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August 1, 2012 · 3:11 pm

Women’s Eights: An Ivy-Centric Finals Preview

Nine Ivy League grads will have a shot at an Olympic medal when the women’s eights rowing race gets underway Thursday morning.

At 7:30 a.m. (ET) on Thursday morning, nine Ivy League graduates representing three different countries and four different institutions will hit the waters of the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre looking for Olympic glory as the A Final of the women’s eights takes place. A crowd favorite race, the women’s eights field will include the USA, Canada, Australia, Romania, the Netherlands and the hosts from Great Britain.

The United States’ boat, which qualified for the A Final by finishing first in Heat 1 with a time of 6:14.68, includes Ivy League graduates Caryn Davies (Harvard ’05), Esther Lofgren (Harvard ’09), Susan Francia (Penn ’04), Caroline Lind (Princeton ’06) and Taylor Ritzel (Yale ’10). One of the top-ranked boats after heats, the Americans will be in lane three as they row for a second consecutive Olympic gold medal. Davies, Francia and Lind were all a part of that 2008 gold medal-winning boat in Beijing. Having also claimed silver with the USA women’s eights at the 2004 Athens Games, Davies will be looking for a third straight Summer Olympic medal.

The last Ivy alum to medal in three consecutive Summer Olympics you ask? It was Frederick Morgan Taylor (Dartmouth ’25). Morgan Taylor, a 400-meter hurdles specialist, captured gold in that event at the 1924 Paris Games and followed with a bronze in 1928 in Amsterdam and a silver at the 1932 Los Angeles Games. Davies would be the first Ivy female to accomplish the feat should the USA medal tomorrow morning.

The Canadian boat, which qualified for the A Final after winning heat two in 6:13.91, boasts three Ivy graduates including Andreanne Morin (Princeton ’06), Lauren Wilkinson (Princeton ’11) and Ashley Brzozowicz (Yale ’04). Another of the top-seeded boats after heats, Canada will be in lane four.

And finally, the Australian boat will include Tess Gerrand (Yale ’10), who will be in her customary seat five for the medal race. In Heat 1, the Aussies finished second in 6:20.89 to move to the repechage, where they placed third in 6:18.63 to claim a spot in the A Final. Australia will be in lane one.

For the Live streaming index to get to the rowing feed, follow this link. NBC will broadcast a tape delay of the rowing action from 2:20 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. and then as part of its prime time broadcast from 8:00 p.m. – midnight.

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· 7:58 am

Men’s Eights: Harvard’s Howard Claims League’s First Medal of 2012!

In front of a raucous, rowing loving crowd 25 miles west of London at the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre, the men’s eight A Final featured Australia and Princeton’s Sam Loch, Canada and Harvard’s Malcolm Howard as well as boats from the Netherlands, home-standing Great Britain, the United States and Germany.

It was Germany that took an early lead off a fast start, but several of the boats stayed within a few seats and by the midway point, Great Britain and Canada were just behind the Germans. Great Britain took the lead away from Germany for the first time around the 1,500 meter mark. But by the time there were 5oo meters to go, Germany reclaimed a one seat lead and held on to win the gold in 5:48.7. Sprinting up lane 5, Canada caught and passed Great Britain to take home the silver in 5:49.98. Great Britain took the bronze with a time of 5:51.18.

An Ivy League alum has now claimed a men’s eight medal in three consecutive Olympics and Howard added to his medal total from 2008 as he – along with then teammate Dominic Seiterle (Dartmouth ’98) – was part of Canada’s gold medal-winning men’s eight boat in Beijing.

NBC will broadcast the taped delay of the rowing finals today from 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Complete results are here.

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July 31, 2012 · 8:00 pm

Wednesday, August 1

Here is the listing of events that involve Ivies for Wednesday, August 1. If there is no mention of the event being broadcast on TV, check NBCOlympics.com for the online broadcast.

Harvard sophomore Temi Fagbenle and Great Britain’s women’s basketball team will take on Russia at 11:45 a.m. The game will be broadcast on NBC Specialty: Basketball channel. The host team is 0-2 so far in group play, after falling to Australia on Saturday, 74-58, and Canada on Monday, 71-65.

Princeton’s Soren Thompson will compete in the men’s fencing individual epee tournament, which will begin at 4:00 a.m. and end with the gold medal bout at 3:00 p.m.

Brown’s Jimmy Pedro will coach the US judo team in the 90kg men’s and 70kg women’s tournaments, starting at 4:30 a.m. and 5:19 a.m., respectively. The women’s gold medal fight will take place at 11:o0 a.m., followed by the men’s at 11:10 a.m.

