizabeth Beisel * Swimming * U.S.A. * athlete * 2010-present * 400 IM, 200 Back
Mel Booth * Soccer * Canada * athlete - alternate * 2003-07 (06 redshirt) * team
Clark Burckle * Swimming * U.S.A. * athlete * competed at UF (2006-09) before transferring * 200 breast
Marcin Cieslak * Swimming * Poland * athlete * 2010-present * 200 fly, 200 IM
Will Claye * Track & Field * U.S.A. * athlete * 2010-11 * Long Jump, Triple Jump
Kerron Clement * Track & Field * U.S.A. * athlete * 2004-05 * 400m Hurdles, 4x400
Melani Costa-Schmid * Swimming * Spain * athlete * 2009-10 * 200 free, 400 free
Jeff Demps * Track & Field * U.S.A. * athlete * 2009-12 * 4x100m relay
Conor Dwyer * Swimming * U.S.A. * athlete * 2009-11 * 400 free, 200 IM, 400 free relay
Brett Fraser * Swimming * Cayman Islands * athlete * 2007-11 * 200 free
Shaune Fraser * Swimming * Cayman Islands * athlete * 2006-10 * 200 free
Csaba Gercsak * Swimming * Hungary * athlete * 2009-10 * 10km Marathon
Mike Holloway * Track & Field * U.S.A. * Asst. Coach * UF head coach 2002-present * U.S. Assistant Coach
Moise Joseph * Track & Field * Haiti * athlete * 2001-04 * 800m
Genevieve LaCaze * Track & Field * Australia * athlete * 2009-12 * 3000m steeplechase
Sarra Lajnef * Swimming * Tunisia * athlete * 2009-present * 200 breast
Ryan Lochte * Swimming * U.S.A. * athlete * 2002-06 * 400 IM, 200 back, 200 IM, 200 free, 200 back, 800 free relay
Marco Loughran * Swimming * Great Britain * athlete * 2008-11 * 200 back
Jemma Lowe * Swimming * Great Britain * athlete * 2009-10 * 200 fly
Hilda Luthersdottir * Swimming * Iceland * athlete * 2010-present * 200 breast, 4x100 medley relay
Raul Martinez * Swimming * Puerto Rico * athlete * 2008-10 * 400 free
Tony McQuay * Track & Field * U.S.A. * athlete * 2010-present * 400m, 4x400
Kemal Mesic * Track & Field * Bosnia * athlete * 2009-12 * Shot Put
Heather Mitts * Soccer * U.S.A. * athlete * 1996-99 * team
Omar Pinzon * Swimming * Colombia * athlete * 2006-10 * 200m back, 200m fly, 200 IM
Shara Proctor * Track & Field * Great Britain * athlete * 2006-07 * Long Jump
Steph Proud * Swimming * Great Britain * athlete * 2007-09 * 200 back
Lisa Raymond * Tennis * U.S.A. * athlete * 1991-93 * women's doubles (possible mixed doubles)
Sebastian Rousseau * Swimming * South Africa * athlete * 2009-present * 4x200 free relay
Sinead Russell * Swimming * Canada * athlete * incoming freshman * 100 & 200 back
Gemma Spofforth * Swimming * Great Britain * athlete * 2006-10 * 100 back
Azania Stewart * Basketball * Great Britain * athlete * 2008-12 * team
Christian Taylor * Track & Field * U.S.A. * athlete * 2009-11 * Triple Jump
Darian Townsend * Swimming * South Africa * athlete * competed at UF (2004-05) before transferring * 200 IM, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 400 medley relay
Gregg Troy * Swimming * U.S.A. * Head Coach * UF head coach 1998-present * Head Coach U.S. Men's Team
Dana Vollmer * Swimming * U.S.A. * athlete * competed at UF (2005-06) before transferring * 100 fly
Abby Wambach * Soccer * U.S.A. * athlete * 1998-2001 * team
Novlene Williams-Mills * Track & Field * Jamaica * athlete * 2003-04 * 400m, 4x400
Gators ties to the 2012 Olympic Games
37 Athletes (includes 3 who began collegiate career at UF and later transferred; does NOT include 1 athlete listed as an alternate)
2 Coaches (Gregg Troy - Head Coach of USA Men's Swimming Team; Mike Holloway - Assistant Coach of USA Men's Track Team - Sprints & Hurdles)
Gator Athletes by Sport:
Basketball (1)
Soccer (2)
Swimming (23)
Tennis (1)
Track & Field (10)
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