In rowing, the men’s eight Gold medal race will take place at 6:50 a.m., featuring Princeton’s Sam Loch (Australia) and Harvard’s Malcolm Howard (Canada). Princeton’s Sara Hendershot and her US women’s pair teammate Sarah Zelenka will go for Gold at 6:50 a.m. The Crimson’s Brodie Buckland (Australia) and Brown’s Nikola Stojic (Serbia) will race in the semifinals of the men’s pair, which will start at 6:00 a.m. NBC will broadcast the Gold medal races from 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

In sailing, Dartmouth’s Erik Storck will skipper his boat in races five (7:00 a.m.) and six (7:45 a.m.) of the men’s 49er class.

After finishing 24th in the women’s cycling road race on Sunday, Dartmouth’s Evelyn Stevens will compete for Team USA in the women’s individual time trial starting at 7:30 a.m. The event will be broadcast live on NBCSN.

NBCOlympics.com Broadcast Schedule for Aug. 1

Schedule of Olympic Events

Olympic TV Schedule

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· 4:26 pm

Wall Street to London by Bike

On Sunday, July 29 Evelyn Stevens (Dartmouth ’05) competed for the United States in women’s road cycling. At 29, Stevens was making her first appearance in the Olympic Games. While at Dartmouth, she was an Ivy League tennis player and after graduation, Stevens went on to work as an investment-banking analyst on Wall Street before turning her attention to cycling.

In a race that began with 66 riders, Stevens placed 24th in a time of 3:35:56, 27 seconds behind gold medalist Marianne Voss of the Netherlands. Stevens was the second American finisher.

Read and watch more about Stevens’ journey:
Ex-Lehman Banker Parlays Bonuses Into Cycling Berth at Olympics

Evelyn Stevens, Ex-Lehman Brothers Banker, Used Wall Street Bonuses To Fund Olympic Dream

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· 10:35 am

Rowing Medals on the Horizon

From l-r at London’s Eton Dorney: Caryn Davies (Radcliffe), Esther Lofgren (Radcliffe), Jamie Redman (Yale), Taylor Ritzel (Yale), Susan Francia (Penn), Gevvie Stone (Princeton), Caroline Lind (Princeton) and Sara Hendershot (Princeton).

Rowing medal races involving Ivy League alums will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 1 when the A Final of the men’s eight and the A Final of the women’s pair will take place. Two Ivy alums will be in medal contention in the men’s eight race as Canada’s Malcolm Howard (Harvard ’05) and Australia’s Sam Loch (Princeton ’06) will hit the waters of Eton Dorney looking for gold. Both the Canadians and Australians qualified for the A Final by finishing in the top-four of the repechage.

Also on Wednesday, Sara Hendershot (Princeton ’10) will be in the USA boat for the women’s pair A Final. Hendershot and her teammate Sarah Zelenka qualified directly for the A Final with a heats time of  6:59.29.

Here’s a look at where the Ivy rowers stand heading into Wednesday:

Brown
Nikola Stojic ’97, Serbia, (rowing, men’s coxless pair)
- Heat 1: 4th (of 5) in 6:23.87
- Repechage: 2nd (of 4) in 6:26.61
- Semifinals: Aug. 1

Columbia
Nick LaCava ’09, USA (rowing, men’s lightweight four)
- Heat 1: 5th (of 5) in 6:02.42
- Repechage: 1st (of 4) in 6:00.86
- Semifinal A: 5th (of 6) in 6:05.06
- B Final: Aug. 2

Cornell
Ken Jurkowski ’03, USA (rowing, men’s single sculls)
- Heat 6: 3rd (of 5) in 7:08.49
- Quarterfinal 3: 5th (of 6) in 7:18.27
- D Semifinal: July 31/Aug. 1

Dartmouth
Anthony Fahden ’08, USA (rowing, men’s lightweight four)
- Heat 1: 5th (of 5) in 6:02.42
- Repechage: 1st (of 4) in 6:00.86
- Semifinal A: 5th (of 6) in 6:05.06
- B Final: Aug. 2

Harvard
Brodie Buckland ’06, Australia (rowing, men’s pair)
- Heat 2: 2nd (of 5) in 6:24.83
- Semifinals: Aug. 1

Caryn Davies ’05, USA (rowing, women’s eight)
Heat 1: 1st (of 5) in 6:14.68
A Final: Aug. 2

Malcolm Howard ’05, Canada (rowing, men’s eight)
- Heat 2: 4th (of 4) 5:37.91
- Repechage: 2nd (of 6) in 5:27.41
- A Final: Aug. 1

Esther Lofgren ’09, USA (rowing, women’s eight)
- Heat 1: 1st (of 5) in 6:14.68
- A Final: Aug. 2

Will Newell ’11, USA (rowing, men’s lightweight four)
- Heat 1: 5th (of 5) in 6:02.42
- Repechage: 1st (of 4) in 6:00.86
- Semifinal A: 5th (of 6) in 6:05.06
- B Final: Aug. 2

Henrik Rummel ’09, USA (rowing, men’s four)
- Heat 1: 1st (of 4) in 5:54.88
- Semifinals: Aug. 2

Penn
Susan Francia ’04, USA (rowing, women’s eight)
- Heat 1: 1st (of 5) in 6:14.68
- A Final: Aug. 2

Princeton
Sara Hendershot ’10, USA (rowing, women’s pair)
- Heat 1: 2nd (of 5) in 6:59.29
- A Final: Aug. 1

Caroline Lind ’06, USA (rowing, women’s eight)
- Heat 1: 1st (of 5) in 6:14.68
- A Final: Aug. 2

Sam Loch ’06, Australia (rowing, men’s eight)
- Heat 1: 2nd (of 4) in 5:32.43
- Repechage: 4th (of 6) in 5:28.67
- A Final: Aug. 1

Andreanne Morin ’06, Canada (rowing, women’s eight)
- Heat 2: 1st (of 3) in 6:13.91
- A Final: Aug. 2

Glenn Ochal ’08, USA (rowing, men’s four)
- Heat 1: 1st (of 4) in 5:54.88
- Semifinals: Aug. 2

Robin Prendes ’11, USA (rowing, men’s lightweight four)
- Heat 1: 5th (of 5) in 6:02.42
- Repechage: 1st (of 4) in 6:00.86
- Semifinal A: 5th (of 6) in 6:05.06
- B Final: Aug. 2

Gevvie Stone ’07, USA (rowing, women’s single sculls)
- Heat 5: 3rd (of 5) in 7:33.68
- Quarterfinal 2: 2nd (of 6) in 7:39.67
- Semifinal B: Aug. 2

Lauren Wilkinson ’11, Canada (rowing, women’s eight)
- Heat 2: 1st (of 3) in 6:13.91
- A Final: Aug. 2

Yale
Ashley Brzozowicz ’04, Canada (rowing, women’s eight)
- Heat 2: 1st (of 3) in 6:13.91
- A Final: Aug. 2

Charlie Cole ’07, USA (rowing, men’s four)
- Heat 1: 1st (of 4) in 5:54.88
- Semifinals: Aug. 2

Tess Gerrand ’10, Australia (rowing, women’s eight)
- Heat 1: 2nd (of 4) in 6:20.89
- Repechage: 3rd (of 5) in 6:18.63
- A Final: Aug. 2

Taylor Ritzel ’10, USA (rowing, women’s eight)
- Heat 1: 1st (of 5) in 6:14.68
- A Final: Aug. 2

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July 30, 2012 · 6:00 pm

Tuesday, July 31

Here is the listing of events that involve Ivies for Tuesday, July 31. If there is no mention of the event being broadcast on TV, check NBCOlympics.com for the online broadcast.

After defeating Tunisia on Sunday, 60-56, Koko Archibong (Penn) and the Nigerian men’s basketball team will face Lithuania at 9:30 a.m., in their second game of  group play. The contest will be broadcast on NBC’s Specialty: Basketball channel. Archibong played five minutes and recorded one rebound and one steal in Nigeria’s four-point win over Tunisia.

Columbia’s Sherif Farrag, competing for Egypt, will take part in the men’s fencing individual foil tournament. The event will begin at 5:30 a.m., with the gold medal bout at 2:40 p.m.

The US women’s field hockey team, featuring a healthy does of Tiger blood, will face Argentina at 2:00 p.m. in the second game of group play for both teams. Fans can watch the game on MSNBC. Team USA includes four current Tigers in sisters Julia and Katie Reinprecht (players), Michelle Cesan (alternate) and assistant coach Nate Franks (coaching staff). The Americans fell to Germany, 2-1, on Sunday. Katie Reinprecht was on the field for 48 minutes, while Julia Reinprecht played 44 minutes.

In Judo, the men’s 81kg and the women’s 63kg tournaments will take place, starting at 4:30 a.m. and 4:37 a.m., respectively. The women’s gold medal fight will start at 11:00 a.m., followed by the men’s at 11:10 a.m. The US judo team is coached by Jimmy Pedro (Brown).

In rowing, Ken Jurkowski (Cornell) and Gevvie Stone (Princeton) will compete in the men’s and women’s single sculls quarterfinals, respectively, at 6:00 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. After advancing from the repechage, the All-Ivy USA men’s lightweight four boat of Anthony Fahden (Dartmouth), Nick LaCava (Columbia), Will Newell (Harvard) and Robin Prendes (Princeton) will race in the semifinals at 7:40 a.m. Rowing action can be seen on NBC from 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

In sailing, after finishing sixth in race one and 10th in race two on Monday, Dartmouth’s Erik Storck will skipper his boat in races three (7:00 a.m.) and four (7:45 a.m.) of the men’s 49er class. The US sailing team is coached by Yale coach Zack Leonard, a former Bulldog himself (’89).

Princeton’s Diana Matheson and Team Canada will face Sweden in Women’s Soccer Group F action at 9:30 a.m. The game will be live on MSNBC. The Canadians are 1-1 in group play after their 3-0 win over South Africa on Saturday and need a win to assure advancing to the knockout round (could also advance with a tie or loss depending on other results). Matheson has played all 90 minutes in each of her team’s games.

NBCOlympics.com Broadcast Schedule for July 31

Schedule of Olympic Events

Olympic TV Schedule

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July 29, 2012 · 10:16 am

Ivies In London 2012: Adding To A Rich Basketball History

Prior to the 2012 London Games, there were four Ivy League basketball Olympians: Brown’s Martina Jerant (Canada, 1996), Princeton’s Bill Bradley (United States, 1964) and Konrad Wysocki (Germany, 2008), and Dartmouth’s Crawford Palmer (France, 2000).

After the 2012 London Games, there will be six Ivy League basketball Olympians, thanks to Harvard sophomore Temi Fagbenle (Great Britain) and Penn graduate Koko Archibong ’03 (Nigeria).

Fagbenle and Archibong’s participation marks the first time in League history that there is an Ivy presences on both a men’s and women’s basketball Olympic team. It also marks the first time that multiple Ivies competed in one Olympics at the same time.

The six Ivy League players who have played in the Olympics have competed for six different countries (Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Nigeria and the United States).

Fagbenle is only the second Olympian in Ivy League women’s basketball history. Ivy fans will get a chance to see Fagbenle in action next season, when she suits up for the Crimson. Archibong is the fourth Olympian in League men’s basketball history.

Fagbenle and Archibong are looking to become the first Ivy medalists in basketball since 2000, when Palmer earned silver with France. The only League player to win a gold was Bradley in 1964 when he captained the US squad to gold in Tokyo.

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July 28, 2012 · 8:00 pm

Sunday, July 29

Here is the listing of events that involve Ivies for Sunday, July 29. If there is no mention of the event being broadcast on TV, check NBCOlympics.com for the online broadcast.

Men’s basketball kicks off Sunday’s action, as Penn’s Koko Archibong and the Nigerian squad will face Tunisia at 4:00 a.m. The game will be broadcast on NBC’s Specialty: Basketball channel.

Columbia’s James Williams will compete in the fencing Individual Sabre Tournament, which will begin at 5:30 a.m. and will end at 2:10 p.m. with the gold medal match.

The US field hockey team features a distinct Princeton presence as sisters Julia and Katie Reinprecht are members of the team and assistant coach Nate Franks serves in the same capacity for the national squad. Princeton junior Michelle Cesan is an alternate for the team, which will face Germany at 4:15 p.m. in a Group B matchup. The game can be watched on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN).

The Ivy Leaguers on the rowing teams that competed on Saturday are hoping they will not be racing on Sunday, as the repechage will take place for the men’s lightweight four (4:40 a.m.), men’s single sculls (4:50 a.m.) and women’s single sculls (5:20 a.m.). The repechage is for the squads that do not make the finals after the heats. The US lightweight four boat is All-Ivy, as Columbia’s Nick LaCava, Dartmouth’s Anthony Fahden, Harvard’s Will Newell and Princeton’s Robin Prendes make up the squad, while the US single sculls’ team includes Cornell’s Ken Jurkowski  (men’s) and Princeton’s Gevvie Stone (women’s).

Other rowing action on Sunday includes the heats of the women’s eight. Team USA features Harvard’s Caryn Davies and Esther Lofgren along with Penn’s Susan Francis, Princeton’s Caroline Lind and Yale’s Taylor Ritzel. A pair of Tigers, Andreanne Morin and Lauren Wilkinson, are on Canada’s squad. Rowing will be broadcast on NBC from 340 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The men’s 66kg and women’s 52kg judo tournaments will begin at 4:30 a.m., with the gold medal bouts at 11:00 a.m. (women’s) and 11:10 a.m. (men’s). The US judo team is coached by Brown alum Jimmy Pedro (’94).

The first sailing events of the Olympics will take place on Sunday, with action in the men’s Finn, women’s Elliott 6m and men’s Star. The US sailing team is coached by Yale coach Zack Leonard, a former Bulldog himself (’89).

NBCOlympics.com Broadcast Schedule for July 29

Schedule of Olympic Events

Olympic TV Schedule

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